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Note: Since it is a non appliance mode, advise your Linux admin on how to perform the below commands |
- This step is only applicable for Non Appliance Mode
- Make sure that you Ensure that your OS is RHEL v7.2 or CentOS v7.2 - 64 bit mode only as described in system requirements.
- Make sure Ensure you choose select the right correctt architecture type and made make all needed resources available as they appear in system requirements available.
- Make sure Ensure you have at least one Network Card installed and configured with full access to a network service - such as DNS and NTP (the same as your IDGs) - see Network requirements
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Prepare Admin access | Installation must be done performed 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.environment | Make sure Ensure your /tmp directory has at least 1GB of free space you can install from other directory than /tmp but: it should haveInstall from a different directory is possible. 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. | |||||||
Run 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. You should consider run running the command : yum install ntp.
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Verify that your thar 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 installed | Verify the existence or Install 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 done with command: yum install httpd. If the package is not included in the repository make sure that the following repository is enabled using , you will need to add the containing repository. Run the following command: subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms | ||||||
Make sure Ensure the httpd service is enabled - use command: systemctl enable httpd.service | |||||||
Make sure Ensure 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 installations, the Standard 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 below 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 below | ||||||
Open your firewall to access to DPOD server | Open To configure your firewall to for open 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 If you need to remove access (close the port back): firewall-cmd --zone=public --remove-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443
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The critical checks are mandatory in order to install the system, the . The informational checks are highly recommended for the system optimization.
Please make sure take time 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
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The only supported programs for installation on the DPOD server are infrastructure / system tools like Antivirus agents, Monitor Agents, Backup Agents etc.
Please note Note that these system tools may have implication on affect DPOD's functionality and performance.
In case of functionality / If you encounter functionality or performance issues, try first to disable these system tools.
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