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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
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![Linux](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/nglinux.gif)
![AIX](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngaix.gif)
![Windows](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngwin.gif)
- If you want to set up a remote DB2 database
- If you want to use a preinstalled version of the software
![Solaris](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngsolaris.gif)
![Linux](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/nglinux.gif)
![AIX](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngaix.gif)
![Windows](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngwin.gif)
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
![Solaris](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngsolaris.gif)
![Linux](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/nglinux.gif)
![AIX](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngaix.gif)
![Windows](../../com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/images/ngwin.gif)
- 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.