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

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Ensure that your system meets the operating system and Java requirements. For more information, see WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base detailed system requirements.

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 Open Liberty using a user of your choice. In this case, assign the HCL Workload Automation administrative user read and write access to the Open Liberty installation directory.

To install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base, perform the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Download Open Liberty from Get started with Open Liberty.

    Check the required version of the Application server in the Supported Software document available in Product Requirements. Download the package named All GA Features for the required version.

  2. Perform one of the following actions:
    1. Extract Open Liberty using the root user:
      On Windows operating systems
      unzip <openliberty_download_dir>\openliberty-<version>.zip
 -d <install_dir>
--acceptLicense
      On UNIX operating systems
      unzip <openliberty_download_dir>/openliberty-<version>.zip
 -d <install_dir>
--acceptLicense
    2. 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.
  3. Ensure the HCL Workload Automation administrative user has the rights to run Open Liberty and full access to the installation directory. If Open Liberty is shared between the master domain manager and the Dynamic Workload Console, ensure also the Dynamic Workload Console user has the same rights.

Results

You have now successfully installed WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.

What to do next

You can now proceed to Encrypting passwords (optional).