Installing Worklight Server

Install IBM® Worklight Server components, enabling teams of mobile developers to seamlessly integrate their applications into the enterprise environment and leverage its existing resources and infrastructure.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. If you are installing from an electronic image, change to directory where you extracted the contents of the compressed file and change to the IMDLS_SETUP directory. If you are installing from the DVD, change to the root directory of the Setup disk.
  2. Depending on your user ID, complete one of the following steps:
    • If your user account has authority to install software as an administrator:
      1. Start the launchpad:
        • For Windows: Run launchpad.exe.
          Important: If your operating system is Windows 7, then you must run launchpad.exe as administrator.
        • For Linux: Run launchpad.sh, which is in the root directory of the Setup disk.
      2. On the IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution launchpad, click Install IBM Tools for Mobile Developers.
    • If your user account does not have authority to install software as an administrator: Run the userinst program:
      1. If the launchpad program started automatically, stop it.
      2. In a command line, run the following command for your operating system:
        • For Windows: Run InstallerImage_win32\userinst.exe.
        • For Linux: Run InstallerImage_linux/userinst.
    IBM Installation Manager starts and opens the Install Packages wizard.
  3. On the Install Packages screen, ensure that the following packages are selected for installation.
    • IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution: this package also includes content to help with collaborative development of multiplatform mobile applications, including best practice guidance, build scripts, and a sample application.
    • IBM Worklight Server for IBM Mobile Foundations: This package provides an end-to-end mobile application development environment. Choose among web, hybrid and native technologies to build the mobile application that best suits the business needs. Develop with the JavaScript framework of your choice, including jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, or Dojo Mobile while fully leveraging HTML5. Maximize code reuse and portability across device platforms and form factors.
    • IBM Installation Manager.
      Note: IBM Installation Manager is not listed if you already have the minimum required version that is installed on your computer
  4. Click Next.
  5. Complete the installation by following the detailed steps that are documented in the IBM Worklight Information Center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wrklight/v5r0m5/topic/com.ibm.worklight.help.doc/admin/c_installation.html

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