Install Web server plug-ins silently on i5/OS

You can install a Web server plug-in on your i5/OS system silently using the installation wizard run locally on the i5/OS system or remotely from a Windows workstation. If you are running the application server on the same i5/OS server or logical partition as your Web server, you do not need to install a Web server plug-in. The Web server plug-in code and an HTTP profile template are included in the WebSphere Application Server installation.

If you are running your application server on a different i5/OS system or logical partition as the Web server, complete the steps in this topic to install a Web server plug-in for your i5/OS Web server.

Overview

You can run the installation wizard on the i5/OS system that has the Web server or remotely from a Windows workstation.

Procedure

1. If you are installing remotely, start TCP/IP.

   Enter the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command on the Control Language (CL) command line.

2. Verify that the host server jobs are started on your iSeries server. The host server jobs allow the installation code to run on iSeries.

   Enter this command on a CL command line:

   STRHOSTSVR SERVER(*ALL)

3. Verify that your user profile has the *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

4. Place the WebSphere Application Server Supplements disc in the disc drive of your iSeries server if you are installing locally or your workstation if you are installing remotely.

5. Customize the options response file.

   1. Locate the sample options response file.

      The file name is responsefile.txt in the operating system platform directory on the product disc.

   2. Use the Copy (CPY) command to copy the responsefile.txt file to a directory of your choosing.

      For example, to copy the file from a CD-ROM on i5/OS:

      CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/plugin/responsefile.txt') TODIR('/MYDIR')

      For DVD media, specify an additional directory prefix before the product directory that reflects the operating system and architecture of the installation. For example:

      CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/os400_ppc64/plugin/responsefile.txt') TODIR('/MYDIR')

      where:

      • QOPT is the disk mount point.

      • WEBSPHERE is the disk volume label.

      • /plugin is the product directory on the disc.

   3. Edit the copy of the file using an editor such as EDTF from the i5/OS command line or using Wordpad from a mapped drive.

      Accept the license agreement by changing the value for –OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance from false to true. This is the only required change in the response file.

      Read the information in the response file to determine if you want to change any other options. You can change the installLocation and defaultProfileLocation values.

   4. Save the file.

6. Invoke the installation wizard for Web server plug-ins.

   You can run the installation wizard on the i5/OS system that has the Web server or remotely from a Windows workstation.

   • Run the install command locally from Qshell:

     1. From the i5/OS command line, start a Qshell session: STRQSH

     2. Change directory to the plugin subdirectory.

        For a CD-ROM drive, enter: cd /QOPT/WEBSPHERE/plugin

        For a DVD-ROM drive, enter: cd /QOPT/WebSphere/os400_ppc64/plugin

     3. Issue the install command to start the installation wizard.

         install –options responsefile

        where responsefile is the fully qualified path name of the response file that you edited.

        For systems with little or no interactive feature, use SBMJOB:

        SBMJOB CMD(STRQSH CMD(‘/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/plugin/install -options responsefile')) JOB(INSTWAS) JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX) ALWMLTTHD(*YES)

        Do not exit the Qshell session (PF3) until the installation has completed. Doing so might cause the installation to stop prematurely.

   • Run the install command remotely from a Windows workstation:

     1. Change directory to the plugin subdirectory of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

     2. Issue the install command to start the installation wizard.

        install.exe hostname_or_IP userid password –options responsefile

        where

        • hostname_or_IP is the host or IP address of the i5/OS system.

        • userid is an i5/OS user profile with *ALLOBJ and *SECADM authority

        • password is the password for the user ID.

        • responsefile is the fully qualified path name of the response file that you edited.

7. Verify the success of the installer program by examining installation wizard messages and the plugins_root/logs/install/log.txt file for installation status.

   The installation program records the following indicators of success in the logs:

   • INSTCONFSUCCESS indicates that the installation is successful and that no further log analysis is required.

   • INSTCONFFAILED indicates an installation failure that you cannot retry or recover from without reinstalling.

Results

You installed a Web server plug-in and profile silently by using the response file.

What to do next

Use the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS wizards to configure your Web server instance. See Configuring an HTTP server instance for more information. The IBM Web Administration for i5/OS wizards perform the same the function as the Web server plug-ins installation on other platforms.

Create a profile for each additional Web server instance.

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