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Prepare Admin access | Installation must be performed by a root user. you can NOT run it with sudo. you can run it after running the command: su - | ||||||
Prepare your installation file and environment | Ensure your /tmp directory has at least 1GB of free space Installation from a different directory is possible. If you opt to run the install from a directory other than /tmp, ensure that this directory:
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Download the CEF file and transfer it to the /tmp directory in the Pre-installed OS server. | |||||||
Execute the following command from the pre-installed OS server terminal: chmod 755 ./<File Name> | |||||||
Setup your network (consult your network admin) | Setup your DNS - use your network admin to assist you with this action. | ||||||
Setup your NTP - make sure it is the same used for your IBM DataPower Gateways.
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Verify that the /etc/hosts file includes an entry with your server name mapped to your external or internal (127.0.0.1) server IP
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Verify all required RPMs are installed | Verify the existence of the following RPMs from the official RedHat/CentOS yum repositories:
If these are not found on your system - you will need to install them yourself. The installation is usually performed by executing: yum install httpd. If this command can not find the package on account of it not being included in the repository, you will need to add the containing repository. | ||||||
Ensure the httpd service is enabled by executing the command: systemctl enable httpd.service | |||||||
Ensure the httpd service is started by executing the command: systemctl start httpd.service | |||||||
Install mod_proxy_html
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Prepare disk, mount points / file systems and logical volume | For Production and Non Production installations, the Standard Edition requires 3 disks (LUNs / physical / virtual) to support throughput. You will need to allocate the following mount points / file systems on the different disks as described in table 1 below It is strongly recommended to use logical volume manager (LVM) - particularly for data disks The minimum file system sizes for the different installation types are described in table 2 below After configuring the needed mount point points you can use the command "df -h" to make sure all free space requirements are met. Your mount point configuration should look similar to the following : | ||||||
Open your firewall to access to DPOD server | To configure your firewall for open access to the DPOD server for port 443, execute the following commands:
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443
firewall-cmd --zone=public --remove-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443
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