Interact is a member of the Campaign family of applications and has two components you must install, the design environment and the runtime environment.

Before you can install the Interact design environment, you must install and configure Campaign and an associated instance of Marketing Platform.

Before you can install a Interact runtime environment, you must install a separate instance of Marketing Platform. A runtime environment must have an instance of Marketing Platform and at least one instance of the Interact runtime server. You can configure multiple instances of the Interact runtime server to work in the same runtime environment.

The instructions in this guide are designed to enable you to successfully perform a basic installation of Interact. Basic installation is a necessary step, but it is not the end of the installation process. Interact typically requires additional configuration steps to prepare for use in achieving your business objectives.

IBM® defines a basic installation as follows.