The launchpad console is the starting point for installing IBM®
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 Liberty Core 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 Liberty Core, 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.