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Create a Liberty profile server using WebSphere Studio

We can use developer tools to create and start a Liberty profile server. If we have not yet installed the Liberty profile environment, the developer tools can install it for you the first time you create a server.

Make sure we have installed the developer tools as in Install the Liberty profile developer tools and application-serving environment. We can create a server as described in this topic, or as described in Create a Liberty profile server manually. You can install the application-serving environment as described in this topic, or as described in Install the Liberty profile environment by executing a JAR file.

1. In the workbench, open the Servers view by clicking the Servers tab.
2. Right-click the Servers view and select New > Server.

3. Under the server type list, expand IBM and select the WAS V8.5 Liberty Profile server type.

   

4. Click Next. The Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page is displayed.

   

5. Select an installation, install from an archive, or download and install, the application-serving environment.

   If we have previously installed the application-serving environment, complete the following steps:

   1. In the Installation folder section of the Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page, browse for the directory where you installed the Liberty profile runtime environment, then click OK.

   2. Click Next. The application-serving environment is selected.

   If we have an archive copy of the application-server environment, complete the following steps:

   1. In the Installation folder section of the Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page, click Download or install.
   1. In the Install Runtime Environment page, select Install a new runtime environment from an archive.

   2. Type or browse for the archive where we downloaded the Liberty profile runtime environment, then click Next.
   3. In the License Acceptance page, if you accept the license terms, select I accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next.

   4. Under the Target installation folder, type or browse for the directory to which you want the workbench to extract the archive, then click Finish.
   5. In the Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page, click Next.

   If we have not yet installed the application-serving environment, complete the following steps:

   1. In the Installation folder section of the Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page, click Download or install.
   2. In the Install Runtime Environment page, select Download and install a new runtime environment from:, choose a download site, then click Next.

      If the distribution image (a JAR file) is available on your local file system, choose Local download. Otherwise, choose an external site.

   3. In the License Acceptance page, if you accept the license terms, select I accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next.
   4. In the Installation Folder page, specify the target installation folder, then click Finish. The application-serving environment is downloaded and installed to your chosen folder.
   5. In the Liberty Profile Runtime Environment page, click Next.

6. In the Liberty Profile Server page, click New.

   

7. Enter a server name of your choice, then click OK.
8. In the Liberty Profile Server page, click Finish.

• Edit the server configuration. For more details see Edit the Liberty profile configuration using WebSphere Studio topic.
• Start the server () or start the server in debug mode () mode, stop the server (), add or remove applications on the server, and many other tasks. We can perform these tasks using the server context menu (right-click on the server to open the pop-up menu) or by selecting the tray buttons in the Servers view.

  In the Servers view, select the server entry to perform these tasks. Do not select the server configuration, such as the Server Configuration [server.xml] entry for performing these tasks.

Parent topic: Set up the Liberty profile environment

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Install the Liberty profile environment by executing a JAR file
Specify Liberty profile bootstrap properties
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