Install a IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express customized installation package (CIP) using the Installation wizard on distributed operating system platforms. You install from a CIP image created with the Installation Factory.
Before starting this installation, see Planning to install WebSphere Application Server - Express. The diagrams show typical topologies for the product. The solutions are also in the Installation solution diagrams in the launchpad. See Using the launchpad to start the installation.
Perform the following installation to select available features for the WebSphere Application Server - Express product and to select characteristics for the application server profile.
Log on as root on an operating system such as AIX® or Linux®, or as a member of the administrator group on a Windows® system.
umaskTo set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
The installation wizard grants your Windows user ID the advanced user rights,
if the user ID belongs to the administrator group. The silent installation
does not grant these rights. If you create a new user ID on a Windows platform to perform
a silent installation, you must restart the system to activate the
proper authorizations for the user ID before you can perform a successful
silent installation.
If you
plan to run the application server as a Windows service, do not install from a user
ID that contains spaces. A user ID with spaces cannot be validated.
Such a user ID is not allowed to continue the installation. To work
around this problem, install with a user ID that does not contain
spaces.
Mount the drive if necessary as described in Mounting disc drives on operating systems such as AIX or Linux.
If a problem occurs with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), use the WebSphere Application Server JRE in the /java/jre/bin directory of an installation image to start the installation.
After launching the Installation wizard from the command line, the installer wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.
The license agreement displays.
Click the radio button beside the message I accept the terms in the license agreement to agree to the license agreement and click Next to continue.
After you accept the licensing terms, the installation wizard checks for a supported operating system and prerequisite patches. If you encounter a problem such as not having the right prerequisite updates on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
Although the installation wizard automatically checks for prerequisite operating system patches with the prereqChecker application, review the prerequisites on the WebSphere® Application Server detailed system requirements web site if you have not already done so.
Failed : Your operating system failed the prerequisites check. A supported operating system was not detected. Support for your operating system might have been added after the release of the product.
The Web site lists all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that you must install to have a compliant operating system.
Refer to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and corequisite products to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
The Installation wizard checks for a previous installation at the same product level.
Specifically, the wizard looks for an existing Version 6.0.x installation.
See Upgrading the Express trial to the Express product using a CIP.
This procedure assumes that you do not have an existing installation that you intend to update.
A CIP might have from zero to all of the product features. You can install only what was included in the CIP.
Feature | Description | |
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Core product files | Installs the product binary code. | |
Application Server Samples | Installs the Samples Gallery and Plants By WebSphere applications. | |
Javadoc | Installs the application programming interface (API) and system programming interface (SPI) documentation for WebSphere Application Server classes. |
For better performance in either a development or production environment, do not install the Samples. By omitting the Samples, you can improve application server startup time by 60 percent and save 15 percent of disk space. You can save up to 30 percent of process footprint (based on a maximum heap size of 256 MB).
The installation wizard displays a confirmation panel.
Specify the location of the installation root directory for the product binaries, which are also known as the core product files or system files.
The installer program checks for required space before calling the installation wizard. If you do not have enough space, stop the installation program, free space by deleting unused files and emptying the recycle bin, and restart the installation.
A good practice is to use unique names for each application server that you create. However, unique names are important only at the profile name level in the configuration directory.
Field name | Default value | Constraints | Description |
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Node name | DefaultNode | Avoid using reserved folder names. |
Pick any name except for the reserved names. To help organize your installation, use a unique name if you plan to create more than one application server on the machine. However, a unique name for a stand-alone application server is not required. |
Host name | DNS name of your machine | See the following considerations for the host name field. | Use the actual DNS name or IP address of your machine to enable communication with your machine. See additional information about the host name following this table. |
Node name considerations
The installation directory path must be no longer
than 60 characters.
See Host name values for more information.
After specifying application server characteristics,
the wizard displays the Windows service
definition panel, if you are installing on a Windows platform.
WebSphere Application Server attempts to start Windows services for application server processes started by a startServer command. For example, if you configure an application server as a Windows service and issue the startServer command, WebSphere Application Server attempts to start the defined service.
If you chose to install a local system service, you do not have to specify your user ID or password. If you create a specified user type of service, you must specify the user ID and the password for the user who is to run the service. The user must have Log on as a service authority for the service to run properly.
To perform this installation task, the user ID must not have spaces in its name. The ID must also belong to the administrator group and must have the advanced user rights Act as part of the operating system and Log on as a service. The installation wizard grants the user ID the advanced user rights if it does not already have them, if the user ID belongs to the administrator group.
You can also create other Windows services after the installation is complete, to start other server processes. See Automatically restarting server processes for more information.
The installation wizard shows which components are selected for installation in a pre-installation summary panel.
The installation wizard creates the uninstaller program and then displays a progress panel that shows which components are being installed. At the end of the installation, the wizard displays the Installation completion panel.
Examine the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file to verify that there were no file system or other unusual errors while installing. If there are problems, correct them, and reinstall the product.
The slip install log for the Installation Factory is located in the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file, which is the same log file as for a normal installation. If the file already exists, new log messages are appended to the file.
If you use the Update Installer to uninstall maintenance packages that the Installation Factory installed in a slip installation, the results are in a log in the app_server_root/logs/update directory.
If problems occur, consult the following applicable logs:
Log | Content | Indicators |
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app_server_root/logs/log.txt | Logs all installation events |
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app_server_root/wasprofileprofile_name.log |
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app_server_root/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_delete_ profile_name.log |
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profile_root/logs/pctLog.txt | Logs all profile creation events that occur when using the Profile Creation wizard |
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app_server_root\logs\instconfig.log (Not available on systems such as AIX or Linux) | Logs the activities of ANT configuration scripts that run at the end of the installation procedure. |
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If the installation of the core product files fails, fix the error and reinstall.
If the creation of a profile fails, fix the error and run the Profile Creation wizard to recreate the profile.
Troubleshoot the installation if the app_server_root/logs/log.txt file or the app_server_root/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_create_default.log file does not contain a record of any problems, but problems exist.
See Troubleshooting installation and Installation component troubleshooting tips for more information.
If problems exist that cause you to reinstall the product, correct the errors, uninstall the product as described in Uninstalling the product, reboot a Windows machine or log off and back on as root on a machine with an operating system such as AIX or Linux, and reinstall.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for more information.
Select the check box to open the First Steps console, then click Finish.
This procedure results in the installation wizard installing WebSphere Application Server - Express into the installation root directory. The installation wizard creates a profile named default that provides the runtime environment for the server1 application server.
Further configuration is not necessary at this time. However, you can create additional stand-alone application servers with the Profile Creation wizard. Each profile is created in the profile_root directory by default.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for more information.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface.
See Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server to get started deploying applications.
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