Installing WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base

WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is required on all workstations where you plan to install the server components and the Dynamic Workload Console.

Before you begin

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Ensure that your system meets the operating system and Java requirements. For more information, see WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base detailed system requirements.

About this task

You can quickly install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base by extracting an archive file on all supported platforms.

To extract the archive, you can use your own Java Ext or use the Java Ext provided with the IBM® Workload Scheduler image. The provided Java Ext is located in the following path in the image for your operating system: <IMAGE_DIR>/TWS/<INTERP>/Tivoli_Eclipse_<INTERP>/TWS/JavaExt/.

To install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Download WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base from Recommended updates for WebSphere Application Server Liberty.

Run the Detailed Software Requirements report and browse to the Prerequisites tab to find the required version of Application Server.
Install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base by extracting the archive file to a directory of your choice.
On Windows operating systems
```
java -jar <liberty_download_dir>\wlp-base-all-<fix_pack>.jar 
--acceptLicense <install_dir>
```
On UNIX operating systems
```
./java -jar <liberty_download_dir>/wlp-base-all-<fix_pack>.jar 
--acceptLicense <install_dir>
```
where:

<liberty_download_dir>

The directory where you downloaded WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.

<fix_pack>

The number of the fix pack.

<install_dir>

The directory where you want to install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.
Note: Note that the value of the <install_dir> parameter must match the value to be defined for the wlpdir parameter when installing the master domain manager and its backup, dynamic domain manager and its backup, and the Dynamic Workload Console.
Ensure the IBM® Workload Scheduler administrative user has the rights to run WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and full access to the installation directory. If WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is shared between the master domain manager and the Dynamic Workload Console, ensure also the Dynamic Workload Console user has the same rights.

Results

You have now successfully installed WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.

What to do next

You can now proceed to Encrypting passwords (optional).