How to download and install WebSphere Application Server 7 on Linux

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 is still widely used, but newer versions (WAS 8.5.5, WAS 9) are also available.

The WAS 7 ND trial version is no longer available for download, but you can download the developer base version to help with self-development.

Download IBM WebSphere Application Server 7

Open your favorite browser and visit the link below

 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/download-websphere-application-server-version-70-windows-operating-systems = 

• Click Continue
• Go to the Download using http tab and select the Linux gz (was.7000.wasdev.nocharge.linux.amd64.tar.gz) file you want to download.

The download will take a few minutes.

Install WebSphere Application Server 7

• Go to the path where you downloaded the file
• Extract the files using Gunzip and tar commands.

 gunzip –c was.7000.wasdev.nocharge.linux.amd64.tar.gz | tar xvf – 

The following files will be extracted

 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root  root         5440 Aug 31 2008 launchpad.sh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root         1113 Aug 31 2008 launchpad.ini
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root         208 Jul 23 2011 Version.txt
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root       68251 Jul 23 2011 notices.txt
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root         4631 Jul 23 2011 non_IBM_license.txt
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root         343 Jul 23 2011 Copyright.txt
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root   root           34 Jul 23 2011 JDK
drwxr-xr-x. 11 root   root         4096 Jul 23 2011 WAS
drwxr-xr-x. 35 root   root         4096 Jul 23 2011 launchpad
drwxr-xr-x. 11 root   root         4096 Jan 3 23:29 ibmim 

• Navigate to the WAS folder and run the installation.

 [root@localhost Downloads]# cd WAS
[root@localhost WAS]# ./install 

• The installation wizard will start, so click “Next”

• Agree to the terms and click “Next”

• Click Next in the System Prerequisite Check window
• Select optional features as needed, such as “Sample application, language other than English,” and click Next.

• You can accept the default installation directory or change it on the next screen.

• Select the type of environment you want to create during installation and click Next. We will proceed in the “Application Server” environment.

• Enter your administrative console user and password. This should be used to log into the admin console.

Note: You can disable security by unchecking Enable Administrative Security .

Finally, you will see an installation summary where you can see the products, features, paths, etc. WebSphere also checks permissions to see if data can be written to the selected folder.

• Installation may take several minutes. Once the installation is complete, you will see a ” Success ” confirmation similar to the one below.

Well done! Now that you have successfully installed IBM WebSphere Application Server 7 in your Linux environment, verify the installation.

• Clicking Finish will open the First Steps window shown below. Click Verify Installation .

The First Step Output opens and WAS attempts to start. If everything is OK, you will see a verification complete message.

You have now successfully installed and verified WAS 7 and are ready to try it out.