If you have the need to download, and install webMethods Software products to an on-premise environment, keep reading....

Notes:

• You may have seen this information posted in LinkedIn but I want to share it here too. 
  
  
• This is not to replace using IWHI SaaS for integration solutions.
  • Typically with new solutions, you should consider cloud-first solutions using IWHI SaaS.
  • As I mention below, many customers have been using webMethods on-premise for years, and will continue to use it since they have a lot invested in the solutions.
  • As you (should) know, IWHI has hybrid integration capabilities, therefore, for some solutions there may be a need to integrate with webMethods on-premise products. Those on-premise products need to be installed, configured, updated, managed, monitored, etc... in the customers environment. 
  • Or, you may end up on a project with a customer who already has a webMethods on-premise infrastructure in place This is another example of where it is good to know about downloading and installing webMethods to on-premise environments (AND upgrading them too !)

History lesson:

webMethods has been around since the mid-1990s -  long before cloud integration was mainstream.
For decades, customers deployed webMethods on-premise to connect critical business systems, B2B/EDI networks, and internal applications.
This is what IBM now refers to as "Software" (customer-managed infrastructure). Many people refer to this as On-Premise infrastructures.

Around 2014, Software AG introduced webMethods iPaaS, bringing cloud-based integration into the portfolio.

Fast forward to June 2025, IBM has taken these capabilities forward into IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration (IWHI) - while continuing to support customers who still rely on webMethods products running on-premise.

So, IWHI is not just cloud (SaaS) products. The Software (On-Premise) products are still there, and very important to MANY customers.

Reality for many organizations

And that's the reality for many organizations today:
🔷 Years of investment in on-premise webMethods integrations

🔷 New workloads and applications moving to the cloud

🔷 A Hybrid Integration strategy needed to bridge both worlds smoothly

Good news

On-premise webMethods solutions don't need to be rewritten.
IWHI can connect directly to your existing webMethods environments.

🎯 Which brings me back to the title of this post

• If you need to download webMethods Software on-premise.  IBM provides guidance here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232491
  This page explains access requirements, where to download installers, and how to ensure entitlement to the software.
• For some additional info on obtaining Entitlement Keys to use with webMethods, refer to my post here

👉 If you are looking for more detailed instructions on installing and upgrading webMethods on-premise products, go to this page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/webmethods-integration/webmethods-installer

Then select the webMethods version you are dealing with.

Hopefully this saves some time for you.

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Wayne Leishman
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