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 and uninstalling Liberty using downloaded files and archives

For distributed platformsFor IBM i platformsYou can install Liberty by extracting an archive file.

For distributed platformsFor IBM i platforms

About this task

To try out Liberty and use Liberty to develop applications that run on WebSphere® Application Server traditional or Liberty, you can download a no-charge, unsupported edition from the WASdev download page.

To use Liberty in a production environment with guaranteed service levels and IBM® support, you must purchase WebSphere Application Server (base), WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, WebSphere Application Server Express®, or WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core. Liberty is included with these editions and can also be downloaded separately, as an edition-specific Java™ archive (JAR) file, from Passport Advantage® Online. The associated service is available from Fix Central. If you download and install Liberty from an unsupported JAR or ZIP file, you can later purchase a supported edition and upgrade the license for your existing installation.

The following table lists where you can download each type of installation archive file.
Table 1. Installation archive file locations
File Content Passport Advantage Online IBM Fix Central WASdev website
JAR files for installing a supported edition-specific V8.5.5.8 or later Liberty runtime environment

Example: wlp-nd-all-8.5.5.x.jar

Runtime
Edition-specific, V8.5.5.8 or later
Features
All features that apply to that edition
   
ZIP files for installing an unsupported V8.5.5.6 or later Liberty runtime environment with a limited production license

Can be upgraded to a supported edition by using the license upgrade JAR file

Example: wlp-webProfile7-8.5.5.x.zip

Runtime
V8.5.5.6 or later
Features
Optional Java EE 7 feature sets
SDK
Optional IBM Java 8 SDK
 
JAR files for installing an edition-specific V8.5.5.0 Liberty runtime environment

Example: wlp-nd-runtime-8.5.5.0.jar

Runtime
Edition-specific, V8.5.5.0
Features
V8.5.5.0 features
   
JAR files for installing an edition-specific V8.5.5.1 or later Liberty runtime environment

The unsupported JAR file can be upgraded to a supported edition by using the license upgrade JAR file

Example: wlp-nd-runtime-8.5.5.6.jar

Runtime
Edition-specific, V8.5.5.1 or later
Features
Up to the latest levels of the V8.5.5.2 feature set
  Fully supported JAR files Unsupported JAR file only
JAR files for license upgrades:
  • Upgrade trial or unsupported editions to supported editions
  • Upgrade supported editions to other supported editions with more functionality

Example: wlp-nd-license-8.5.5.jar

No runtime environment or features  

For distributed platformsFor Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, you can also install the WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse, then use the tools to install the profile. For more information, see Installing Liberty developer tools and (optionally) Liberty.

For distributed platformsFor IBM i platforms

Procedure


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