Perform the following steps to deploy DPOD on a Pre-installed CentOS / RHEL :
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4-7.8
- CentOS version 7.4-7.8
This video demonstrates how to install DPOD Non-Appliance mode on RHEL 7.8 operating system. Use it just as a demonstration, as it is not kept up-to-date with every change in the process. When installing DPOD, you should follow the procedure provided below.
Prerequisites
- Make sure to follow Prepare Pre-Installed Operating System.
Execute the CEF file
Download the CEF (Compressed Executable Format) file and copy it to /tmp directory.
Make sure /tmp is not mounted with
noexecflag (e.g.: in /etc/fstab). Otherwise, you will not be able to execute the CEF file, and you need to locate it in another directory.Make sure there is a minimum of 1GB available free space on /tmp directory after you copied the CEF file.
By default, CEF files are extracted to /tmp directory. To change the destination directory, use the option--dest-dir <directory>when executing the CEF file.Replace
<CEF_FILE>placeholder and execute the following commands:cd /tmp chmod 755 <CEF_FILE> ./<CEF_FILE>
The Installation Process
- The CEF installer displays a series of questions, requiring you to verify that your appliance meets the installation prerequisites:
- Once you answered Yes to all questions, the installer will verify the system meets all prerequisites
- Next, you can change the time and date settings (or leave them as they are)
Choose an environment name for this DPOD installation, each DPOD installation must have a unique 4-character environment name
If you are installing a second DPOD machine that will be used as the standby machine in a DR Active/Standby scenario, the environment name must be identical to the environment name of the active DPOD installation.
- Choose whether you use SSD storage
- Set Store Service dedicated user
- (Optional) If you have 2 NIC than this question may appear :
- Accept or Decline the EULA
- Choose the installation architecture, Ensure your appliance has enough memory and storage available, or the installation will stop
The Architecture options you see on-screen may differ from the ones in the screenshot below, as they depend on the installation package you obtained.
- The installation will commence. The process takes 5-15 minutes, and when it ends the installer displays a message indicating whether the process was successful or not,
alongside the name of the installation log file
- Verify your installation