Install WebSphere Application Server

The IBM® Web Administration for i interface provides some easy to use wizards to install and manage WebSphere® Application Server on your IBM® i server.

WebSphere® Application Server is an important product, offering a valuable option for a fast and flexible Java™ application server runtime environment and enhanced reliability and resiliency. Starting with WebSphere® Application Server V8.0, the product is installed using the IBM® Installation Manager. Installation Manager does not have a GUI interface for IBM i. The Web Administration for i interface provides an easy-to-use GUI interface to manage the WebSphere Application Server installation and fixes on IBM i. By Web Administration for i, you can easily do following operations on IBM i:

  • Install WebSphere Application Server
  • Update WebSphere Application Server with fix pack or interim fixes
  • Uninstall WebSphere Application Server

It is recommended that you use the Web Administration for i interface to manage your WebSphere Application Server installations. This reduces the time and complexity of the many different operations.

Prerequisites and assumptions

  • IBM HTTP Server for i (5770-DG1)
  • IBM Developer Kit for Java (5770-JV1 *BASE)
  • IBM Developer Kit for Java (5770-JV1 Option 11)
  • Host Server (5770-SS1 Option 12)
  • Qshell (5770-SS1 Option 30)
  • Portable App Solutions Environment (5770-SS1 Option 33)
  • IBM i Digital Certificate Manager (5770-SS1 Option 34)
  • Extended Base Directory Support (5770-SS1 Option 3)

Install a WebSphere Application Server

The Web Administration for i interface provides an easy to use wizard to install a WebSphere Application Server on your IBM i server.

  1. Access the IBM Web Administration for i from your browser. For information about how to access the Web Administration for i interface, see Starting Web Administration for i.
  2. From the IBM Web Administration for i interface, select the Manage tab.
  3. Select the Installations subtab.
  4. Click Install WebSphere Application Server or Install button on the manage Installations form to launch the Install WebSphere Application Server wizard.
  5. Click Next after reading the wizards welcome page.
  6. Install Installation Manager. This step is only displayed when the tool is not installed on your system. Specify the install packages path of the Installation Manager on your system and click Next.
  7. Specify the WebSphere Application Server product install packages location on local or remote accessible system. If the remote system requires authentication to access, you need to specify the user id and password. Click Next.
  8. Choose the package to be installed on the system and Click OK.
  9. Upgrade Installation Manger. This step is only displayed when the Installation Manger tool installed on your system does not meet the required minimum level to install the WebSphere Application Server installation. The wizard helps to upgrade the tool from local install packages or from Internet if your system has Internet access.
  10. Complete the wizards to install a WebSphere Application Server on your system. Click on the (?) icon to display the help information for a particular panel.

Installing an application on the Integrated Web Application Server

Now that you have created an Integrated Web Application Server you will want to install and run applications on the server. The Web Administration for i interface provides an easy to use wizard to install your applications. Remember, you can only install applications that are contained in a Web Archive (WAR) file.

Complete the following steps to install an application on an Integrated Web Application Server:

  1. Access the IBM Web Administration for i from your browser. For information about how to access the Web Administration for i interface, see Starting Web Administration for i.
  2. From the IBM Web Administration for i interface, select the Manage tab.
  3. Select the Application Servers subtab.
  4. Select the Integrated Web Application Server that you want to install the application from the Server list.
  5. Click Install New Application to launch the Install New Application wizard.
  6. Complete the wizards to install your application. Click on the (?) icon to display the help information for a particular panel.

Update WebSphere Application Server with fix pack or interim fixes

Complete the following steps to update the WebSphere Application Server installation to a specific fix pack level or install related interim fixes:

  1. Access the IBM Web Administration for i from your browser. For information about how to access the Web Administration for i interface, see Starting Web Administration for i.
  2. From the IBM Web Administration for i interface, select the Manage tab.
  3. Select the Installations subtab.
  4. Select the WebSphere Application Server installation you want to update and click Update button on the Manage Installations form to launch the Update WebSphere Application Server wizard.
  5. To update the installation to a specific fix pack level, check the Fix pack and specify the fix pack packages location. To update the installation with specific interim fixes, check the Interim fix and specify the interim fix packages location.
  6. Complete the wizards to install your application. Click on the (?) icon to display the help information for a particular panel.

Uninstall WebSphere Application Server

Before uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server installation, all profiles based on the installation should be stopped. After the uninstall, the installation and all profiles on it are removed from the system. Complete the following steps to uninstall the WebSphere Application Server installation from your system:

  1. Access the IBM Web Administration for i from your browser. For information about how to access the Web Administration for i interface, see Starting Web Administration for i.
  2. From the IBM Web Administration for i interface, select the Manage tab.
  3. Select the Installations subtab.
  4. Select the WebSphere Application Server installation you want to uninstall and click Uninstall button on the Manage Installations form to launch the Uninstall WebSphere Application Server wizard.
  5. Complete the wizards to install your application. Click on the (?) icon to display the help information for a particular panel.