IMPORTANT:
Before You Begin
Choosing a Method for Installing PPT Application
IMPORTANT:
Configuring Environment Variables for PostgreSQL
PPT Network and Protocol Considerations
Default TCP Port Utilization
| Port Number | Communication Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
|
TCP Port:
|
||
| 443 | PPT Client to PPT Server (Secured) | Used for XML-HTTPS client-server communication. This port is configurable. |
| 14131 | PPT Server to IPCF | Used for CORBA communication. This port is configurable. |
| 9292 | PPT Server to SSC | Used for XML-RPC communication. This port is configurable. |
PPT Installation Methods
./inst
The PPT Installer
displays introduction screen:
| Parameter | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Install Mode Configuration | ||
| Mode Selection | On this screen, the
Stand-alone installation or Cluster mode installation can be selected.
For Cluster mode installation,
Veritas Cluster Server needs to be installed and configured. For
more information, refer to Veritas Cluster Installation and Management chapter.
|
For Stand-alone: N/AFor Cluster: Host IP Address and Shared Disk Path |
| Postgres System Setting | ||
| N/A | This section is informational and contains no configurable parameters.Information pertaining to these variables is located in the Configuring PostgreSQL Database System Environment step of the Before You Beginsection in this chapter. | N/A |
| Choose Install Folder | ||
| Directory Path | The directory path on the server where the PPT is to be installed.This directory path can be manually entered in the field provided or selected using the Browser. | /<ppt-install-dir>/ which is /users/ppt by default for Linux. |
| PPT Administrator Account Configuration | ||
| PPT Administrator Account | This is an account with administrative privileges that owns and manages the PPT application. | N/A |
| Admin Login | Enter the administrator
login name.
This is the OS level
administrator user of PPT application. The admin login can be an
existing user, or it can be a new user that is created during installation.
|
pptadmin |
| Admin Password | Enter the administrator
password. If the administrator user already exists, then password
is not required. The password is case sensitive. If a new user is created,
password is mandatory.
|
N/A |
| UID | The user ID which should
be used to create PPT administrator.
During installation
care has to be taken that UID for PPT administrator should be same
on both the cluster nodes. For this reason the UID will be accepted
from user during installation. This UID will be used to create PPT
administrator user. If the UID is already assigned to some other
user a dialog will pop-up and user will be asked to enter a different
UID. If PPT administrator already exists on the node then the UID
will be displayed automatically on the screen. While doing installation
on second node the user is supposed to enter the same UID during
installation. If PPT administrator already exists then, PPT administrator
will have to be deleted and again created using the new UID provided
during installation.
|
N/A |
| Apache Server Configuration | ||
| Apache Port (HTTPS) | This is a TCP port that
will be used by the Apache server for secure communication with
PPT client. Specify an integer value, default value is 443.
All connections between
PPT server and client must be of SSL type such as HTPPS. Non-secure
connections are not allowed.
|
443 |
| PostgreSQL Configuration | ||
| User Name | Enter a username for
the Postgres database administrator.
User name of PostgreSQL
administrative account must be different from all other Postgers
related roles or account names.
|
pptadmin |
| Password | Enter a password for the Postgres database administrator. The password is case sensitive. | N/A |
| Port | Enter the port number
on which the Postgres server should listen to connections from client
applications. Default port number is 5432.
If you specify a port
number other than the default port then all client applications,
including PSQL must specify the same port for communication.
If PPT and ASR5k Web
Element Manager (WEM) are co-located on single hardware platform,
then ensure that ASR5k WEM is installed before PPT and PostgreSQL
component of PPT is not listening on port 5432. As this port is
reserved for ASR5k WEM.
|
5432 |
| Backup Location | ||
| Backup directory location | The backup will be
taken at this location.
This path must be on
the local disk where PPT is being installed or on shared disk.
|
For Stand-alone mode, the default path is <ppt-install-dir>/backup_dir . For Cluster mode, the default path is <shared-directory-path>/backup_dir . |
| Pre-Installation Summary | ||
| . | This section is informational and contains information of configurable parameters. Verify all the installation configurations and, click Install to proceed with installation. | N/A |
| Installing Policy Provisioning Tool Panel | ||
| . | This panel displays the PPT application installation progress bar and contains no configurable parameters. | N/A |
| Component Start Panel | ||
| Select the components to be started | Select the PPT software
component that needs to be started as part of the installation.The option to start all
PPT components after installation is available.
Successful installation
of the PPT application requires the Apache Server to
be started. Default setting is to enable or start Apache server.
Though prompts are provided to disable the server, it is highly
recommended not to modify the default values.
|
Enabled |
| Start components after system reboot | Select this option so that PPT components will start automatically, each time the server on which it is installed, is rebooted. | Enabled |
| Install Complete Panel | ||
| . | This panel displays information regarding successful completion of installation, along with the commands to start PPT application via command line interface. You can also find the PPT installation log file at the mentioned path on this panel.The installation log is stored in a file Policy_Provisioning_Tool_InstallLog.log file, located in <ppt-install-dir> directory. | N/A |
IMPORTANT:
https://<ip_address>:<port_number>/
https://<host_name>:<port_number>/
where ip_address and host_name is
the IP address of the machine where PPT server component is installed
and port_number is
the port number to which apache server is listening for the client
requests. In case of the default port, URL should be limited to
the ip_address or host_name only.
IMPORTANT:
./inst -i
console
Installer displays
a series of messages as listed below:
Extracting the JRE from
the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation
resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer
for this system's environment...
Launching installer...
Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...
Install Complete
----------------
Policy Provisioning
has been successfully installed to:
<ppt-install-dir>
Installation logfile
located at:
<ppt-install-dir>/PolicyProvisioning_InstallLog.log
Start Policy Provisioning
component as:
cd <ppt-install-dir>
./pptctl start
./pptctl stop
https://<ip_address>:<port_number>/
https://<host_name>:<port_number>/
where ip_address and host_name is
the IP address of the machine where PPT server is installed and port_number is
the port number to which apache is listening for the client requests.
In case of default port number, the URL should be limited to the ip_address or host_name only.
IMPORTANT: