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 among various supported Web servers and databases and configure WebSphere Application Server specifically for those choices. The Typical Installation option automatically installs and configures the IBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Application Server. (You will need to install a database separately before you install WebSphere Application server by using this option, however.)

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).

If you are using the Merant driver with your installation, see the article Installing Merant SequeLink JDBC provider for use with IBM WebSphere Application Server and Oracle on AIX.

Custom installation printable PDFs:

  DB2 Oracle Sybase
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

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.