

Installing Liberty by extracting a ZIP archive file
You can install Liberty and optional features by extracting a ZIP archive file. These ZIP files are designed to help you quickly get started with Liberty.
Before you begin
Your system must meet the operating system and Java™ requirements for using Liberty. See WebSphere Application Server detailed system requirements.

- /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk_version/32bit
- /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk_version/64bit
About this task
- Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 7 technologies: Install the Liberty runtime environment plus features that support the Java EE 7 full platform, Web Profile, or application client
- IBM Java 8: Install the Liberty runtime environment, features that support the Java EE 7 Web Profile, and IBM SDK Java Technology Edition Version 8
- Liberty kernel only: Install only the Liberty runtime environment
Watch:
Video: Installing Liberty
from a ZIP file shows how you can quickly install Liberty from a ZIP archive file, start the server
and add applications, and upgrade to a supported installation [Transcript]
Procedure
What to do next
After you install Liberty from a ZIP file, you can further customize your environment by installing additional assets; see Installing Liberty Repository assets.
On the IBM i
platform, after you extract the distribution image, you can configure all servers to run as jobs in
the batch subsystem under the QEJBSVR user profile that is provided with the product. For more
information, see Configuring the Liberty server to start as a job in the QWAS9 subsystem on IBM i.