Installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server

Owned by Deepanjan Das (Unlicensed)
Nov 22, 2019
2 min read

IBM WebSphere Application Server is used by one of our customers. In order to help them with certain support tickets, we have to install the server on our environment.

NOTE: This guide is specific to the installation of WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.16. For earlier versions, may not be applicable, though the general process may be.

The installation is done on Windows 10 64-bit operating system.

Instructions

Please follow the steps -

Step 1: Download and install IBM Installation Manager

  1. Create an IBM account if you do not have one already.

  2. Using the account, download and install IBM Installation Manager on your machine.

Step 2: Configuring repositories

  1. Next we need to configure repository for WAS (WebSphere Application Server) in IM (Installation Manager).

  2. This can be done by going to Files → Preferences → Add New Repository.

  3. The different repositories are listed here.

  4. Select the repository named “IBM WebSphere Application Server Trial”. (The repository URL being used for this guide is http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.BASETRIAL.v85)

Step 3: Installation of WAS

  1. Click on Install button on IM

  2. You will be prompted to log in using your IBM ID credentials.

  3. In the Install Packages window, select the package Version 8.5.5.16 under IBM WebSphere Application Server Trial and click Install button

  4. Continue the installation by clicking Next

Note: If you get an error in the Install Packages window mentioning some dependency needs to be installed for a specific item, you can uncheck that item or (recommended) try to fix the dependency issue first.

Step 4: Configure WAS on Eclipse

After installing WAS, please make sure you do the test run prompt for WAS to make sure you can start and stop the server. Now, we need to configure it in Eclipse so that it works with Nexaweb Studio.

The Eclipse version used in this guide is Eclipse 6.3.0 (Oxygen).

You need the Eclipse Developer Tools which can be found here.

Go to the version corresponding to your Eclipse version (on this guide it is 6.3.0 Oxygen) and the WAS Traditional 8.5.

Click “Get it Now” button.

On the next page, download the version that includes WAS Traditional.

Now click on Download button and install it on Eclipse.

 

 

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