Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX

This article directs you to information especially for users of IBM WebSphere Application Server for AIX.

Supported operating system versions

See the WebSphere Application Server Supported Hardware, Software, and APIs Web site at www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/doc/latest/prereq.html for the specific operating system versions supported by this version of IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Installation

You can install WebSphere Application Server by using either the Custom Installation option or the Typical Installation option. The Custom Installation option allows you to choose a supported Web server and configure WebSphere Application Server specifically for that choice. The Typical Installation option automatically installs and configures IBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Application Server.

The steps describe installation that uses a graphical user interface. WebSphere Application Server also offers silent installation. See the article Selecting steps for silent installation for more information.

WebSphere Application Server Custom Installation

Click a link below to access easy-to-follow steps for installing the WebSphere Application Server by using the Custom Installation option. Or click an appropriate icon to select a printable document in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Custom installation printable PDFs:

IBM HTTP Server
Apache HTTP Server
iPlanet Web Server

WebSphere Application Server Typical Installation

Click the link below to access easy-to-follow steps for installing WebSphere Application Server by using the Typical Installation option. Or click the icon to select a printable document in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Typical installation printable PDF:

IBM HTTP Server

Product installation root

The variable product_installation_root is used frequently throughout this documentation to represent the root installation directory of WebSphere Application Server. The default value of the product_installation_root variable for AIX is:

/usr/WebSphere/AppServer

System-specific limitations, problems, and workarounds

View the Release Notes for more information about general and specific limitations, problems, and workarounds.

Data access

Although Advanced Single Server Edition does not use an administrative database, the applications deployed on it could require data access. The articles about JDBC provider and data source properties provide operating system-specific information related to data access, such as where to find a database driver in its default location for your operating system.