3.3 Installing the Access Manager Appliance

The Access Manager Appliance is installed with the following default partitions:

  • boot: The size is automatically calculated and the mount point is /boot.

  • swap: The size is double the size of the RAM and the mount point is swap.

The remaining disk space after the creation of the /boot and swap partitions is allocated as the extended drive. The extended drive has the following partitions:

  • root: The default size is one-third the size of the extended drive and the mount point is /.

  • var: The default size is one-third the size of the extended drive and the mount point is /var.

NOTE:Do not install or import any non- 3.2 appliance devices during installation.

The Access Manager Appliance does not support configuring multiple network interfaces during installation. The eth0 interface is configured by default, and if you require multiple interfaces, you can configure them through the Administration Console after installation.

  1. Insert the Access Manager Appliance CD into the CD drive.

    The boot screen appears.

  2. By default, the Boot From Hard Disk option is selected in the boot screen.

    Use the Down-arrow key to select Install Appliance.

  3. (Optional) Use the function key options to change installation settings as desired.

    For example, you can press F4 to perform a network installation. For more information on these function keys, see Section 3.2, Boot Screen Function Keys.

  4. After you have made your installation selections, press Enter.

    The License Agreement page is displayed.

  5. Review the agreement on the License Agreement page, then click I Agree to accept the agreement.

    The Clock and Time Zone page is displayed.

  6. Select the region and time zone.

  7. Click Next.

    The Appliance Configuration page is displayed.

  8. Configure the details on the Appliance Configuration page:

    Host Name: The hostname for the Access Manager Appliance machine.

    Domain Name: The domain name for your network.

    Public IP: Configure these options for the public IP:

    • IP Address: The public IP address of the Access Manager Appliance.

    • Subnet Mask: The subnet mask of the Access Manager Appliance.

    • Default Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway.

    Private IP: Configure these options for the private IP. This is an optional configuration. If this is configured, Administration Console listens on this IP.

    • IP Address: The private IP address of the appliance.

    • Subnet Mask: The subnet mask of the Access Manager Appliance.

    • Gateway: The IP address of the gateway.

    DNS Server 1: The IP address of your DNS server. You must configure at least one DNS server.

    DNS Server2: The IP address of your additional DNS server. This is an optional configuration.

    Specify the following information in the Root Password section:

    Enter Password: Specify a password for the root user.

    Re-enter Password: Specify the password for root user again for verification.

    NTP Server Configuration: The name of the NTP server.

  9. Click Next.

    The NetIQ Access Manager Configuration page is displayed.

    Configure the details under Admin Console Configuration:

    Primary: Clear this option to specify if this appliance is not the primary Administration Console.

    If you are installing it as a secondary appliance then ensure that the primary Administration Console appliance is reachable.

    Admin Console IP: Specify the IP address of the primary Administration Console if this is a secondary Administration Console.

    Username: The name of the Administration Console user.

    NOTE:The Administration Console username does not accept special characters hash (#), ampersand (&), and round brackets (()).

    Password: Specify the password for the user.

    NOTE:Administration Console password does not accept special characters colon (:) and double quotes (“).

    Confirm Password: Specify the password again for verification.

  10. Click Next to display the confirmation dialog box.

  11. To modify any of the installation settings that you specified in the previous steps, click Cancel; otherwise click Continue to proceed with the installation.

    The Installation Settings page appears.

    This page displays the options and software you selected in the previous steps. Use the Overview tab for a list of selected options, or use the Expert tab for more details.

    Do not change the software selections listed on this screen.

  12. (Optional) To modify the installation settings for partitions, click Change.

  13. Click Install to continue with the installation process.

  14. Click Install to confirm.

    This process might take 45 to 90 minutes, depending on the configuration and hardware.

    The machine reboots after the installation is completed. It runs an auto configure script, and then the Access Gateway and Identity Server components are configured.

  15. (Optional) Verify if the Access Manager Appliance is installed and configured successfully.

    Log in to the Administration Console see Section 3.6, Logging In to the Administration Console), then click Devices > Access Gateways.

    If the installation was successful, the IP address of your Access Gateway appears in the Server list.

    The Health status indicates the health state after the Access Gateway is imported and registers with the Administration Console.

    The Access Gateway health is displayed as green. The configuration takes care of establishing a trust relationship between an embedded service provider and the Access Gateway and also the trust relationship with the Identity Server before you proceed with any other configuration.

    1. In a browser, enter the Access Manager Appliance URL. Access Manager Appliance URL is formed using the Host Name and Domain Name provided in the Step 8 above. For example, if the host name is accessapp and the domain name is novell.com, then the URL will be https://accessapp.novell.com. You will be redirected to the Sample Portal Page.

    2. Click on the Administration Console link. Login with User Name and Password.

    3. Click Devices > Identity Servers. The Servers tab displays IDP-Cluster with one Identity Server. The IP Address of the Identity Server is same as the Access Manager Appliance IP Address. The health of both the IDP-Cluster and Identity Server should display green.

    4. Click Devices > Access Gateways. The Servers tab displays AG-Cluster with one Access Gateway. The IP Address of the Access Gateway is same as the Access Manager Appliance IP Address. The health of both the AG-Cluster and Access Gateway should display green.

    5. Click Devices > SSL VPN.

    6. Install novl-sslvpn-hb-key-3.1.0-0.noarch.rpm and then configure the SSL VPN cluster manually.

  16. Continue with one of the following sections:

NOTE:After installing the Access Manager Appliance, if you want to use the portal application, start the portal using the /opt/novell/nam/namportal/bin/startNP.sh command.