Download the binary files for WebSphere® Application Server
Community Edition, and use the centralized installation manager to install the installation
package on your target workstations.
Before you begin
Ensure that the latest version of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise is installed and the
centralized installation manager repository is set up
on the deployment manager workstation. For more information, see Installing the product.
The
remote installation target must contain a middleware node that is
augmented for the product. The middleware node can be either a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
node or a node that has the middleware agent installed. Ensure that
you meet this requirement before you begin downloading and installing WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition. To install the middleware
agent on a node that does not contain WebSphere Application
Server, see Installing packages.
About this task
Use the centralized installation manager to
remotely install WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition.
This particular installation package contains one of two features
that you select during the installation process: Server
only or Server and IBM software development
kit (SDK), Java 2 Technology Edition.
Because the
product does not contain the required binary files for this particular
installation package, you must first download and copy the files to
the centralized installation manager repository. Complete the following
steps to download the binary files, and then use the centralized installation
manager to install the package to your installation targets.
Procedure
- Download the binary files for WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition from developerWorks®. Click Multiplatform to begin the download
process.
- Log in as a registered user with your IBM® ID
and password. Complete the required fields by providing your contact
information, selecting the appropriate privacy settings, and viewing
the license agreement. Click I confirm to continue.
- Select one or more of the available installation bundles, and
click Download now.
Select the
Server
only bundles if you already installed the latest version
of the software developer kit on the target workstation. These bundles
are available with the following operating systems:
- UNIX 32-bit
- Windows Intel 32-bit
Select any one of the
Server and IBM SDK options
to download
WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition with
the IBM SDK, Java 2
Technology Edition and the application server. This option is available
with the following operating systems:
- AIX® PowerPC® 32-bit
- Linux Intel 32-bit
- Linux Power PC 32-bit
- Linux Intel or AMD 64-bit
- Solaris Operating Environment SPARC 32-bit
- Windows Intel 32-bit
Attention: The centralized installation manager cannot
uninstall the IBM SDK for the Windows operating
system that is installed with the Server and SDK for Windows bundle. The centralized installation manager also cannot uninstall the IBM SDK
for the Windows operating system by
using the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
and manually deleting the SDK. Instead, you must uninstall the SDK
manually from the target host by using the Windows Add
or Remove Programs control panel function.
- Copy the downloaded files to the following directory:
- For WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition Version 2.0,
copy the files to the CIM_repository_root/WASCE20 directory.
- For WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition Version 2.1,
copy the files to the CIM_repository_root/WASCE21 directory.
- Install WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition on
the target host.
- From the Available Installations panel in the administrative
console, select the package type, the installation package, and one
of the two accompanying features that are available with the installation
package:
- Package type: Product install
- Installation package: WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition
- Feature: Server only or Server
and IBM software developer kit (SDK), Java 2 Technology Edition
You can install the Server only feature
multiple times, and distribute the same SDK between it and the Server
and IBM software developer kit (SDK), Java 2 Technology Edition feature
on the same target host.
After you make your
selections and click Show Installation Targets,
a table that contains a list of applicable target workstations on
which to install the installation package is displayed.
- Select one or more installation targets from the list,
and click Install to start the Installation
wizard.
- Accept the license agreement as the first step of the
wizard. Click View License Agreement to
read the agreement, and accept the terms. Click Next to
continue.
- Select an authentication method to access the installation
target, and click Next. You can
choose to use either the Secure Shell (SSH) public/private key method
or the user name and password method to authenticate.
- Provide the authentication settings, and click Next. Depending on the authentication method that you choose in step
3, provide the appropriate user name and password for one or more
installation targets, or provide the location of the SSH private key
file and password on the deployment manager.
If you choose to authenticate
by using the user name and password method, you can provide a common
user name and password to access all of the installation targets,
or you can configure unique user names and passwords for each target.
- Specify the installation location and the working location
of each installation target, and click Next.
The installation location is the remote location of the installation
target in which the WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition server is installed.
The working location
specifies the directory on the remote target that contains the installation
files.
- Specify the installation location of a supported Java 2 environment on the target host if you
choose Server only in step a. If you do not
specify the path to the location, the installation program attempts
to locate a supported Java 2
environment. However, the installation fails if the program cannot
locate the existing environment.
If you choose Server
and IBM software developer kit (SDK), Java 2 Technology Edition in
step a, review the installation location of the SDK for the bundle,
and click Next.
The following list contains
the default installation location for each operating system:
- AIX PowerPC 32-bit: /usr/java5
- Linux Intel 32-bit: /opt/ibm/java2-i386-50
- Linux PowerPC 32-bit: /opt/ibm/java2-ppc-50
- Linux Intel or AMD 64-bit: /opt/ibm/java2-x86_64-50
- Solaris Operating Environment SPARC 32-bit: ${INSTALL_LOCATION}/_jvm
- Windows Intel 32-bit: C:/Program
Files/IBM/Java50
A remote host can contain only one copy of the SDK for
each of the preceding operating systems, except for the Solaris operating
system. The SDK for the Solaris operating system is installed as a
private Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the
installation directory for WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition.
Therefore, you can install the Server and IBM SDK for Solaris/SPARC bundle
multiple times on the same host in different directories.
- Specify additional parameters that are required to successfully
install the installation package. Select a node on each
of the target hosts to designate as the manager of the WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition server. Next, select
the check box to disable a prerequisite check on each operating system.
The prerequisite check is enabled by default.
- Read the installation summary, and click Finish to
submit the installation request to the centralized installation manager
for processing.
Alternatively, issue the installSoftware command
in the wsadmin tool to install WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition.
Specify certain parameters depending on which feature you choose to
install with the installation package. For more information, see Centralized installation manager administrative tasks.
Attention: The following error message might
be displayed on the Installation history detail panel when you install
WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition on either Solaris operating
systems or AIX operating systems:
XCIM0199W: Installation completed but errors were detected. Check logs for error messages.
....... log1 .......
....... log2 .......
After you check one of the log
files, ignore the error if it is similar to one of the following examples:
XCIM01661: Standard error from command:
wasce_setup-2.*-unix.bin -is:silent....
Must be attached to terminal for 'am I' option
Must be attached to terminal for 'am I' option
XCIM01661: Standard error from command:
wasce_setup-2.*-unix.bin -is:silent....
who: 0551-012 The process is not attached to a terminal.
Do not run who am i as a background process.
Results
The centralized installation manager now
contains a copy of the required binary files for installing WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition. The centralized installation manager receives your installation
request, processes the information that you provided, and then installs
the package to the target workstation.
What to do next
In the administrative console, check the status of your
pending requests on the Installations in Progress panel, and review
the log files of your submitted installation requests from the Installation
History panel.
After the installation completes, you can create
managed WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition servers.
See Creating complete life-cycle WebSphere Application Server Community Edition servers and dynamic clusters