2.0 Installing Advanced Authentication

To install Advanced Authentication Server Appliance, perform the following steps:

  1. Ensure that your environment complies with the System requirements.

  2. Mount the Advanced Authentication installation ISO file and boot the machine.

  3. Read and accept the license agreement.

  4. Wait for few minutes while the appliance installs.

  5. Select the applicable networking configuration method:

    • DHCP - to configure networking automatically.

    • StaticIP - to configure networking manually.

      Specify all the required parameters manually and press ENTER to apply changes.

  6. You must specify the Administrator password for console access. Enter and confirm the password.

    The password must contain a minimum of eight characters that include capital letters and numerals. Ensure that you enter the password with a United States or International keyboard.

    WARNING:On Hyper-V, you may get the issue of re-starting the installation after completing the installation. You must unmount the ISO image and restart the server.

The AUCORE appliance services window launches with the Configuration Console.

IMPORTANT:The time on Advanced Authentication servers must be synchronized. Ensure that the NTP port 123 (UDP) is open on your corporate firewalls to allow Advanced Authentication servers to sync time on the predefined NTP servers or specify your internal NTP servers.

NOTE:For information on upgrading Advanced Authentication Server, see Upgrading Advanced Authentication.