Install add-ons
We can use the Solution Installer through the Configuration Wizard to install and uninstall add-ons to an HCL WebSphere Portal server instance. The Solution Installer uses the Portal Application Archive (PAA) format as the standard format for application distribution. Portal Application Archive (PAA) updates are not supported in the Configuration Wizard currently. For more information about updating add-ons using a command prompt, see the Managing your existing PAA file section.
Portal Administrators can use the Solution Installer through the Configuration Wizard to install existing PAA-formatted applications to the HCL server instance. Portal Solution Developers can use the Solution Installer through the Configuration Wizard to install PAA-formatted applications that they develop for their company.
- Prerequisites
- Plan to install HCL DX
- Get the software
- Install and prepare the prerequisite software
- Delete a profile
Complete the following tasks to install, uninstall, and update add-ons.
- Install and uninstall add-ons using the Configuration Wizard We can install add-on functionality to the HCL WebSphere Portal with the solution installer through the Configuration Wizard. The add-ons that are accepted by the configuration options are .paa files. For more information, see the solution installer documentation.
- Install and uninstall add-ons using the Solution Installer As an alternative to the Configuration Wizard, we can also use the Solution Installer command line to install and uninstall add-ons.
- Migrating PAA content If we installed a Portal Application Archive (PAA) file on a previous version of HCL WebSphere Portal, we can migrate the content to the current version of HCL.
- Manage your existing Portal Application Archive (PAA) file When you update an existing Portal Application Archive (PAA) file, it is not as simple as overwriting the file with the new content. There might be large differences between the content in both files. Therefore, to manage your PAA file, we can upgrade to the latest version and rollback to the previous version.
- Solution Installer run time configuration The Solution Installer run time configuration properties allows us to control how the Solution Installer installs a Portal Application Archive (PAA) formatting application to HCL WebSphere Portal.
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