The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. For the purposes of this documentation set, bias-free is defined as language that does not imply discrimination based on age, disability, gender, racial identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Exceptions may be present in the documentation due to language that is hardcoded in the user interfaces of the product software, language used based on RFP documentation, or language that is used by a referenced third-party product. Learn more about how Cisco is using Inclusive Language.
The WAE Design GUI is used by WAE Design users and by administrators who are creating plan templates for use in the WAE Live or WAE Design Archive applications.
This chapter provides instructions for installing the WAE Design GUI. You additionally need to install the WAE Design license and if applicable, install the floating license server.
License Installation —Description of WAE Design license types (dedicated and floating) and instructions on how to install them.
WAE Design Floating License Server —Procedure for installing and setting up the FlexNet Publisher license server. This is needed only if administering floating licenses.
The installation process does not install any drivers or require any changes to the operating system. You can download and install the files to any folder or directory.
Step 1 Download the Cisco WAE Planning software package from the Cisco download site.
Step 2 Extract the files in a location of your choice.
Step 3 (Optional for Mac software) Verify Cisco code signing of the software. See the Verifying Code Signing section.
Step 4 Install and verify the license. See the License Installation chapter.
The Linux installation installs all planning software, which includes WAE Design. If you would like to verify Cisco code signing for the software image, see the Verifying Code Signing section.
An installer is an executable that runs a script to install the software in the proper locations. Although multiple packages are installed, they are used only if you have a license for them.
The installer performs the following tasks:
– Whether the device has the appropriate system requirements, including proper operating system, disk space, total memory, and required software packages.
If the installer sees that you do not have the appropriate system requirements, it either exits, gives a warning, or prompts you whether to continue. Since the installer might be checking for more than what your specific requirements are, you can press “y” to attempt to continue.
– Whether there are existing package installations; if there are, they are preserved.
/opt/cariden/software/mate
. If you did not use the default directory, the path is <installation_directory> software/mate
. It also creates the /opt/cariden/software/mate/current
symbolic link to the most recently installed package. Throughout the documentation, this is referenced as $CARIDEN_HOME
. – For executables, the WAE user has read, write, and execute permissions. Users listed in /etc/group
have read and execute permissions. All others have read-only permissions.
– For non-executables, only the WAE user has read and write permissions. All other users have read-only permissions.
Step 1 Log in to the server as root or a user with administrative capabilities.
Step 2 Go to the directory where you downloaded the software, extract the.zip file, and execute the installer as root using a bash command. The software package is the installer that automates the installation process.
The process verifies the integrity of the installation using checksums. If a checksum fails, error messages appear and the installation process ends.
Depending on what the installation process finds, it might prompt you throughout the process to continue or not.
Step 3 When prompted, enter the following information.
Step 4 Once the installation process stops, log out of the device or VM.
Step 5 Log back in using the WAE username.
Step 6 Stop the services that are automatically started since they are not used by the WAE Design application.
Step 7 To ensure the above services do not restart upon reboot, use the following chkconfig
command for each service that you stopped in the previous step.
<service_name>
off
sudo chkconfig wae-ni off
To verify these services will not start on a reboot, use the following command and confirm these services are listed as off:
Step 8 Install and verify the license. See the License Installation chapter.
To verify Cisco code signing, complete the following procedures for each platform software image.
Note There are no additional steps required for Windows systems. Code signing verification is automatically done during Windows installation.
Step 1 Enter the following command:
codesign -dvvv <path to.dmg file>
codesign -dvvv /home/builder/Downloads/MATE-k9-6.3dev-1815-g40a7ddb-MacOSX-x86_64.dmg
If code signing verification is successful, the following similar message will appear:
Step 1 Enter the following command:
If code siging verification is successful, the following message appears: