Creating customized CIP profiles from the command line

The Installation Factory allows for a customized installation package (CIP) to be created that bundles an installation image, maintenance packages, previously exported stand-alone application server configuration archives, EARs, user files, and scripts. An installer can use an existing CIP to install an exact replica of a model application serving environment, with installed maintenance packages, configured profiles, and deployed applications. Installers can use the Profile Management tool in the CIP to create a profile, which automatically restores any profile customizations that are included in the CIP. If you cannot use the Profile Management tool, use the commands described in this topic to create pre-configured profiles.

Before you begin

The installer can use the manageprofiles command to manually create profiles and restore the profile customizations that are included in the CIP.

You must have previously installed a CIP to create CIP profiles and restore customizations that are included in the CIP.

If you are restoring a customized profile that uses messaging, you must also include a script to configure the service integration bus (SIB). The original SIB configuration is not portable and, therefore, is not included in the CIP.

Note: The QEJBSVR user profile must have proper authority to the files and directories involved to run any customized scripts which read or write from the file system.

About this task

A configuration archive is available for an application server CIP profile only. A special profile template enables the importation of a configuration archive file into the application server profile.

Use the Profile Management tool to create CIP profiles that accept configuration actions that are included in the CIP. Use the application server CIP profile when you are restoring a configuration archive file or other customizations. The Profile Management tool can also create normal profiles that do not accept customizations.
  • When you run the Profile Management tool with CIP customized profiles installed, the Environment Selection panel will show environments with -- cip_uid at the end. These are the customized profiles, and each of them will create a regular profile and then apply the customizations through a profile augmentation. If the customized profile that you select contains a configuration archive, then it will be imported.
  • The first four environments listed on the Environment Selection panel, which do not have a -- cip_uid at the end, are the regular profile types. If you want a regular profile without customizations, select one of these.
Table 1. Allowed customizations
CIP Profile Type Include and Run Scripts Include and Deploy an Enterprise Archive (EAR) Include and Restore a Configuration Archive (CAR)
Cell

(deployment manager and a managed node)

Yes No No
Deployment manager

(dmgr profile)

Yes No No
Stand-alone application server

(default profile)

Yes Yes Yes
Custom

(managed profile)

Yes No No

Procedure

Results

After creating a profile and applying the customizations, the target installation should have a profile that is fully configured in the manner as designed by the CIP creator. If a configuration archive was imported, then the target profile should be a fully configured clone of the source profile where the configuration archive was exported.

To create a profile without the exact same customizations, in other words, a normal profile, use the normal profile templates in the app_server_root/profileTemplates directory and do not augment the profiles.

What to do next

After installing your customized system, install a Web server and plug-ins, if necessary, and startthe application server to test your applications.



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