Simplifies was installation and deployment using IBM installation Factory

Simplifies WebSphere Application Server installation and deployment using IBM installation Factory

Introduction

Installing and configuring a WebSphere application Server (was) typically requires the following steps:

Install the was GA version

Installs the specified was Fixpack

Install the specified JDK fixpack

Installs a specified number of interim fixes

Create and configure Application Server

Deploying related applications on the application Server that you create

As you can see, this is a time-consuming, multi-step process, especially when an enterprise needs to install and configure multiple was at the same time is a long and complex process. The emergence of if is a good solution to this problem, through if you can easily publish your own enterprise application, you can install and upgrade the system one-time, this is in the large enterprises with more than is the key. In addition, an if user can standardize and persist the installation of all was within the enterprise-ensuring that all was's configurations are identical. If the installation of the original is by the hand workshop, then through the if will undoubtedly enable customers to have a strong machine tool equipment era, and if is to help you to provide large machine tool equipment.

IF Introduction

If is an Eclipse based tool, the user can download the current version of if through the download link in resources. IF you do not need to install, download after decompression can be used. The user can create a custom installation package (customized installation PACKAGE--CIP) or an integrated installation package (integrated installation PACKAGE-IIP) through the IF. A custom installation package can include WebSphere application Server, Fixpack, multiple ifix, profile customization scripts, custom installation/uninstall scripts, enterprise applications, configuration compression documents, and more. An integrated installation package can contain multiple custom installation packages. The integrated installation package can be viewed as a collection of multiple custom installation packages compared to a custom installation package.

Use IF to create a custom installation package (CIP)

The process of creating a custom installation package using IF is as shown in the following illustration:

Figure 1. Procedures for creating custom installation packages

When you get the IF package from the download link in resources and unzip it, you can find two important commands in the bin directory above: Ifgui and IFCLI. Ifgui can start the graphical interface, you can follow the graphical wizard step-by-step to specify the input section in the above figure, Ifgui will record the user's input as a build definition file and submit to IFCLI for the creation of a real custom installation package. Therefore, if you have predefined build definition files, you can use the IFCLI command directly to generate a custom installation package, which is especially effective when the graphical interface is not easy to use. For the use of the IFCLI command, users can get it through ' ifcli–help '.