WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS® Liberty offerings are distributed
as IBM® Installation Manager repositories. These repositories
contain the metadata and files that are required to create one or more levels of a particular
product.
About this task
Note: This procedure uses several Installation Manager sample jobs to access the
product repositories. These jobs can be found in the GIN.SGINJCL data set that is installed as part
of FMID HGIN140. You can also download the sample jobs by following the instructions on the
Sample jobs for IBM Installation Manager on z/OS page.
Procedure
Choose one of the following options to access the product repositories:
- To install from web-based product and service repositories, complete the following steps. You can install both the initial product and the latest fix-pack level from the online
repositories.
- Create a master.password file that contains text to be used for an
encryption key, and place the file in your Installation Manager file system. The recommended
location is /InstallationManager/master.password.
- Edit and submit the GIN3CRED Installation Manager sample job to create an
im.ssf credentials file that contains your IBM user ID and password.
If you use a firewall proxy to access the IBM website, the credentials file also contains the firewall credentials.
- To install from local product and service repositories:
- Edit and submit the GIN3CFS Installation Manager sample job to allocate and mount a local
repository file system at the /InstallationManager/repo location.
- For the initial product level, download the following files from the ShopzSeries website, or
copy them from the product media to your z/OS system. If you
use FTP, be sure to transfer the files in binary format.
- was.repo.liberty.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty.
- was.repo.9000.plugins.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for the Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty.
- was.repo.9000.ihs.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for IBM HTTP Server for z/OS.
- sdk.repo.8030.java8.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8.
Place the files in the /InstallationManager/repo directory. You do not need
to decompress the files, but make sure the Installation Manager user ID or group can read them.
- Optional: If fix packs are available for the product, download the fix pack repositories from IBM Fix Central, and copy the repositories to your z/OS system.
In general, you need only the latest fix pack repository for each of the following items. If you
use FTP, be sure to transfer the files in binary format.
- n.n.n.n-WS-LIBERTY-ZOS-FP.zip
- Fix pack repository for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty, where
n.n.n.n is the fix pack number, such as 16.0.0.2.
- 9.0.0-WS-PLG-ZOS-FPnnn.zip
- Fix pack repository for Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty .
- 9.0.0-WS-IHS-ZOS-FPnnn.zip
- Fix pack repository for IBM HTTP Server for z/OS.
- ibm-java-sdk-8.0-n.n-zos-arch-installmgr.zip
- Fix pack repository for IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8.
Place the files in the /InstallationManager/repo directory. You do not need
to decompress the files, but make sure that the Installation Manager user ID or group can read
them.
Results
To display the exact contents of the repositories, use the Installation Manager imcl
listAvailablePackages command. See the GIN3LSTA Installation Manager sample job for
web-based repositories and the GIN3LSTL sample job for local repositories.
These repositories can be supplemented with materials
from the web-based service repository or from downloaded service repositories.
Service repositories can be obtained from Fix
Central.
These repositories contain the necessary files to install the product code for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty, including IBM HTTP Server for z/OS, Web Server
Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, and IBM SDK Java Technology Edition.
What to do next
When you use IBM Installation Manager to install WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty, specify the path to the appropriate
repository in the -repositories parameter of the imcl
command.