A customized installation package (CIP) is a customized WebSphere Application Server installation image that can include one or more maintenance packages, a configuration archive from a stand-alone application server profile, one or more enterprise archive files, and scripts and other files that help customize the resulting installation. The IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server creates CIPs.
This topic describes how to create and install a CIP as the root user on an operating system such as AIX or Linux, or as a user who belongs to the administrator group on a Windows platform.
Read through this topic and its related topics to prepare for creating and installing customized installation packages (CIPs). Become familiar with CIP installation options before you start to use the installation tools. Review the hardware and software requirements on the Supported hardware and software Web site to get started.
If you encounter a problem such as needing more disk space or more temporary space, or missing prerequisite packages on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
Log on as a member of the
administrator group to successfully install the product. You cannot
install the product correctly from a user ID that does not belong
to the administrator group. Some steps of the installation procedure
require the administrator group ID to have the following advanced
user rights, Act as part of the operating system and Log
on as a service.
SECJ0007E: Error during security initializationIn addition to the previous error, you might find that the application server does not start or you cannot connect to the application server. To avoid this issue, use the Update Installer for WebSphere Software to install interim fix PK82529 and then create the customized profile with the CAR file. Also, you can bundle the interim fix PK82529 in a CIP. After you install the CIP with the interim fix, you can create a customize profile with a CAR file.
This topic introduces the IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server, which you can use to create a CIP. Get started by creating a build definition for the CIP using the Installation Factory console using the ifgui command. After defining the build parameters in the wizard, create and install the resulting CIP.
The following procedure describes how to get started creating and installing a customized installation package for your WebSphere Application Server product.
You can use a CIP to install IBM WebSphere Application Server by following this procedure.
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