Download and configure IBM® WebSphere® Installation Factory on your
system before creating an customized installation package (CIP) or
an integrated installation package (IIP).
Before you begin
To set up Installation Factory, you can either use the product
code copied from the WebSphere Application
Server product Supplements disc or use the code downloaded from the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory Web site.
The advantage to downloading the code from the Web site is that you
will be downloading the latest version of the product.
Procedure
- Download the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory image.
- Download the code from the IBM Installation
Factory for WebSphere Application
Server Web site.
You can create installation
packages for operating systems other than the one on which Installation
Factory is running:
- The Installation Factory on
these operating systems can create installation packages for all supported
platforms.
- IBM WebSphere Installation Factory on Windows® operating systems can
create installation packages for Windows and IBM i.
- IBM i users
must install the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory on
a Windows platform. The
product does not run on an IBM i platform.
- Unpack the code to any directory for which you have
the appropriate permissions.
- You can also set up the Installation Factory on your system
using the code from the product media. Copy the code to your operating
system using the setupif command from the InstallationFactory directory
on the Supplements disc.
- Run the setupif.sh command.
This
command copies the Installation Factory to
user_home/InstallationFactory by
default; but you can specify the target location when you run it.
For example:
setupif.sh target_location
- Run the setupif.bat command.
This
command copies the Installation Factory to
C:\InstallationFactory by
default; but you can specify the target location when you run it.
For example:
setupif.bat target_location
- The Installation Factory does not run on an
IBM i platform. You must install IBM WebSphere Installation Factory
on a distributed platform to create installation packages for IBM
i.
Results
You have installed the Installation Factory product.
What to do next
After you have installed the Installation Factory product
you can start creating installation packages. See Installation Factory overview for more information about the different
types of packages you can create.