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HCL Commerce is a high-availability, highly scalable and customizable e-commerce platform. Able to support hundreds of thousands of transactions per day, HCL Commerce allows you to do business with consumers (B2C) or directly with businesses (B2B). HCL Commerce uses cloud friendly technology to make deployment and operation both easy and efficient. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels. Business users can also use AI enabled content management capabilities.
Installing and deploying
Learn how to install and deploy HCL Commerce development environments and HCL Commerce production environments.
Updating HCL Commerce
Learn about HCL Commerce release types, and learn how to update your custom HCL Commerce site deployments.
HCL Commerce development environment
Releases for HCL Commerce Version 9.1 environments are delivered as compressed .pak archive file that contain new and changed files. Releases can include code fixes, security fixes, new features, or enhancements.
Installing HCL Commerce Developer updates
HCL Commerce Developer updates are included with each HCL Commerce release and provide critical fixes and enhancements. You can use IBM Installation Manager the same tool used for the initial installation to apply or remove these updates.This guide covers two installation approaches: Interactive and Silent.

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HCL Commerce is a high-availability, highly scalable and customizable e-commerce platform. Able to support hundreds of thousands of transactions per day, HCL Commerce allows you to do business with consumers (B2C) or directly with businesses (B2B). HCL Commerce uses cloud friendly technology to make deployment and operation both easy and efficient. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels. Business users can also use AI enabled content management capabilities.
- Getting started
  HCL Commerce has different advantages for business users, administrators and developers. HCL Commerce targets each of these roles with a tailored set of offerings so that each of your users can get maximum benefit.
- Installing and deploying
  Learn how to install and deploy HCL Commerce development environments and HCL Commerce production environments.
  - HCL Commerce eAssemblies
    HCL Commerce consists of HCL Commerce Enterprise, and HCL Commerce Developer, a separate offering that is used by developers of the platform. Each offering is logically divided into subpackages called electronic assemblies, or eAssemblies. An eAssembly is a group of software that is devoted to a particular platform or environment. Each eAssembly contains the individual product images for that environment, called parts. Which parts you need depends on your usage and configuration choices.
  - Downloading software
    To set up an HCL Commerce production, development, or test environment, you require the associated product software images.
  - Supported software levels, fixes, and settings
    The following table provides a list of generally available (GA) software levels, fixes, and settings for the latest HCL Commerce Version 9.1 release.
  - Hardware requirements
    The following reference provides a general guideline for the hardware capacity that is required for the HCL Commerce Version 9.1 release. This includes both full development and production environments for sites that are based on different sets of HCL Commerce solutions.
  - Setting up HCL Commerce environments
    Learn how to set up development, testing, and production environments, and how to update the production environment through deploying custom changes and applying maintenance.
  - Deploying custom changes
    With HCL Commerce Version 9.1, you can customize HCL Commerce Docker image with the source code, configurations, and the Docker container start-up logic. Learn how to build Docker images with your customized code and deploy the images (and other changes) to your Docker containers.
  - Updating HCL Commerce
    Learn about HCL Commerce release types, and learn how to update your custom HCL Commerce site deployments.
    - HCL Commerce production environment
      Releases for HCL Commerce Version 9.1 production environments are delivered as new Docker images. Releases can include code fixes, security fixes, new features, or enhancements.
    - HCL Commerce development environment
      Releases for HCL Commerce Version 9.1 environments are delivered as compressed .pak archive file that contain new and changed files. Releases can include code fixes, security fixes, new features, or enhancements.
      - Installing HCL Commerce Developer updates
        HCL Commerce Developer updates are included with each HCL Commerce release and provide critical fixes and enhancements. You can use IBM Installation Manager the same tool used for the initial installation to apply or remove these updates.This guide covers two installation approaches: Interactive and Silent.
        ... interactively
        You can install HCL Commerce Developer Update Packages by using IBM Installation Manager the same tool used for the initial installation ofHCL Commerce Developer. These update packages include fixes for known issues, and applying them is strongly recommended to maintain stability and avoid the need for future service calls.
        ... silently
        You can perform a silent installation of update packages using IBM Installation Manager by using a response file. This file is generated during an interactive installation and can be reused to automate installations on other machines.
      - Uninstalling Update Packages interactively
        You can uninstall HCL Commerce Developer Update Packages by using the IBM Installation Manager that you used to install HCL Commerce Developer.
      - Uninstalling Update Packages silently
        You can use a silent method to uninstall an Update Package on a HCL Commerce Developer environment.
      - Migration guide for Solr search profiles to Orchestration extended search profiles
        This guide provides a high-level overview of how existing Solr customers can migrate their customizations to leverage the new Orchestration extended search profiles.
  - Deploying Orchestration
    The following is an overview of the build and deployment process for the Orchestration service, using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, focusing on the specific configurations required during the build process.
- Migrating
  Before you migrate to HCL Commerce Version 9.1, review this information to help plan and execute your migration.
- Operating
  Topics in the Operating category highlight tasks that are typically performed by business users, customer support representatives, to complete their day-to-day tasks in the operation of the HCL Commerce site.
- Integrating
  Topics in the Integrating category highlight the tasks that are commonly performed for using HCL Commerce in combination with other products.
- Administering
  Topics in the Administering category highlight tasks that are typically performed by the Site Administrator, to support daily operations of the HCL Commerce site.
- Customizing
  The topics in the Customizing section describe tasks performed by an application developer to customize HCL Commerce.
- Tutorials
  HCL Commerce provides many tutorials to help you customize and understand your HCL Commerce instance and stores.
- Samples
  Topics in the Samples category highlight the various samples that are provided with HCL Commerce.
- Compliance
  The following section describes how you can leverage HCL Commerce features and functionality to help your site be compliant with different privacy and security standards.
- Securing
  These topics describe the security features of HCL Commerce and how to configure these features.
- Performance
  Topics in the Performance section describe the means by which to plan, implement, test, and re-visit the optimization of HCL Commerce site performance.
- Troubleshooting
  Topics in the Troubleshooting section highlight common issues that are encountered with HCL Commerce, and how they can be addressed or mitigated.
- Reference
  Topics in the Reference section contain all of the HCL Commerce reference documentation.

Installing HCL Commerce Developer updates

HCL Commerce Developer updates are included with each HCL Commerce release and provide critical fixes and enhancements. You can use IBM Installation Manager the same tool used for the initial installation to apply or remove these updates.This guide covers two installation approaches: Interactive and Silent.

Installation methods

Interactive method

This method uses the IBM Installation Manager GUI to walk you through the update process. It is recommended for single-machine updates or scenarios that require custom configurations.

Steps include:

Adding the update package repository.
Following the wizard to apply updates.
Configuring settings such as database and search index updates.

Silent method

The silent method automates the update process using a response file, making it ideal for updating multiple systems or maintaining a standardized setup.

Steps include:

Creating or editing a response file.
Running the imcl.exe command to install updates without user interaction.

Note: Post-installation steps are the same as for the interactive method.

Choosing the right method

Use the Interactive Method if you're updating a single development environment, require customization, or prefer a graphical interface.
Use the Silent Method if you're updating multiple machines, need automation, or have a consistent setup across environments.

Pre- and Post-installation requirements

Both methods require similar preparation and follow-up steps, including:

Backing up your data.
Updating the database schema.
Verifying search functionality.

Note: Following these steps ensures a stable and functional HCL Commerce Developer environment.