The traditional installation installs Sentinel on an existing operating system, by using the application installer. You can install Sentinel in the following ways:
Interactive: The installation proceeds with user inputs. During installation, you can record the installation options (user inputs or default values) to a file, which you can use later for silent installation.You can either perform a standard installation or a custom installation.
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Custom Installation |
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Uses the default values for the configuration. User input is required only for the password. |
Prompts you to specify the values for the configuration setup. You can either select the default values or specify the necessary values. |
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Installs with default evaluation key. |
Allows you to install with the default evaluation license key or with a valid license key. |
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Allows you to specify the admin password and uses the admin password as the default password for both dbauser and appuser. |
Allows you to specify the admin password. For dbauser and appuser, you can either specify new password or use admin password. |
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Installs the default ports for all the components. |
Allows you to specify ports for different components. |
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Installs Sentinel in non-FIPS mode. |
Allows you to install Sentinel in FIPS 140-2 mode. |
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Uses traditional storage to store raw data and events. |
Allows you to use scalable storage to store raw data and events. |
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Authenticates users with the internal database. |
Provides the option set up LDAP authentication for Sentinel in addition to the database authentication. When you configure Sentinel for LDAP authentication, users can log in to the server by using their Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active Directory credentials. |
For more information about interactive installation, see Performing Interactive Installation.
Silent: If you want to install multiple Sentinel servers in your deployment, you can record the installation options during the standard or custom installation in a configuration file and then use the file to run an silent installation. For more information on silent installation, see Performing a Silent Installation.