Installing WebSphere Application Server -- Quick Install option

To install WebSphere Application Server, do the following:

  1. If you have a version of IBM HTTP Web Server previous to Version 1.3.12 installed on your system, uninstall IBM HTTP Web Server. The installation of WebSphere Application Server will install IBM HTTP Web Server version 1.3.12.
  2. Log onto your machine with superuser (root) privileges. Note that when installing WebSphere Application Server, the user ID of this individual cannot contain angle brackets.

    If your system does not grant you root authority even though you are logged on as root, ensure /usr/ucb is in the path for the root login. Edit the install.sh file by adding the following line before the call to the whoami command:

    export PATH = $PATH:/usr/ucb
  3. If a Web server on your system is running, stop the Web server.
  4. If you plan to use a Web server or database at a level that exceeds the current version required by WebSphere Application Server, you must disable the WebSphere Prerequisite Checker before installing WebSphere Application Server. To do this, perform the following steps:
    1. Copy the prereq.properties file from the /cdrom/cdrom0/sun directory to the /tmp directory on the machine on which you will install WebSphere Application Server.
    2. Edit this file by finding the line prereq_checker=1 and changing it to prereq_checker=0.
  5. If you have not disabled the Prerequisite Checker as detailed in Step 4, run the installation script file by entering the following command:
    # /cdrom/cdrom0/sun/install.sh

    If you have disabled the Prerequisite Checker as detailed in Step 4, run the installation script file by entering the following command:

    # /cdrom/cdrom0/sun/install.sh /prereqfile  /tmp/prereq.properties
  6. Click Next to pass the introductory page.
  7. On the Install Options dialog, click Quick Install and then Next.
  8. On the Security Information dialog, fill in the user ID, password, and confirming password to use for the application server and click Next.
  9. Specify the destination directory. If you do not have IBM HTTP Web Server already installed on your system, then a fixed destination directory (/opt/IBMHTTPD) for IBM HTTP Web Server will be shown. Click Next.
  10. Click Next again and then OK to begin the installation.
  11. The next page points you to the README. If you select to view the README and a Netscape browser does not open on the README, look in the <main_Application_Server_directory>/web/InfoCenter/was directory for the readme.html file. For the most recent version of the README or release notes, go to Library section of the product Web site at http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/.
  12. Click Finish.