Before creating a customized installation package (CIP), first create a build definition for the CIP. The build definition is an XML document that defines how the Installation Factory is to customize the WebSphere Application Server product. The Installation Factory graphical user interface (GUI) is the easiest way to create a build definition. Launch the GUI with the ifgui command from the bin directory. You can save a build definition and use it to generate the CIP directly from the GUI. Alternately, you can pass the build definition to the command-line interface through an option on the ifcli command. The alternate approach is useful when you want to create the build definition interactively on one machine using the GUI, but then generate the CIP in batch mode, perhaps on a different machine, and perhaps as part of some larger automated process.
Download the code from the download page for the IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server.
Download the code to the same type of operating system for which you intend to build a CIP. For example, download the code to a Windows system if you intend to create a CIP for a Windows system. Download to a Linux system to create a CIP for a Linux system.
Unpack the code.
Make all of the assets available on the machine where you intend to create your CIP (which might be a different machine from the one where you create the build definition.
Clicking the New build definition
icon starts the Build Definition wizard. See the ifgui command for more information.
The ifcli command creates CIPs for all supported operating systems. The ifgui command runs on a subset of the operating system platforms that the ifcli tool supports. Therefore, you might have to copy the build definition to the processing engine machine.
See the ifcli command for more information.
Related information
Developing and installing customized installation packages
Installation Factory overview
ifgui command
Build Definition wizard