Installing GSKit on Windows

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Run the GSKit installation program to complete the GSKit installation on a Windows system.

Before you begin

Access the IBM® Security Directory Server installation media to obtain the GSKit installable. See Preparation of installation media.

About this task

In the example, installation of GSKit crypt 64-bit and GSKit SSL 64-bit is shown. For the installation of GSKit 32-bit, use the appropriate packages. On Windows 64-bit operating system, you can install both 64-bit and 32-bit GSKit packages.

Procedure

  1. Log in as a member of the administrator group.
  2. Change the current working directory to the gskit directory where the GSKit installable is stored.
  3. To install GSKit 64-bit packages, run the GSKit installation program.
    1. Run the GSKit8 crypt installation package, gsk8crypt64.exe.
    2. On the GSKit8 crypt installation window, complete the following steps:
      1. Specify the installation path for GSKit8 crypt.
      2. Click Next.
      3. Click Install.
      4. Click Finish.
    3. Run the GSKit8 SSL installation package, gsk8ssl64.exe.
    4. On the GSKit8 SSL installation window, complete the following steps:
      1. Specify the installation path for GSKit8 SSL.
      2. Click Next.
      3. Click Install.
      4. Click Finish.
  4. To run GSKit commands from the command-line, set the PATH variable with the bin and lib64 directories on Windows x86_64 system.
    Note: On Windows 32-bit, set the PATH variable with the bin and lib directories.
    If the GSKit installation location is C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk8, set the PATH variable with the following values:
    set PATH="C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk8\bin";%PATH%
set PATH="C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk8\lib64";%PATH%