How to get Liberty profile server running from WS Admin Console?

So we're running WebSphere 8.5.5.3 and in the server options there is "WebSphere application servers" (which we currently use), and then "Liberty profile server".  I tried to create a server under this menu, but when I try to start it it simply says "liberty_server server could not be started." Diving deeper into it appears as though the server software was not installed yes.  Do I need to install liberty profile separately to be able to use it from the WS admin console?  I've never used liberty profile server so this is very new to me.

For back ground, we currently have a Tomcat application that we would rather manage inside of WS so as to not need to install other server software.  So if we need to install liberty totally separately we may just move to migrating the application to run on a WS application server... which would be messy as well.

Thanks for the help!

-Spencer

I am still very lost on how I am able to run a Liberty Profile Server from the normal WebSphere admin console.

see if these can help what you are looking for.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40406112/error-enabling-liberty-profile-on-was-nd-8-5

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28806073/how-to-start-admin-console-in-websphere-liberty-profile?rq=1

Sounds to me like you have several options:

1) Migrate the app to your existing WAS install, for which you can use the migration toolkit:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/mw-1701-was-migration/index.html

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/migration/

2) Migrate the app to WAS Liberty (note, Liberty does not come packaged with your WAS installation, but you can trivially download it at the first link below) and use its Admin Center to administer the application:

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/download-latest-stable-websphere-liberty-runtime/

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/mw-1701-was-migration/index.html
https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/move-applications-liberty-using-migration-toolkit/

3) Migrate the app to WAS Liberty and use your existing Admin Console to manage the app:

https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/download-latest-stable-websphere-liberty-runtime/

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/mw-1701-was-migration/index.html
https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/move-applications-liberty-using-migration-toolkit/

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/twve_mwscreatex.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/twve_mwsliberty.html

4) Leave the app on Tomcat and use your existing Admin Console to manage the app:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/twve_mwscreatex.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/twve_mwstomcat.html