Installing a Dynamic Workload Console server

Procedure for installing a Dynamic Workload Console server.

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This picture describes the steps required for installing the Dynamic Workload Console. You are now at step 4: installing the Dynamic Workload Console server.

The HCL Workload Automation administrator installs the Dynamic Workload Console by running the dwcinst command. You can run the dwcinst specifying a typical set of parameters. In this case, default values are used for all remaining parameters.

Default values are stored in the dwcinst.properties file, located in the root directory of the installation image. If you need to modify any of the default values, edit the dwcinst.properties file, but do not modify the dwcinst.template file located in the same path.

You can optionally configure your environment in SSL mode, by using the sslkeysfolder and sslpassword parameters and generating automatically the certificates for each workstation in your environment. For details about these parameters, see Dynamic Workload Console installation - dwcinst script.

In a typical installation scenario, it is recommended that you install the Dynamic Workload Console as a non-root user on UNIX systems and as a local administrator on Windows systems.

This user is automatically created by the installation process in the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base repository. Ensure that the user has full access to the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation directory.

To install the Dynamic Workload Console, perform the following steps:
  1. Start the installation specifying a typical set of parameters. Specify the user defined in step 1 in the --user parameter. Default values are used for all remaining parameters:
    On Windows operating systems
    cscript dwcinst.vbs --acceptlicense yes --rdbmstype db_type 
--user dwc_admin_user --password dwc_pwd --dbname db_name 
--dbuser db_user --dbpassword db_pwd --dbhostname db_hostname 
--dbport db_port --wlpdir Liberty_installation_dir\wlp
    On UNIX operating systems
    ./dwcinst.sh --acceptlicense yes --rdbmstype db_type 
--user dwc_admin_user --password dwc_pwd --dbname db_name 
--dbuser db_user --dbpassword db_pwd --dbhostname db_hostname 
--dbport db_port --wlpdir Liberty_installation_dir/wlp
    On z/OS operating system
    ./dwcinst.sh --acceptlicense yes --rdbmstype DB2z 
--user non-root_user --password dwc_pwd --dbname db_name 
--dbuser db_user --dbpassword db_pwd --dbhostname db_hostname 
--dbport db_port --wlpdir Liberty_installation_dir/wlp
--zlocationname zOS_location_containing_db
    where:
    password
    The password of the Dynamic Workload Console user.

For more information about all dwcinst parameters and default values, see Dynamic Workload Console installation - dwcinst script.