Installing WebSphere Portal Express on Windows

IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express is installed as a single component, complete with an integrated database for storing information. This allows you to get WebSphere Portal Express up and running quickly for a proof of concept phase where you can immediately begin building and working with it. You can also expand your environment to include high availability failover, a more robust database, and LDAP-based authentication.

1. Type ping yourserver.yourcompany.com on a command line to verify that your fully qualified host name is properly configured.
2. Type ping localhost on a command line to verify that your network is properly configured.
3. If you are installing with an existing WebSphere Application Server instance, ensure it is installed at the supported level and has the following features installed:
   • Application Server
   • Administration
     • Scripted Administration
     • Administrative Console
   • Ant and Deployment Tools
     • Deploy Tool
     • Ant Utilities
4. If you are installing on a server with a firewall enabled, disable the firewall before installing. If you do not disable the firewall and the installation program detects it, a warning message displays during the installation.
5. Enter one of the following installation commands:

   Option	Description
   Graphical user interface	install.bat
   Console mode	install.bat -console
   Silent install	install.bat -options "path_to_file\response_filename", where path_to_file is the full path to the response file and response_filename is the name of the file. A sample install response file (installresponse.txt) and a sample uninstall response file (uninstallresponse.txt) are located in the setup CD root directory. Important: Only put quotation marks around the file name if there are spaces in the directory path or file name.

6. Optional: Perform the following steps if you need to change the ports for WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express:
   1. Stop the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers.
   2. Run one of the following commands for each server you need to change:

      Method	Task
      Starting port number	ConfigEngine.bat modify-ports-by-startport -DModifyPortsServer=servername -DStartPort=starting port number
      Port file Note: Sample port files are available on the Setup disc.	ConfigEngine.bat modify-ports-by-portsfile -DModifyPortsServer=servername -DPortsFile=full path to ports file

   3. Restart the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers.