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hussen dayem posted 08-07-2026 23:05

Hello everyone,

I started learning IBM Maximo 7.6 about one year ago, and now I would like to improve my skills with it.

I noticed that some people have a local Maximo environment on their computers. I also saw that some training companies use the same environment with sample data.

Could anyone please explain how I can get this environment? What files, software, and requirements do I need to install it on my computer?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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Steven Shull

There is a docker guide here: ibm-maximo-dev/maximo-docker-enterprise-setup: Maximo 7.6 Docker Repository

It will walk you through what you need if you want to go down that path. It's worth mentioning that most customer environments are running WebSphere ND which isn't possible with docker containers (it uses WebSphere liberty). If you're looking for something that more closely matches your Maximo environment, you likely need to setup a VM on your local machine instead. You could distribute across multiple VMs (with an admin workstation, a database server, and an app server) or put them all on a single VM. 

If you want practice installing Maximo 7.6 or working with the ConfigTool, you want an admin workstation. Though it's worth mentioning that everything on 7.6 is out of mainstream support now from IBM and the Maximo Application Suite is entirely different.