A IBM lançou recentemente o WebSphere 2.0 CE. Para quem não sabe, WebSphere é um poderoso Servidor de Aplicações, sua versão paga, é lider de mercado. A versão CE (Community edition), é grátis. É baseada no Apache Gerônimo.
Mais detalhes aqui.
Fiz um pequeno manual, em inglês, para quem quiser baixar e instalar… É muito facil!
Vamos lá:
Getting and installing WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0
1- You must have a user in Developer Works (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks), it’s free.
2- Then, go to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wasce/?S_TACT=105AGX63&S_CMP=DLDTA and click in Multiplatform.
3- Sign in dev. Works.
4- Proceed until the downloads page and select the packages that you want. In our example, I’ll download the Windows version, select Server for Windows and click Download Now.
5- When the download complete, you will see this file wasce_setup-2.0.0.1-win.exe in your disk. Double click on it. The installation wizard will begin.
6- Click next in Welcome screen, read the license and accept.
7- Choose the installation dir, normally “C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServerCommunityEdition”, and click Next.
8- Click Install, wait, and then click finish. Then new WAS CE its installed!
9- You can work with your new WAS just going to Start Menu, then, IBM WebSphere -> App Server Cmmunity Edition -> Start the server.
10- The first step is Start the server, click Start the server and hold until the screen don’t show the message: “Server Started”
11- Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8080/
12- Click Administrative Console
User: system
Password: manager
There you can manage your server.
Enjoy.