This article describes how to install IBM WebSphere Application Server that uses:
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Instructions for installing from the CD:
For information about the supported product prerequisites, see:
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/doc/v35/prereq.html
The site provides information such as the supported levels and types of IBM Developer Kits and databases for use with this product.
Obtain the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh) for your Linux distribution from the compact disk for your Linux distribution, or from the pdksh Web site:
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/
If you plan to use an existing Web server with IBM WebSphere Application Server, stop the Web server before running the product installation script.
Install WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5:
./install.sh
The script will prompt you through the following decisions and activities.
(Note, if installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Standard Edition, some prompts will be omitted because an InstantDB database is always installed -- DB2 and other database choices are not available.)
The script leads you through:
For the administrative database configuration, be prepared to provide the following information:
For help with the above items, see InfoCenter article 1.2.3.6
Note, if you select the custom database configuration route, the installation script will not check whether the database information you enter applies to a supported database. Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server to use an unsupported database will severely limit your IBM support options. See the above Prerequisites section section for a pointer to the list of supported databases.
If using the Apache Server, you will need to configure the Web server before proceeding:
LoadModule app_server_module /opt/IBMWebAS/bin/mod_app_server.so AddModule mod_app_server.c Alias /IBMWebAS/ /opt/IBMWebAS/web NcfAppServerConfig BootFile /opt/IBMWebAS/properties/bootstrap.properties
cp -r /opt/IBMWebAS/WSsamples document_root cp -r /opt/IBMWebAS/WSsamplesIDB document_root
Whether you are using IBM HTTP Server or Apache Server, if the Web server is now running, you must stop it. Use the restart command to stop the server and start it again.
To start IBM HTTP Server 1.3.12, use the following command:
/opt/IBMHTTPServer/bin/apachectl restart
cd /opt/IBMWebAS/bin ./startupServer.sh
/opt/IBMWebAS/logs/tracefile
cd /opt/IBMWebAS/bin ./adminclient.sh
Run a servlet to further verify a successful installation.
http://hostname_or_IPaddress/servlet/snoopSnoop is a standard example servlet installed by default. The browser should now display information on /servlet/snoop.