Installing the server
About this task
Before you can begin developing OSGi applications, you
must install one of the following products:
- IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Version 8.5
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty.
You can develop the following Java™ EE applications as OSGi applications:
- Web applications
- Java Persistence API (JPA) applications
- JAX-RS (REST) Web services
- JavaServer Faces applications
- XML applications
- EJBs
| Version support in WebSphere Application Server version 8.5 | Version support in Liberty server | |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Web Modules | 2.5 and 3.0 | 2.5 and 3.0 |
| EJBs | 3.0 and 3.1 | Not supported |
| Java Persistence API | 1.0 and 2.0 | 1.0 and 2.0 |
| JavaServer Faces | 1.1, 1.2, and 2.0 | Not supported |
| JAX-RS | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| JAX-WS | 2.2 | |
| SIP | 1.0 and 1.1 Note: Annotated SIP1.1, or OSGi, applications are not
supported
|
1.0 and 1.1 |
Installing WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5
Procedure
- Open the IBM Installation Manager.
- Click Install. The Install Packages page opens.
- In the package list, select IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5, then click Next.
- Read the license agreements. Accept the license agreements then click Next.
- Follow the instructions in the Installation Manager to install WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.