Installation of Websphere

Hi All,

In this I am going to explain how to install and configure IBM WAS 7.0 (Websphere Application Server) in RHEL5

Step 1 :  Download the WAS (Trial Version) from IBM website.

www.ibm.com --> click on supports & Downloads ---> Download --> Trials & Demos --> click on Websphere Application server in the list --> Websphere Application server 7.0 (Linux)

The Download file name is as follows : was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar.gz


Step 2 : Now we have downloaded the WAS 7.0 for Linux. We are going to upload the downloaded the file into the Linux server using Winscp tool

Note : you can download the Winscp tool for free. try it through google

Step 3 : After uploading the file, download the putty and run it. Login through Root.

Step 4 : After login into the server through SSH, we need to gunzip the file.

Open the directory that you have uploaded the was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar.gz file and run the following command :

# gunzip ./was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar.gz


Step 5 : After running the gunzip the file should look like this was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar


now we need to extract the file was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar  using the following command :

# tar -xvf was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar


Now we have completed the Downloading, Uploading the file into the server, Extracting from the above 5 steps.

We are going to install the websphere in Graphical Mode. To view the graphics through Putty, we need to enable to X11 Forwarding in Putty. To do this open Putty --> click on + sign beside SSH to expand it ---> select X11 --> put a check mark in the box "Enable X11 Forwarding ..." --> Click Open

Note : If you are facing any issues to export the graphics. then run the following command

# export DISPLAY=<IP address>0.0

To check whether X11 forwarding is working or not ... run the following command :

# xclock

Step 6 : Open the folder that you have extracted the was.cd.7000.trial.base.linux.ia32.tar  file

Before Starting the installation check the free space in the harddisk by using the command

# df -k

it is recommended that /tmp should have 1 GB free space and 2 GB for the WAS Installation Directory.

Here we start the installation of WAS in graphical mode :

# ./bin/launchspad.sh    (to run the launch pad)

click on Lauch the installation wizard of websphere - Trial --> Click Next on Welcome Screen  --> click next on software license agreement --> select install sample applications click next --> we are going to change the default folder
from /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer to /apps/was7. Take note of this path as we
will now refer to this path as the <was_root> path.


We are going to choose None which will install the base binaries only. The
binaries in their own right are not useful unless at least one application server profile
is created. After the base binaries are installed, we will use another tool called the
Profile Management Tool to demonstrate how to independently create an application
server profile.


click on None  (while it is asking to select the profile ) --> click yes for confirmation --> put a check mark for create a new application server ... click Next ---> click finish to complete the installation.

Now we are done with the installation of WAS in RHEL5 in grpahical mode.

Later, I will explain how to configure the profiles in WAS.


Thanks,

G.Gopi Krishna.