Installing WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base
WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is required on all workstations where you plan to install the server components and the Dynamic Workload Console.
Before you begin
About this task
You can quickly install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base by extracting an archive file on all supported platforms.
On UNIX workstations, you can install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base using a user of your choice. In this case, assign the HCL Workload Automation administrative user read and write access to the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation directory.
To extract the archive, you can use your own Java Ext or use the Java Ext provided with the HCL Workload Automation image. The provided Java Ext is located in the following path in the image for your operating system: IMAGE_DIR/TWS/INTERP/Tivoli_Eclipse_INTERP/TWS/JavaExt/.
To install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base, perform the following steps:
Procedure
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Download WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base
from Recommended updates for WebSphere Application
Server
Liberty.
Each WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base image is packaged as a .jar file named
wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar.Check the release notes or the latest readme to ensure the latest WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base version is supported by HCL Workload Automation. You can find the Release Notes at Product Requirements, while the link to the latest readme is available in Fix pack readmes.
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Install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base by
extracting the archive file to a directory of your choice.
On Windows operating systems-
java -jar liberty_download_dir\wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar --acceptLicense install_dir 
On UNIX operating systems-
./java -jar liberty_download_dir/wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar --acceptLicense install_dir
- liberty_download_dir
- The directory where you downloaded WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.
- install_dir
- The directory where you want to install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base. Note: Note that the value of the install_dir parameter must match the value to be defined for the wlpdir parameter when installing the master domain manager and its backup, dynamic domain manager and its backup, and the Dynamic Workload Console.
- Ensure the HCL Workload Automation administrative user has the rights to run WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and full access to the installation directory. If WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is shared between the master domain manager and the Dynamic Workload Console, ensure also the Dynamic Workload Console user has the same rights.