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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 Pre-installed OS severserver. | |||||||
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.
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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 the existence or Install the following RPMs from the official RedHat/CentOS yum repositories:
The installation is usually done with command: yum install httpd. If the package is not included in the repository make sure that 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 The minimum file system sizes for the different installation types are described in table 2 | ||||||
Open your firewall to access to DPOD server | Open your firewall to access to DPOD server for port 443. 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
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Table 1 - Prepare your disk and mount points
File system / Mount point | Disk Name |
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/ | sys |
/var | sys |
/tmp | sys |
/boot | sys |
swap | sys |
/logs | data |
/data | data |
/shared | app |
/app | app |
/installs | app |
Table 2 - Prepare your file system
folder / mount point | Light Edition free space in GB | AIO Edition - Minimal/Low/Medium/High free space in GB |
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/ | 2.0 | 2.0 |
/logs | 1.0 | 10.0 |
/var | 2.0 | 4.0 |
/tmp | 1.0 | 2.0 |
/data | 3.4 | as described in Hardware and Software Requirements minimum of 100GB |
/shared | 0.5 | 0.5 |
/app | 2.3 | 6.0 |
/installs | 3.4 | 7.0 |
/boot | 2.0 | 2.0 |
swap | 3.0 | 8.0 |
Installation Compatibility Checks
There are two types of checks: Critical and Informational.
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Please make sure to review the checks results after installation and perform all applicable optimizations . The compatibility checks report can be found in /installs/logsappliance_checks-<date time>.log
Supported programs
The only supported programs for installation on the DPOD server are infrastructure / system tools like Antivirus agents, Monitor Agents, Backup Agents etc.
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