The launchpad console is the starting point for installing WebSphere® Application Server Liberty
Core.
About this task
The launchpad identifies components on the product disk or image that you can install
(launch).
The launchpad is a single point of reference for installing the application server environment.
If you click a link that points to a product repository on another disk or image, you are prompted
to insert that disk or browse to that image.
Procedure
- Start the launchpad.
The launchpad program is available in the root directory of the product disk. You can start
the launchpad manually using a fully qualified command instead of changing directories to the disk
and running the command locally from the root directory:
Note: Some Windows operating systems such as Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, and Windows 7 have implemented a more
restrictive security policy that denies access to trusted files by non-trusted files or
applications. When the launchpad application is run as a non-trusted program, you will receive JavaScript
"Access is denied" errors that subsequently cause the application to hang. Because downloaded
images are automatically blocked, unblock the files so that the launchpad can successfully access
the files. Before you extract the image, right-click the image file and select
Properties to
open the Properties panel and locate the security section and click the
Unblock button. You
can now extract the image and run the launchpad application.
The launchpad opens in the
language of the locale setting of the machine.
- Use the launchpad to perform the following LibertyCore related tasks.
- View the Welcome page, and access links to the IBM
WebSphere Application Server product documentation and
the IBM Education Assistant.
- Launch IBM Installation Manager installation, and access
the IBM Installation Manager product documentation.
- Launch IBM Packaging Utility installation, and access the
Packaging Utility information in the IBM Installation Manager
product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install WebSphere Application Server LibertyCore, and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install IBM HTTP Server,
and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install Web Server Plug-ins for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, and access the
installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install the WebSphere
Customization Toolbox, and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Access the latest version of IBM Support Assistant.
Results
This procedure results in using the launchpad to start the installation and to access
information through a browser.
Troubleshooting
If you can start the launchpad but clicking
a link does not resolve to a page in the launchpad, you might have the wrong media in the disk
drive. Check the validity of the media.
If the launchpad links still do not work after following this procedure, launch
Installation Manager and point it at the appropriate repositories to install the
offerings.

What to do next
Go to Installing and uninstalling Liberty on distributed operating systems to continue installing your
application serving environment.