Video: Installing Liberty from a ZIP file

The following transcript is for the Installing Liberty from a ZIP file video, which describes how you can quickly install Liberty from a ZIP archive file, start the server and add applications, and upgrade to a supported installation. This transcript is the video storyboard. Audio describes narration and captions. Onscreen Action describes the content that is shown in the video.

Video Installing Liberty from a ZIP file

Table 1. Installing and upgrading Liberty. Show how you can quickly install IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Liberty from a ZIP archive file, start the server and add applications, and upgrade to a supported installation.
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1	Installing WebSphere Application Server Liberty can be as easy as extracting a ZIP file!	Show words, Installing Liberty from a ZIP file
2	To start, download one of the Liberty runtime ZIP files from IBM Fix Central or WASdev.net. You can choose from several prepackaged archives according to your needs, from just the Liberty kernel, which has a download size of less than 15 megabytes, to the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition 7 full platform or Web Profile, which you can optionally download with IBM Java 8.	Show the ZIP files on IBM Fix Central and WASdev.net. Note: For the beta, two Liberty ZIP files contain the runtime environment, wlp-beta-<version>.zip and wlp-beta-osgi-<version>.zip. The method of installing these files is the same. Note: The WASdev.net site mentioned in the video is no longer available. For more information about downloading the latest Liberty fix pack, see Installing Liberty.
3	After you download a ZIP file, just extract it to a local directory to install Liberty.	Show extracting the wlp-webProfile7-8.5.5.6 ZIP archive file to the C:\wlp-webProfile7-8.5.5.6 directory.
4	This example shows the Java EE 7 Web Profile ZIP, which comes preconfigured with Liberty features that support the Java EE 7 Web Profile specification.	Show running the productInfo featureInfo command on the command line. A list of installed features is displayed.
5	You can install additional features and other content using the installUtility command. The find `option` displays a list of installable content.	Show running the installUtility find command on the command line. A list of installable features, addons, samples, and other content is displayed.
	Start the Liberty server with the server start command.	Show running the server start command on the command line. The default server, `defaultServer`, starts.
	You can add an application at any time by placing the application WAR file in the dropins directory - no restart required! The Liberty server automatically starts the application when you add it to the directory. Standard server output and errors are captured in the console.log file; for example, this application outputs the URL of the web application, which can then be pasted into the browser.	Show copying the planningpoker-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war sample application into the wlp\usr\servers\defaultServer\dropins directory. Show opening the console.log file in the wlp\usr\servers\defaultServer\logs directory to copy the URL of the web application and pasting the URL into the browser. The web application loads successfully.
	Installing from the ZIP files enables no-charge, unsupported, unlimited use of Liberty in development environments and unsupported limited use in small-scale test and production environments.	Show running the productInfo version command on the command line. The product name, version, and edition is displayed. Because the installation is an unsupported version, the edition is BASE_ILAN.
	For access to guaranteed service levels and IBM support, you can later upgrade to a supported edition from your existing installation. After you purchase WebSphere Application Server, just download and run the self-extracting license JAR file from Passport Advantage®. Note that if you are already a WebSphere Application Server customer - for example, if you are running Network Deployment traditional - you do not need to purchase anything extra; the Liberty entitlement is included.	Show copying the wlp-nd-license.jar file into the C:\wlp-webProfile7-8.5.5.6 directory. Show running the `java -jar wlp-nd-license.jar` command on the command line to run the self-extracting JAR file. The command updates the license. Show running the productInfo version command, which now displays the Network Deployment edition.
	For more information about installing and upgrading Liberty, see the IBM Knowledge Center documentation or WASdev.net.	Show words, For more information about installing and upgrading Liberty, see: IBM Knowledge Center WASdev.net Note: The WASdev.net site mentioned in the video is no longer available. For more information about downloading the latest Liberty fix pack, see Installing Liberty.

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