Custom installation overview

The custom installation option of the WebSphere Commerce Installer allows you to select which WebSphere Commerce components and stack components you want to install on a machine.

About this task

Use the custom installation option in any of the following situations:

• If you want to set up a remote DB2 database
• If you want to use a preinstalled version of the software

Resources:

The following links have installation instructions that you may find useful when performing a custom installation:

• IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows documentation
• IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows documentation
• WebSphere Application Server, Version 7.0 documentation
• IBM HTTP Server documentation
• Configuring a web server and an application server on separate machines (remote)
• To quickly replicate a custom WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations, see Using the Enterprise Deployment Utility in WebSphere Commerce V7

Notes:

• If you want to use WebSphere Application Server Base, ensure that you preinstall it before installing WebSphere Commerce.
• If you want to use WebSphere Application Server Base and IBM HTTP Server 7.0, ensure that WebSphere Application Server Base is at 7.0.0.3 or later.
• If you want to install WebSphere Commerce 64-bit:
  • You must install 64-bit WebSphere Application Server and 64-bit DB2 before you install WebSphere Commerce Version 7.
  • After you install WebSphere Commerce Version 7, you must install WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Fix Pack 1 or higher before you create the instance.