Non Appliance Mode Only
This steps are only applicable for Non Appliance Mode
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 OS is RHEL v7.2 or CentOS v7.2 - 64 bit mode only as described in system requirements.
- Make sure you choose the right architecture type and made all needed resources available as they appear in system requirements.
- Make sure you have at least one Network Card installed and configured with full access to network service - such DNS and NTP (the same as your IDGs) - see Network requirements
| # | Subject | Action | Checked |
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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 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 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 required 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 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 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: This command might not be applicable if your system has no builtin firewall. 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 DataPower devices, your SMTP server and others as described in the following firewall rules. Please assist your network admin and Linux admin to enable access on these ports. |
Table 1 - Prepare your disk and mount points
File system / Mount point | Disk Name |
|---|---|
| / | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| / | 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.
The critical checks are mandatory in order to install system, the informational checks are highly recommended for the system optimization.
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.
Please note that these system tools may have implication on DPOD functionality and performance.
In case of functionality / performance issues try first to disable these system tools.