This topic applies to WebSphere Application Server Liberty V8.5.5.9 and earlier. For the latest Liberty topics, see the WebSphere Application Server Liberty documentation.
Installing Liberty on distributed operating systems by using response files
You can install WebSphere® Application Server Liberty Core by using Installation Manager response files.
Before you begin
Prepare each of the systems onto which you want to install the offering as described in Installing Installation Manager and preparing to install Liberty.
About this task
Using Installation Manager, you can work with response files to install the offering in various ways. You can record a response file by using the GUI as described in the following procedure, create a new response file, or copy and modify an existing response file.
To install Version 8.5.5.4 and later of Liberty, you must have IBM
Installation Manager Version 1.6.2 or later.
Procedure
Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean="true" temporary="true">
<server>
<repository location="http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.liberty.v85" />
</server>
<install modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.liberty.v85'
profile='WebSphere Liberty V8.5'
features='embeddablecontainer' installFixes='none'/>
</install>
<profile id='WebSphere Liberty V8.5'
installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Liberty'>
</profile>
</agent-input>




To disable remote searches for updates in the response file, set the following preferences to
false:
<preference value='false' name='offering.service.repositories.areUsed'/>
<preference value='false' name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates'/>
You
can find more details on silent preference keys in the IBM Installation Manager documentation.The following examples show you how to change response file in order to perform alternative
actions.