To install the Advanced Authentication server appliance, perform the following steps:
Ensure that your environment complies with the System Requirements.
Deploy the appliance to your virtual environment. For more information, see:
VMware: Deploy an OVF Template.
Hyper-V: Deploy a server with VHD.
Power on the appliance.
Select the appropriate language, read the license, and click Accept.
Use the following information to configure the appliance:
root Password: Specify a password for the root user on the appliance.
NTP Server: Specify a primary and secondary NTP server used to keep time on the appliance.
Region and Time Zone: Select your region and time zone.
Hostname and Networking options: Specify a hostname for the appliance, then select whether to use a Static IP address or DHCP. If you use a static IP address, you must specify the IP address, subnet mask, the gateway, and the DNS servers.
Click Finish and wait for the appliance initialization to complete.
IMPORTANT: The time on Advanced Authentication servers must be synchronized with NTP servers. 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. For more information on time setting, see Configuring Time Settings
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NOTE:For information on migrating Advanced Authentication server from v5 to 6.0, see Migrating Advanced Authentication to 6.0
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WARNING:When you log in to the console as root and run yast novell-vainit, it is strongly not recommended to select the Reboot or Shutdown option in the YaSTZ-novell-vainit installer. You will not be able to access the web user interface after shutting down or rebooting appliance and loading it again.