Installing WAS7 on CentOS 5.8

Today I will going through the installation of Websphere Application Server v7.0 in CentOS 5.8 x86. This will be a GUI based installation. I will show the silent installation on another post.

Things we need:

• CentOS 5.8 (x86)
• WebSphere Application Server v.7.0(Base) for Linux 32-bit

*If you haven't installed CentOS, please refer to to my other tutorial for installing CentOS 5.8.

>>Installing CentOS 5.8

Download a copy of WebSphere Application Server v7.0 for Linux 32-bit Community Edition at ibm.com

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/pick.do?source=swerpws-wasbaseim85&S_PKG=500005026&S_TACT=109J84IW&S_CMP=web_ibm_ws_appinfra_bd_wascomp&lang=en_US

or you can get a copy of the WAS Community Edition at IBM DeveloperWorks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wasce/

If you are using a VM I suggest you copy your files to your VM and create a folder inside your /tmp folder or /home/[user] folder. For this tutorial we will put the installation in the /home/wasadmin folder.