IBM WAS Tutorial : How to create profile in silent mode in websphere application server (WAS)

The following tutorial helps you to create new profile in WebSphere Application Server in websphere application server (WAS) standalone or deployment manager  (dmgr)  in linux or windows machine . You can create profile in silent mode where you are not able to access gui . Creating profile using silent mode is simple which  uses a file (response file) to supply profile creation  inputs / options such as port numbers , host name , node name , etc ... without user interaction . To configure the profile, change the options in the response file before you issue the profile creation command. . If you omit the response file ,  default options will be used to create the profile .




To create profile using default options , use the following command ,..

change to the folder

" <WAS_HOME >\bin\ProfilesCreator" 

 In Linux ,  path may be      /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer /bin / ProfilesCreator 

In windows , path may be C:\...\IBM/WebSphere/AppServer /bin / ProfilesCreator    and run the following command 




 In Linux   ,   ./ pctlinux.bin -silent

 In Windows , pctWindows.exe  -silent




Now the profile is created with default port numbers (9060, 9080,..)  & node name, etc...  You can change the port numbers in the two xml files .. serverindex.xml ,  virtualhosts.xml

where virtualhosts.xml file located in the folder

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer1/profiles/AppSrv01/config/cells/virtualhosts.xml 

and serverfindex.xml file located in the folder ....

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer1/profiles/AppSrv01/config/cells/nodes//serverindex.xml

After changing the port numbers , you have to restart the WAS  server.
 To create profile with your own  options , use the following  steps

copy the existing  response file  located in the following  paths to the new file (for eg. myProfile1.txt)

1.   Product disk location (/WAS directory)

2.  Installed location  (app_server_root/bin/ProfileCreator directory)




Existing response files available in the above locations
 with WAS Express edition

 responsefile.pct.ExpressProfile.txt




with  dmgr ,

 responsefile.pct.NDdmgrProfile.txt

 responsefile.pct.NDmanagedProfile.txt

 responsefile.pct.NDstandAloneProfile.txt

Change the response file (myProfile1.txt)  with your own options such as port numbers , node name , host name , etc... and run the following command




In Linux   ,   ./ pctlinux.bin -options myProfile1.txt -silent

In Windows , pctWindows.exe -options myProfile1.txt  -silent




The minimum necessary lines in the response file with my own options  are given below ... Save  the below lines in a text file and run the above command

 -W  profilenamepanelInstallWizardBean.profileName="appSrv03"

-W profilenamepanelInstallWizardBean.isDefault="true"

-P installLocation="/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer1/profiles/appServer"

-W  nodehostnamepanelInstallWizardBean.nodeName="test"

-W nodehostnamepanelInstallWizardBean.hostName="your host name"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.WC_defaulthost="9083"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.WC_adminhost="9063"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.WC_defaulthost_secure="9446"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.WC_adminhost_secure="9046"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESS="2812"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SOAP_CONNECTOR_ADDRESS="8883"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SAS_SSL_SERVERAUTH_LISTENER_ADDRESS="9404"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.CSIV2_SSL_SERVERAUTH_LISTENER_ADDRESS="9406"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.CSIV2_SSL_MUTUALAUTH_LISTENER_ADDRESS="9405"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.ORB_LISTENER_ADDRESS="9103"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.DCS_UNICAST_ADDRESS="9356"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SIB_ENDPOINT_ADDRESS="7279"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SIB_ENDPOINT_SECURE_ADDRESS="7289"

-W pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SIB_MQ_ENDPOINT_ADDRESS="5561"

-W  pctdefaultprofileportspanelInstallWizardBean.SIB_MQ_ENDPOINT_SECURE_ADDRESS="5581"

-W  winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.winServiceQuery="true"

-W  winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.accountType="localsystem"

-W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.userName="test"

-W  winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.password="test123"

-W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.startupType="manual"

-W  profiletypepanelInstallWizardBean.selection="default"

In the above lines ,

Profile name is  appSrv03

profile creation location is  "/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer1/profiles/appServer"

WC_defaulthost="9083"  - for accessing applications  , default port is 9080

WC_adminhost="9063 - for accessing ibm admin console , default port is 9060 ,  for https (ssl) , default port is 9043

nodeName="test" - node name is test

hostName="myOwnHost" - host name is myOwnHost