Linux/Unix Server installation

In preparation of running the Portus server on the target system installation files have to be deployed to a remote maching. The deployment wizard on your Portus Control Centre on Windows or Linux can be used to deploy the required files to the target server.

• If this is the first time you've started the Control Centre, the Portus Perspective will be activated automatically.

  If, for some reason, the Portus Control Centre perspective has not started, click Window -> Open Perspective -> Other and choose Portus Control Centre from the list. Click OK

  You will be asked to specify a project name or accept the default. Usually you will now simply click the 'Continue' button, which will then start the 'Deployment Wizard' to guide you through the process of defining your server within the Portus Control Centee and transfer (FTP) the installation files to the Portus Server target machine.

• If you, for whatever reason, opt to NOT run the Deployment Wizard at that time, you can start the wizard anytime later on by clicking the Deployment action button in the title bar of the Portus View

  

  The Deployment Wizard will appear

• Click "Browse" to select your license, choose your server installation kit from the list of available and licensed kits.

  Important: This license should reside on a local HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and not on a network drive or SSD (Solid State Drive).

  Click Next

• The following screen allows you to either select an existing Portus server to deploy to, or to define a new Portus server to the Control Center. This server definition will be used for server administration later on.

• To define a new server

  1. Enter a 'friendly name'. This name will be used to refer to a Portus Server without needing to enter the hostname (or IP) later on.
  2. Enter the hostname or IP of the machine on which the Portus server will run. This host/IP will be used to send the install files ( via FTP ) and will become the host/IP that you use when issusing requests to Portus.
  3. Enter the port which you would like Portus to listen for requests on. A new Apache web server will be installed, you must ensure that the port choosen here is available for use and not blocked by a firewall. The port entered here will utimately be the port that Portus uses to service requests.
  4. Note: Once you have filled in all of the above, click 'Add Server'

  5. The server will now be added to your Portus Control Center Portus View' for later use.

• Alternatively, if an already defined server is to be used (i.e. installation files deployed to it), check 'Deploy to existing Portus Server' and select a server from the list in the 'Existing Server Information' section.

• Select the transport mechanism, one of

  • FTP: only transfer, actual installation has to be carried out by logging on to the target system and starting the installation script manually
  • SSH: this method optionally allows for automatic ("silent") installation, no separate login to the remote system required. After the files have been transferred the install script will be executed by the deployment wizard, the Portus server (optionally) be started.

• Click Next

• The next screen is used to deploy the installation files to the target machine, i.e. the machine is where the Portus server will run. Which of the following paths will be taken depends on the choice made regarding the transport mechanism above.

  FTP

  
  • The Host / IP will have already been filled by what has been specified on the previous page.
  • Enter the username which is used to login (via FTP) to the server machine (if required)
  • Enter the password (if required)
  • Enter a directory to send the installation files to. This directory may be relative to the login directory, or can be a fully qualified path name. The directory will be created if it does not exist.
  • If your FTP server requires a port other than 21, you can specify that by selecting Specfic FTP Port and entering the FTP port number.
  • If your FTP server requires passive mode transfers, you can enable this by selecting the Passive Mode checkbox
  • Note: Click the Start FTP button to begin the FTP.
  • The Additional parameters group will allow you to enter (if required) additional information required for the operation of the driver(s) to be installed. Parameters related to all licensed drivers are queried here, you may omit those for all drivers you do not intend to use.
  • Once the FTP has completed, you need to logon to the target machine, and run the server-specific installation steps.

  SSH

  

  Once you have started the transfer you will prompted for your confirmation that it is really the host you want to send the files to.

  • If you want the Deployment Wizard to also schedule the actual installation remotely, check the "Silent (automatic) installation" option, set the various directories, then click Start Install.

    Important: If you do not want to do the installation silently, follow the instructions here
    Important: If you are updating an existing installation, the "Silent (automatic) installation" should not be checked.
    

  • When different User IDs are specified for the "login" and "handle server requests", the following will prompt you for confirmation, please check if the authorization level for the user running the Portus server is sufficient to access and execute files created by the "login user".

    

  • If the directory specified to contain the install log file does not exist you will be asked to create it before the installation can continue.

    

  • All other files will be created by the installation scripts.

    The overall transfer status will be shown directly within the Deployment Wizard window, for larger files an external window will pop up to indicate the progress.

    
  • Note: To enable "passwordless logins" execute the following steps:

    1. Run the command : ssh-keygen -t dsa

       e.g.

       Generating
       public/private dsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key
       (/home/myUser/.ssh/id_dsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter
       same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in
       /home/myUser/.ssh/id_dsa. Your public key has been saved in
       /home/myUser/.ssh/id_dsa.pub. The key fingerprint is:
       7d:a9:f9:44:31:c3:d8:6c:d8:c1:d0:5f:39:f8:75:79 myUser@192.168.135.51

    2. Copy your public key to the remote server

       e.g.

       >> scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub
       myUser@192.168.135.99:.ssh/ Password: id_dsa.pub 100% 600 0.6KB/s
       00:00

    3. Login to the remove server and add your public key to the authorized keys.

       e.g.

       myUser@192.168.135.51:~> ssh -l myUser
       192.168.135.99 Password: Last login: Tue Sep 29 17:02:47 2009 from
       v-br.vpn.risaris >> cd .ssh/ >> cat id_dsa.pub >>
       authorized_keys2

  • You should now be able to login to the remote server without a password.

    In the case of problems, SSH information will appear in /var/log/messsages or /var/log/lastlog

• Now that the server has been installed, you can query the server status from the Deployment Wizard.

  You can choose to view this status information in the Deployment Wizard, in a browser, or both.

• Click the Display Server Status or the Display Status in Browser Window buttons to return the status of the server.

• You should now click Configure Driver(s) to create Portus drivers that are enabled in your license. If you choose to not add drivers now, they can also be created at a later stage, more information about defining drivers can be found in the Portus View section of this documentation.

  The "Driver Wizard" will present a list of licensed drivers, and come up with all drivers selected and ready to be defined. You may now just click the Configure button to define all of them, or deselect those you do not need or want to set up at that stage.

  Click "Configure".

  In case the driver does not require any additional parameters to be set, it will be defined now, otherwise the Driver Definition Dialog will ask for the additional parameter(s) to be set. e.g. for an Adabas driver set the "ListMaxRecords" parameter. Click the Save button.

• When Show (post-setup) Driver Information is selected, and information is available for the driver(s) just installed, it will be displayed (cumulatively) after the driver(s) have been configured
• Click Done to close the Deployment Wizard
• Configure Portus using the Portus (Eclipse) Control Centre

This section outlines machine specific installation steps.

1. On the target machine, in the installation directory, execute the script ./installServer.sh.

   Important: It is recommended that this script runs using the root user.
   Important: If you wish to update an existing installation, run this script with the -update option.
2. The script will check if the prerequisites are met.
3. Enter the full path of the Portus installation. Example: /usr/local/soaGateway

4. If required, specify the Software AG sagenv file that is to be used (an absolute path must be used). Example: /opt/softwareag/sagenv.new

   Note: If you do not have a sagenv file available, enter "skip".
5. The next prompt asks what user Portus should be started as. If you included a valid SAGENV file in the previous step, you should choose the user who runs Software AG products, normally the "sag" user. Otherwise, if you started the script as root, lesser privileged user will be chosen, normally www or nobody. If you did not start the script as root, the current user will be chosen.
6. The script now has all the information to commence the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to start Apache.