OSTEP Websphere Manual Setup

Overview

This section will help with a manual setup of Websphere 7 on a Centos installation. This should be useful for all projects that package the different pieces of Websphere and scripts that automate the configuration of Websphere.

Requirements

This section should contain a list of all procedures and software that are required before the Websphere installation.

JDK

Install JDK packages, openJDK should work.

yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk

Create Websphere User

Websphere should be run by a single non-root user. All Websphere files should be owned by this user.

username: wasadmin

Websphere Directory Structure

All Websphere files should be kept within the directory "/opt/IBM/Websphere/". All files under "/opt/IBM/" should be owned by user wasadmin.

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/UpdateInstaller/
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/FixPacks

Download Websphere Fix Packs

Go to the following link and download Websphere 7 Fix Packs. If the link below does not work, use the search function on the IBM webpage and search for "websphere fix packs". Websphere Fix Packs

Install Websphere Application Server

• Perform all tasks as user: "wasadmin"
• Find all Websphere files on host "bahamas" in directory "/data/nexj-resources"
• Download the Websphere Application Server Network Deployment file to the directory "/opt/IBM/Websphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/".
• Extract the compressed files:

cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/
tar -xvf file.tar.gz

• Make the following changes to the file "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/WAS/install"

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<               release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
---
>               #release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
>               release=`cat /etc/centos-release | awk '{print $4}'`

• Make the following changes to the file "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/WAS/response.nd.txt"

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<   -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="false"
---
>   -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true"
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< # -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall="true"
---
>  -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall="true"
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< # -OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"
---
>  -OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"
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< # -OPT disableNonBlockingPrereqChecking="true"
---
>  -OPT disableNonBlockingPrereqChecking="true"
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< # -OPT checkFilePermissions="true"
---
>  -OPT checkFilePermissions="true"
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<   -OPT profileType="cell"
---
>   -OPT profileType="none"
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< # -OPT feature="noFeature"
---
>  -OPT feature="noFeature"
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<   -OPT PROF_enableAdminSecurity="true"
---
>   -OPT PROF_enableAdminSecurity="false"
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< # -OPT installLocation="/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer"
---
>  -OPT installLocation="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer"
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< # -OPT cimSelected="true"
---
>  -OPT cimSelected="false"

• Navigate to the directory "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerND/WAS"
• run the following command:

./install -options "responsefile.nd.txt" -silent

• Installation logs(and errors) can be found in:

/home/wasadmin/waslogs/log.txt
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/logs/install/log.txt

• Confirm successful installation by searching for "INSTCONFSUCCESS" at the end of the log file.

Install Websphere Application Server Supplements

• Perform all tasks as user: "wasadmin"
• Find all Websphere files on host "bahamas" in directory "/data/nexj-resources"
• Download the Websphere Application Server Network Deployment file to the directory "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/"
• Extract the compressed files:

cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/
tar -xvf file.tar.gz

• Make the following changes to the file "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/IHS/install"

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<                       release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
---
>                       #release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
>                       release=`cat /etc/centos-release | awk '{print $4}'`
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<               release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
---
>               #release=`cat /etc/redhat-release | awk '{print $7}'`
>               release=`cat /etc/centos-release | awk '{print $4}'`

• Make the following changes to the file "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/IHS/response.txt"

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< -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="false"
< -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall=false
---
> -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true"
> -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall="true"
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< #-OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"
---
> -OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"
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< -OPT installLocation="/usr/IBM/HTTPServer"
---
> -OPT installLocation="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer"
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< -OPT setupAdminUser="useridname"
< -OPT setupAdminGroup="groupname"
---
> -OPT setupAdminUser="wasadmin"
> -OPT setupAdminGroup="wasadmin"
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< -OPT washostname="localhost"
---
> -OPT washostname="centos"

• Navigate to the directory "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/IHS"
• run the following command:

./install -options "responsefile.txt" -silent

• Installation logs(and errors) can be found in:

/home/wasadmin/waslogs/log.txt
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer/logs/install/log.txt

• Confirm successful installation by searching for "INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS" at the end of the log file. This may be an issue, as it says "partial success".