Installing Open Liberty
Open Liberty 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.
- master domain manager
- backup domain manager
- two Dynamic Workload Console installations on two separate workstations
If you plan to install a dynamic domain manager and its backup, these components require a WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation.
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 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,.
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Perform one of the following actions:
- Extract Open Liberty using the root user:
On Windows operating systems
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unzip <openliberty_download_dir>\openliberty-<version>.zip -d <install_dir> --acceptLicense
On UNIX operating systems
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unzip <openliberty_download_dir>/openliberty-<version>.zip -d <install_dir> --acceptLicense
- Run the following command to assign
permissions:
chmod 755 -R "wlp_directory"
OR
Extract Open Liberty using the user who is going to install the product, as follows:su - "wauser" unzip
where:- <openliberty_download_dir>
- The directory where you downloaded Open Liberty.
- install_dir
- The directory where you want to install Open Liberty. Note: Install the new Open Liberty in the exact location of the previous WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation.
- Extract Open Liberty using the root user:
- 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.