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.
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. Use the ifgui command to start the Installation Factory console.
After defining the build parameters, create the CIP, which has a version of the WebSphere Application Server Installation wizard. See Getting started with the Installation Factory for more information about defining CIP parameters and creating the 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 Network Deployment by following this procedure.
See Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server for information about getting started deploying applications.