Install Installation Manager and obtain the necessary product
repositories before installing WebSphere® Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment.
Procedure
- Install Installation Manager.
- Obtain the necessary installation files.
There
are three basic options for obtaining Installation Manager Version
1.5.2 or later.
- 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:
./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.
- Update an Installation Manager installation
that is already on your system.
For information
on updating Installation Manager to Version 1.5.2 or later, see the IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.
- Obtain the product repositories.
There are three basic options for accessing the product repositories
to install the offering.
- Access the physical media, and use local installation.
You
can access 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.
- Access the live repositories, and use web-based installation.
If
you have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you can access the product repositories
and install the offering from the web-based repositories. Use Installation
Manager to install the offering from the web-based repository located
at
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.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
add to your Installation Manager preferences before the Installation
Manager GUI can access the files in this repository to install the
offering.
Tip: This live repository is accessed
by using Passport
Advantage authentication. After you have installed Installation
Manager, you can set the Passport
Advantage preference to connect to the live repositories. To
set Passport Advantage preferences,
follow this procedure:
- Open Installation Manager.
- Open the Passport
Advantage preferences page by selecting File > Preferences
> Passport Advantage.
- Select Connect to Passport
Advantage to connect to the Passport Advantage repository.
The
Password Required dialog box opens.
- Enter a user name and password for Passport Advantage.
- Optional: Select Save password to save the user
name and password credentials.
If you do not save the user name
and password credentials, you are prompted for these credentials each
time you access Passport
Advantage.
- Click OK to close the Password Required dialog box.
- Click OK to close the Preferences window.
For more information on setting your Installation Manager preferences,
see the
IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.
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 offering 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 Information Center.
- Optional: If you will be using
the Installation Manager GUI, add the product repository to your Installation
Manager preferences.
- Launch Installation Manager.
- 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.
For more information on setting your Installation Manager preferences,
see the IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.
- Optional: If you will be using
the Installation Manager GUI, set your Installation Manager rollback
preferences.
By default, Installation Manager saves
earlier versions of a package to roll back to if you experience issues
later. When Installation Manager rolls back a package to a previous
version, the current version of the files are uninstalled and the
earlier versions are reinstalled. If you choose not to save the files
for rollback, you can prevent the files from being saved or delete
them after they are saved. To set your rollback preferences, perform
the following actions before installing a package:
- Launch Installation Manager.
- Open the Rollback preferences window by selecting File > Preferences
> Files for Rollback.
- Select or clear the Save files for rollback option to save
or to stop saving a copy of files that are required to roll back packages
on your computer.
You can remove any files that have already been
saved by clicking Delete Saved Files. If you delete the files
and you need to roll back a package later, you must connect to a repository
or insert the media to obtain the required files for the previous
version of the package.
- Click OK to save your rollback preferences.
For more information on setting your Installation Manager preferences,
see the
IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.
What to do next
Use Installation Manager to install the offering.