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.
You can run the installation wizard on the i5/OS system that has the Web server or remotely from a Windows workstation.
Enter the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command on the Control Language (CL) command line.
Enter this command on a CL command line:
STRHOSTSVR SERVER(*ALL)
The file name is responsefile.txt in the operating system platform directory on the product disc.
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:
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.
You can run the installation wizard on the i5/OS system that has the Web server or remotely from a Windows workstation.
For a DVD-ROM drive, enter: cd /QOPT/WebSphere/os400_ppc64/plugin
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.
install.exe hostname_or_IP userid password –options responsefile
where
The installation program records the following indicators of success in the logs:
You installed a Web server plug-in and profile silently by using the response file.
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.