installing IBM Worklight Server

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I have downloaded the IBM Worklight Enterprise Server, trying to install Worklight server with Apache Tomcat and deploy my worklight application in my remote server.
It is mentioned in the readme file, that I need "IBM installation Manager" to install the "IBM Worklight Server".
I downloaded the IBM installation Manager and followed the steps in the readme file and installed the Worklight server in my local machine.
Installed Apache Tomcat in my remote machine and copied the worklight- jee-library.jar to the $TOMCAT_HOME/lib directory.
Is this the right way to install IBM Worklight server ?, or is there any other way to install "IBM Worklight Enterprise Server" in my remote machine from the command line ?
I am stuck at this place Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Suren

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ibm-mobilefirst

2 Answers

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No, it is not the right way. Specifically, you should not copy anything into Tomcat. The installation does it for you. The steps to follow are

  1. Install the IBM Installation Manager version 1.5.2 and onward (available on the web). This is a one time step.

  2. Download the Worklight server package from IBM

  3. Point the IBM Installation Manager to the Worklight server package (File - Preferences in main screen).

  4. Start the installation. The installation will ask you for a path to Tomcat and will install everything that is needed inside Tomcat.

If your server does not have a GUI, the steps 3 and 4 are replaced by the so-called silent installation.

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Quite often you won't have access to the server GUI but you can simply redirect the X display output to your desktop and launch IM. Ie. if you are running Linux export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xx:0.0

If you are running Windows just use Exceed.