How to Install/Uninstall IBM Websphere?

 How to install Websphere?

Installation steps:

1- Installation Manager [assume found in /root/WAS/IM folder]

2- Websphere Application Server [/root/WAS/WAS folder]

3- Webserver (HTTP) Server [/root/WAS/webserver folder]

4- Webserver Plugins [/root/WAS/webserver-plugin folder]

Notes: 

- Default instalation path is /opt/IBM

- if the packages inside folders are zip just run command-->  unzip <packageName>.zip

Install "Installation Manager"

cd /root/WAS/IM

cd tools

##./imcl install <PackageName>, in our case <PackageName>=com.ibm.cic.agent

./imcl install com.ibm.cic.agent -repositories /root/WAS/IM/repository.config -acceptLicense -showProgress

Now, Installation Manager should be found on /opt/IBM/InstallationManager

To install Websphere Application Server

cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools

./imcl -listAvailablePackages -repositories /root/WAS/WAS/repository.config

the output of the previous command is the <PackageName> that we need to install

./imcl install <PackageName> -repositories /root/WAS/WAS/repository.config -acceptLicense -showProgress -record install_was.xml

To Install WebServer

cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools

./imcl -listAvailablePackages -repositories /root/WAS/webserver/repository.config

the output of the previous command is the <PackageName> that we need to install

./imcl install <PackageName> -repositories /root/WAS/webserver/repository.config -acceptLicense -showProgress -properties user.ihs.httpPort=80 -record install_webserver.xml

To Install WebServer-Plugin

cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools

./imcl -listAvailablePackages -repositories /root/WAS/webserver-plugin/repository.config

the output of the previous command is the <PackageName> that we need to install

./imcl install <PackageName> -repositories /root/WAS/webserver-plugin/repository.config -acceptLicense -showProgress 

after install plugins we should define it inside the webserver

cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/bin/65bits

get the plugin names normally it is xxx.so

then

cd /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/conf

nano httpd.conf

under loadModule section define plugin name with its path

To uninstall items just use the next command

cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools

./imcl uninstall <PackageName> 

after uninstall packages you can remove its folder by run the next command

rm -rf *