Plan for a automated deployment of Websphere software on nexj development systems. This deployment will take place inside a centos virtual machine. The virtual machine image will be installed with a kickstart file, which means, all that is needed to deploy a development environment, is a link to the kickstart file. The kickstart will pull in the basic installation package set, followed by the installation of custom repositories hosted online, which contain all the websphere software and plugins. This custom repository would contain websphere installations, fix packs, nexj plugins, and perhaps some other packages that may be needed in a development deployment. All the packages in the repository could be updated easily(and automatically if needed), in case a new fix pack comes out, or a new nexj plugin build. From this repository it would be easy to deploy any software from it through a simple installation of the rpm packages.

Directory: /data/nexj-resources/

'''Nexj Plugin'''Get the latest NexJ Plugins for Websphere.

<pre>*The installation script for Websphere on linux assumes that you are using redhat. This will cause a problem if you try and install using a centos system. </pre>

<pre>*The installation script for Websphere supplements on linux assumes that you are using redhat. This will cause a problem if you try and install using a centos system. </pre>

=== Response File ===Problem:<pre>This file exists in the same directory as the installation script and must be modified with the correct responses for a successful installation.</pre>Solution:<pre>Make the following changes to the file "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Downloads/ApplicationServerNDSup/IHS/response.txt"51,52c51,52< -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="false"< -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall=false---> -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true"> -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall="true"62c62< #-OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"---> -OPT disableOSPrereqChecking="true"98c98< -OPT installLocation="/usr/IBM/HTTPServer"-!--> -OPT installLocation="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer"176,177c176,177< -OPT setupAdminUser="useridname"< -OPT setupAdminGroup="groupname"---> -OPT setupAdminUserFailed Configuration Action ="wasadmin"> -OPT setupAdminGroup="wasadmin"283c283< -OPT washostname="localhost"---> -OPT washostname="centos"</pre>

None so far(29-Oct-2014 3:09:06 PM), Process, com.ibm.ws.install.ihs.ismp.actions.ExecWizardActionFromDirectory, err, java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer/bin/htpasswd" (in directory "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer"): java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directorySTACK_TRACE: 15java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer/bin/htpasswd" (in directory "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/HTTPServer"): java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:470) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:604) at com.ibm.ws.install.ihs.ismp.actions.ExecWizardActionFromDirectory.executeProcess(ExecWizardActionFromDirectory.java:202) at com.ibm.ws.install.ihs.ismp.actions.ExecWizardActionFromDirectory.execute(ExecWizardActionFromDirectory.java:307) at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.execute(StandardWizardListener.java:123) at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.currentBeanChanged(StandardWizardListener.java:106) at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard$RunThread.run(Wizard.java:1569)Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory at java.lang.Throwable.</preinit>(Throwable.java:67) at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:197) at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:101) at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:463) ... 6 more

<pre>*The installation script for Websphere on linux assumes that you are using redhat. This will cause a problem if you try and install using a centos system.</pre>

This step requires a script to be made which will automatically package, latest Nexj Plugin files, websphere fixpacks into a rpm package and update the repository.