The launchpad console is the starting point for installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
The launchpad is a Web application. Before using the launchpad, you must have a supported Web browser.
Use the launchpad from a Windows workstation.
WebSphere Application Server is an integrated platform that contains an Application Server, a set of Web development tools, a Web server, and additional supporting software and documentation. The launchpad is the single point of reference for installing the entire Application Server environment.
The launchpad identifies components on the product disk that you can install (launch).
Links in the navigation frame of the product disk launchpad enable you to:
There is no WebSphere launchpad for the disks in the secondary packet, such as the DB2 product disk.
Troubleshooting
To use the Launchpad application to install products from a network share, the contents of the "WAS CD" and "WebSphere Supplements CD" must be copied into separate directories. The Launchpad application uses the ~/launchpad/diskinfo/thisDisk.properties file to identify the correct location for the install files.
If you can start the launchpad, but clicking a link does not resolve to a page in the launchpad, you might have the media for the wrong operating system in the disk drive. Check the validity of the media.
If you are attempting to use the Mozilla
browser on a Windows system, Internet Explorer might open instead.
The launchpad does not recognize Mozilla as the default browser if
Internet Explorer is also installed on the same system. The launchpad
is fully functional with Internet Explorer, so no action is required.
set BROWSER=Mozilla
If the launchpad links still do not work after following this procedure, refer to the following locations of the component installation programs and launch the programs directly.
Go to Installing the product and additional software to continue installing your application serving environment.
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