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Prepare Admin access | Installation must be done using root user. you can NOT run it with sudo. you can run it after running the command: su - | |||||
Prepare your installation file and env. | Make sure your /tmp directory has at least 1GB of free space you can install from other directory than /tmp but:
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Download the CEF file and transfer it to the /tmp directory in the pre installed OS sever. | ||||||
Run command from the pre installed OS sever 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. You should consider run command : yum install ntp. Consult your Linux and Network admin on how to configure this service. | ||||||
Verify that your /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 reuired RPMs installed | Verify existence or Install the following RPMS from the official RedHat/EntOS yum repositories:
Usually installation is with command: yum install httpd. If package is not included in the repository make sure the following repository is enabled using the following command subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms | |||||
Make sure the httpd service is enabled - use command: systemctl enable httpd.service | ||||||
Make sure the httpd service is started - use 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 installation the AIO Edition requires 3 disks (LUNs / physical / virtual) to support throughput. You need to allocate the following mount points / file systems on the different disks as described in table 1 It is strongly recommended to use logical volume manager (LVM) especially for data disk | Prepare directory structure | Make sure you have the following file systems mount point exists with the required free space as The minimum file system sizes for the different installation types are described in table 2 | |||
Open your firewall to acccess from outsideto access to DPOD server | Open your firewall to access from outside in ports to DPOD server for port 443. run use the following commands: firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443 To close the port back firewall-cmd --zone=public --remove-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443 You should open ports for DNS Server, your IDGsDataPower devices, your SMTP server and others that appear inthe as described in the following firewall rules. Please assist your network admin and linux Linux admin to open the relevent portsenable access on these ports. |
Table 1 - Prepare your disk and mount points
File system / Mount point | Disk Name | ||
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/ | sys | ||
/ | devvar | sys | |
/ | logstmp | datasys | |
/ | tmpboot | sys | |
swap | sys | ||
/logs | data | ||
/data | data | ||
/shared | app | ||
/app | app | ||
/installs | app | /bootsys | |
swap | sys |
Table 2 - Prepare your file system
folder / mount point | Light Edition free sapce space in GB | AIO Edition - Minimal/Low/MidiumMedium/High free space in GB | |||||||||
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/ | 2.0 | /dev | 2.3 | ||||||||
/logs | 1.0 | ||||||||||
/tmp | 1.0 | ||||||||||
/data | 3.4 | ||||||||||
/shared | 0.5 | ||||||||||
/app | 2.3 | ||||||||||
/installs | 3.4 | ||||||||||
/boot | 2.0.5 | ||||||||||
swap | 3.0 |
Installation Compatability Checks
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