This guide describes the necessary preparation before setting up Middle Tier using IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 ND.
In contrast to running IFS Applications on the default application server IFS Middleware Server, software products must be installed and configured when targeting the WebSphere application server.
The Middle Tier Considerations must be met.
IBM WebSphere Application Server is installed in two steps. First install the IBM Installation Manager (IBMIM) and then install the software listed below using the Installation Manager. For more details see the bundled documentation following the product or IBM's Online Documentation.
For now it is only necessary to get the WebSphere components installed. How to prepare the server(s) are covered later.
A couple of example videos/recodings of how WebShere is setup can be found here.
Note: These recordings are only accesible if you're on the IFS intranet (i.e. not available externally or to customers/partners). These are not to be considered documentation, we still refer to IBM's documentation for setting up WebSphere. The recordings show how to set up WebSphere for use with IFS Applications on Windows only. Additional considerations apply on Unix/Linux. The recordings are also specific to the particular WebSphere version / patch level used at the time of recording - hence the recordings might not reflect exactly what you see when running the setup yourself.