Perform Informix installation and create an instance on Linux

The first task in the embeddability tutorial is to complete an installation and create the HCL Informix® instance.

Install Informix on the template computer to prepare the master copy for later deployment. A custom installation is recommended because you can choose the features to install. This is one good way to reduce the footprint of Informix. Some features are mutually dependent and must be installed with one another. The good news is that the installation application manages these interdependencies.

Tip: You will be able to further reduce the footprint of the installation when you create a snapshot of the Informix instance with the deployment assistant by clearing features and packages that you do not want to include in the snapshot.

The embeddability tutorial for Linux™ is based on the following installation scenario:

Informix 14.10 is installed in the default directory /opt/IBM/informix
An instance with the name demo_on is created

Important: The /opt/IBM/informix installation path and an instance named demo_on are assumptions made for the tutorial. You can install Informix in a directory of your choice and create an instance with the name of your choice.

Note: The deployment assistant ifxdeployassist (DA) is not supported starting Informix Server version 14.10.xC7 and is no longer included with the product.