Installing a configuration that uses IBM HTTP Server and InstantDB on AIX

Perform the following steps to install WebSphere Application Server:

  1. 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.
  2. If you have a version of IBM HTTP Server previous to Version 1.3.12 installed on your system, uninstall IBM HTTP Server. The installation of WebSphere Application Server will install Version 1.3.12.
  3. If a Web server is running on your system, 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/aix 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/aix/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/aix/install.sh/prereqfile  /tmp/prereq.properties
  6. Click Next to pass the introductory page.
  7. On the Install Options dialog, click Quick Installation 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 Server already installed on your system, then a fixed destination directory (/usr/HTTPServer) for IBM HTTP 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 do not use a Netscape browser or if the installation program cannot open a browser, 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.