You can use the Installation Manager GUI to install the
DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application Server. Installing
the DMZ Secure Proxy Server allows a secure proxy server profile to
be created outside of the cell.
Before you begin
Install Installation Manager: - Perform one of the following procedures:
- If you want to use the Installation Manager that is included with
this product, perform the following actions:
- Obtain the necessary files.
There are three basic options for
obtaining and installing Installation Manager and the product.
Notes: - If you do not have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from
the product repositories on the media or local repositories.
- With the Packaging Utility, you can create and manage packages
for installation repositories. You can copy multiple packages into
one repository or copy multiple disks for one product into a repository.
You can copy packages from Passport Advantage or a web-based
repository into a local repository for example. For more information
on the Packaging Utility, go to the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Change to the location containing the Installation Manager installation
files, and run one of the following commands:
- Administrative installation:
-
- Non-administrative installation:
-
- Group-mode installation:
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./groupinst
The installer opens an Install Packages window.
- Make sure that the Installation Manager package is selected, and
click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
The
program creates the directory for your installation.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message
indicating that installation is successful.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log
File to troubleshoot the problem.
- If you already have Installation
Manager Version 1.5.2 or later installed on your system and you
want to use it to install and maintain the product, obtain the necessary
product files.
There are three basic options for
installing the product.
- Access the physical media, and use local installation
You
can access the product repositories on the product media. Use Installation
Manager to install the product from the product repositories on the
media.
- Download the files from the Passport Advantage site, and use
local installation
Licensed customers with a Passport Advantage ID and password
can download the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
- Download the product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product from the downloaded
repositories.
- Access the live repositories, and use web-based installation
If
you have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you can use Installation Manager to
install the product from the web-based repositories. Use Installation
Manager to install the product from the web-based repository located
at
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.NDDMZ.v85
Note: This location
does not contain a web page that you can access using a web browser.
This is a remote web-based repository location that you must specify
for the value of the -repositories parameter so that the imcl command
can access the files in this repository to install the product.
Whenever
possible, you should use the remote web-based repositories so that
you are accessing the most up-to-date installation files.
Notes: - If you do not have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from
the product repositories on the media or local repositories.
- With the Packaging Utility, you can create and manage packages
for installation repositories. You can copy multiple packages into
one repository or copy multiple disks for one product into a repository.
You can copy packages from Passport Advantage or a web-based
repository into a local repository for example. For more information
on the Packaging Utility, go to the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Add the product repository to your Installation Manager preferences.
- Start Installation Manager.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Perform the following actions:
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file
in the location containing the repository files.
- Click OK.
- Deselect any locations listed in the Repositories window that
you will not be using.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation
Manager.
Procedure
- Start Installation Manager.
- Click Install.
Note: If
you are prompted to authenticate, use the IBM ID and password that you registered with
on the program website.
Installation Manager searches its
defined repositories for available packages.
- Perform the following actions.
- Select DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere
Application Server and the appropriate version.
Note: If you are installing the trial version of this
product, select DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application
Server Trial and the appropriate version.
If you already
have the DMZ Secure Proxy Server installed on your system, a message
displays indicating that the DMZ Secure Proxy Server is already installed.
To create another installation of the DMZ Secure Proxy Server in another
location, click Continue.
Tip: If the Search service repositories
during installation and updates option is selected on the Installation
Manager Repository preference page and you are connected to the Internet,
you can click Check for Other Versions and Extensions to search
for updates in the default update repositories for the selected packages.
In this case, you do not need to add the specific service-repository
URL to the Installation Manager Repository preference page.
- Select the fixes to install.
Any recommended fixes are selected by default.
If there
are recommended fixes, you can select the option to show only recommended
fixes and hide non-recommended fixes.
- Click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Specify the installation root directory for the product
binaries, which are also referred to as the core product files or
system files.
The panel also displays the shared resources
directory and disk-space information.
Restrictions: - Deleting the default target location and leaving an installation-directory
field empty prevents you from continuing.
- Do not use symbolic links as the destination directory.
Symbolic
links are not supported.
- Do not use a semicolon in the directory name.
The DMZ Secure
Proxy Server cannot install properly if the target directory includes
a semicolon.
A semicolon is the character
used to construct the class path on Windows systems.
The maximum path length on the Windows Server
2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems is 60 characters.
- Click Next.
- Select the languages for which translated content should
be installed.
English is always selected.
- Click Next.
- Select the features that you want to install.
Choose
from the following features:
- Administration Thin Client
The Administration Thin Client is
a runtime client that enables applications to run administration tasks
to the application server.
Tip: You can run the Installation
Manager later to modify this installation and add or remove this feature.
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IBM Runtime Environment for
JavaThis option allows you to choose between a 32-bit and 64-bit
IBM Runtime Environment for Java.
Notes: - This option displays only if you are installing on a 64-bit system.
- This does not apply to Solaris x86 64-bit
systems.
- You must select one of the two options.
- You cannot modify this installation later and change this selection.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- Choose whether or not you want to launch a program when
this installation is finished.
- Select Profile Management Tool to create a profile if
you want to open the Profile Management Tool and create a new profile
when this installation is finished.
- Select None if you do not want to launch
a program when this installation is finished.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation
Manager.
What to do next
You can create a secure proxy profile using the Profile
Management Tool or the manageprofiles command.