Installing WebSphere® Application Server web components
Before you can install or upgrade to the CCRC WAN server or Automatic view WAN server, you must install or upgrade the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server environment where you plan to deploy the web server components. You can generate a report to determine the current supported version of a specific product from the Software product compatibility reports tool. To generate a report, select your product, version, and operating system. For a fix pack release, select the parent version of the product to see the reports.
About this task
Before you install or upgrade any of the ClearCase® WAN server web components, you might need to upgrade the existing WebSphere® Application Server installation or install a new instance.
- Restrictions
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Before you begin an installation of WebSphere® Application Server, review the following information.
- On Linux and UNIX systems, do not use symbolic links as the destination directory. Symbolic links are not supported.
- Do not use a semicolon in the directory name. WebSphere® Application Server cannot install properly if the target directory includes a semicolon. A semicolon is a character that is used to construct the class path on Windows™ systems.
- The maximum path length for the installation location on the Windows™ operating system is 60 characters.
- Deleting the default target location and leaving an installation-directory field empty prevents you from continuing.
Procedure
Installation of WebSphere® Application Server
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Plan your installation.
Review which software components you can install and which IBM Installation Manager methods you can use to install them, and determine where to install the software.
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At the Install Packages panel, select the following packages for
installation:
- IBM® WebSphere® Application Server
- IBM® HTTP Server for WebSphere® Application Server
- Web Server Plug-ins for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server
- WebSphere Customization Toolbox
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Prepare your operating system.
Install libraries, adjust system settings, and stop any processes that might interfere with the installation as required by your operating system.
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Install the product.
Using your chosen Installation Manager method, install WebSphere® Application Server and any additional software.
After you install WebSphere® Application Server, you can set up profiles and configure your environment.
What to do next
- Configure a Web plug-in:
If you have not already run the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool to configure the web server to communicate with the application server, see Configuring a web plug-in for IBM HTTP Server. On Windows™, this tool requires user credentials for a built-in Administrator or a local user in the Administrator group.
- Create a WebSphere® Application Server
application profile
When you install web components to a WebSphere® Application Server application profile, you can choose the Profile Deployment Type: new profile, or existing profile. To determine which type of profile to use, see WebSphere® Application Server profiles for web feature deployment.