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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 Store service dedicated OS user and group | The Store service requires a dedicated OS user and group to run. User can use the following command : groupadd storeadms && useradd -g storeadms -md /home/storeadm -s /bin/bash storeadm | ||||||
Configure OS locale | The supported OS locale is en_US.UTF-8. Use the following procedure to make sure the supported locale configuration and change it if necessary | ||||||
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 on a freshly 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 DNS - your network admin may need to assist you with this action. | ||||||
Setup NTP - it has to be 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 mod_ssl curl wget unzip iptables iptables-services 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 or manually download the RPMs files and install them. | ||||||
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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OPTIONAL - Install kibana (kibana-4.5.1) This RPM is required only if you would like to manually query the Big Data store. Please follow instructions on https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/4.5/setup-repositories.html | |||||||
Prepare disk, mount points / file systems and logical volume |
For both 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. This can be done during RHEL installation by choosing Installation Destination option. You will then need to select all Local Standard drives and choose option "I will configure partitioning" under the "Other Storage Options" section. You should follow table 2 and add all mount points with required definitions using the "+" button. to create a volume group (sys, app, data) open the "Volume Group" list box and choose "create new volume group ..." This way you can partition your 3 (logical) drive exactly as stated in table 2. The minimum file system sizes for the different installation types are described in table 2 below After configuring the required mount points you can use the command "df -h" to make sure all free space requirements are met. Your mount point configuration should resemble 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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