Install a new instance of WebSphere Application Server
V8.0 before installing and deploying web server components for Rational
ClearCase or ClearQuest version 8.0.0.1 or later.
About this task
WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server are installed
using IBM Installation Manager. You must install these components
before installing Rational web components such as the ClearCase CCRC
WAN Server or the ClearQuest Web server.
Note: WebSphere Application
Server version 8 is not compatible with Rational ClearCase or ClearQuest
version 8.0 or earlier.
You can obtain WebSphere Application
Server and HTTP Server V8 from IBM Passport Advantage at http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage.
Fixpacks are available from IBM Support Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
- Restrictions
Before you begin an installation of WebSphere Application
Server version 8, review the following restrictions:
Procedure
To install WebSphere Application Server components:
- Launch Installation Manager.
- Select and add the installation
repository for WebSphere Application Server in the Repositories section
on the Preferences panel.
Tip: In Installation Manager, select Search service
repositories during installation and updates on the Installation
Manager Repository preference page. With this option, you can click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions to search for updates
for selected packages in the default update repositories. You must
have an active Internet connection to use this feature. If you select
the search service repositories option, you do not need to add the
specific service-repository URL to the Installation Manager Repository
preference page.
- Select the fixes to install. fixes. Any recommended
fixes are selected by default. If there are recommended fixes, you
can select the option to show only recommended fixes and hide non-recommended
fixes.
- Click Install at the main Installation
Manager screen.
- At the Install Packages panel, select
the following packages to install, and then click Next to
continue the installation.
- IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server, Version
8.0.0.0 (or later)
- IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 8.0.0.0 (or later)
- Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server,
Version 8.0.0.0 (or later)
- WebSphere Customization Toolbox, Version 8.0.0.0 (or later)
- If you want to install a fix pack for WebSphere Application
Server and IBM HTTP Server, such as version 8.0.0.1, select the Check
all versions and Check for Other Versions and
Extensions check boxes. The fix pack versions are displayed
in the list of packages. If the fix pack versions are not listed,
then the required repository is not included in the Installation Manager
Preferences. In this case, see Installation Manager tip in 2. If package list is
correct, click Next.
- If there are any fixes available, you are prompted to choose
which ones to install. You should install all listed fixes. Choose
the fixes to install and click Next.
- Accept the license agreement and click Next.
- At the next panel, you can change the default installation
directory by selecting a package group name and specifying a new path
name in the Installation Directory field. Click Next.
Note: If you change the install location of either
the AppServer, plug-ins, or the tool box, you might need to make the
same change to other path definitions specified during the installation
process. Do not use locations that are already in use by another version
of WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server on the same system.
- Select your translation choices and click Next.
- At the Select the features to install panel,
verify that IBM HTTP Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Web
Server Plug-ins, and WebSphere Customization Toolbox are selected.
Accept default selections. Click Next.
- On the Configuration for IBM HTTP Server panel,
specify your web server configuration.
- Specify the port number for IBM HTTP Server communication.
Use the default port 80, unless you must use a different port to avoid
a port number conflict.
- Choose whether to run the IBM HTTP Server as a Windows
service. You can configure the service to run as local system account
or a user ID that you specify. The user ID requires the following
advanced user rights:
- Act as part of the operating system.
- Log on as a service
- Choose startup type Automatic.
Important: If you do not select Run IBM
HTTP Server as a Windows Service, this instance of IBM
HTTP Server cannot be stopped or started by the WebSphere Application
Server administrative console. At any time after installation, you
can create a new service by running the following command: ihs_root/bin/httpd.exe
-n new_service_name -k install and then update the web
server definition in the administrative console to reflect the new
service name.
- Click Next. Review the summary
information and click Install. When
the install completes successfully, you typically see a choice of
post-installation tools:
- WebSphere Customization Toolbox. Use this tool to configure a
web server plug-in that enables the Rational Product installation
program to configure IBM HTTP Server redirection automatically.
Note: This
tool must be run on Windows as built-in Administrator or as a local
user in the Administrator group. For details, see
APAR PM46369.
- Profile Management Tool. Use this tool to set up a WebSphere
Application Server profile that can be used to deploy a web component
such as the ClearCase CCRC WAN server.
- Choose the WebSphere Customization Toolbox to configure
the plug-in and click Finish.
Note: If
you do not see an option to run the WebSphere Customization Toolbox,
click the Windows Start menu: .
What to do next
- Configure web server plug-in to enable automatic configuration
of IBM HTTP Server re-direction
- To enable Rational product installation programs to configure
IBM HTTP Server redirection automatically, Configure
a web plug-in for IBM HTTP Server version 8. IBM HTTP Server
redirection allows users to access web components deployed in a WebSphere
Application Server profile without having to specify the port number
where the component is deployed.
- Optional: Create WAS profiles to deploy Rational web components
- When you install product web components to a WAS profile, you
can choose the Profile Deployment Type: new
profile or existing profile. If
you plan to install into an existing profile,
you must create the profile with WebSphere Application Server Profile
Management tool or by running the manageprofiles script.
For instructions, see Managing profiles on non-z/OS operating systems in
the WebSphere Application Server Information Center.