You can use native installation functionality to install WebSphere Application Server. The steps below describe how to install WebSphere Application Server using the noninteractive (silent) mode.
To complete a silent installation, you must create a response file and then use it to perform the installation.
A template response file called response_sun.res is supplied with WebSphere Application Server. Using this file as a template, you create your own response file. By default, a file that you create directly from the template installs Sun SDK 1.2, IBM HTTP Server 1.3.12.0, InstantDB, and WebSphere Application Server as well as configures WebSphere Application Server for use with IBM HTTP Server and InstantDB. Further, it installs documentation in U.S. English, WebSphere Application Server application samples, and files that make the product compatible with the Tivoli System Management Tool.
You can edit your file to permit configuration with other selected Web servers or databases, to install documentation in selected languages, or to choose another installation location (the default location is /opt/IBMWebAS). Detailed instructions within the template file guide you in your selections.
After creating your file, you run the associated shell script WebSphereInstallSUN.sh with your response file as the argument. This script silently installs the components and options that you have selected into the chosen installation location in U.S. English. (Because the shell script performs some pre- and post-processing steps on the installation, do not use the Solaris AdminTool to run the script.)
Perform the steps below to create a custom response file and install WebSphere Application Server using the noninteractive (silent) mode. The steps assume that installation is made from the product CD.
The following steps assume that the CD-ROM is mounted at /cdrom.
# cd /cdrom/spool
# cp response_sun.res <response_file>
<response_file> is the full pathname of the response file you are creating (for instance, /tmp/<response_file>). Be sure that the name of your response file has a .res extension.
# ./WebSphereInstallSUN.sh <response_file>
<response_file> is the full pathname for the custom response file you created. The WebSphereInstallSUN.sh shell script uses this response file to silently install the components and options that you have selected into the chosen installation directory.
Note: If you choose to install the plugin for IBM HTTP Server, the installation process checks if you have the correct version of the server (1.3.12.0) on your machine. If you do not have this product on your machine and you have indicated in your response file that you want to have it installed, the installation process installs it. (You must manually back up and merge any existing configuration and date files from previous editions of IBM HTTP Server.) If you do not have this product on your machine and you have indicated in your response file that you do not want to have it installed, the script exits without installing the product.