Before installing the appliance on the hardware, ensure that the appliance ISO disk image is downloaded from the support site, unpacked, and is available on a DVD.
IMPORTANT:Installation on hardware using the ISO disk image (bare metal & Hyper-V) requires minimum memory of 4.5 GB for the installation to complete. For more information on Hardware requirements, see Section 1.1.2, Hardware Requirements.
Boot the physical machine from the DVD drive with the DVD.
Use the on-screen instructions of the installation wizard.
Run the Live DVD appliance image by selecting the top entry in the boot menu.
The installation first checks for the available memory and disk space. If the available memory is less than 2.5 GB, the installation is automatically terminated. If the available memory is more than 2.5 GB but less than 6.7 GB, the installation displays a message that you have less memory than is recommended. Enter y if you want to continue with the installation, or enter n if you do not want to proceed.
Select the language of your choice, then click .
Select the keyboard layout, then click .
Read and accept the SUSE Enterprise Server Software License Agreement.
Read and accept the NetIQ Sentinel End User License Agreement.
Select .
On the Hostname and Domain Name page, specify the hostname and domain name, then ensure that the option is selected.
Select .The hostname configurations are saved.
Do one of the following:
To use the current network connection settings, select on the Network Configuration II page.
To change the network connection settings, select , then make the desired changes.
Select . The network connection settings are saved.
Set the time and date, then click .
To change the NTP configuration after installation, use YaST from the appliance command line. You can use WebYast to change the time and date, but not the NTP configuration.
If the time appears out of sync immediately after the install, run the following command to restart NTP:
rcntp restart
Set the root password, then click .
Set the Sentinel admin password, then click .
Enter the username and password at the console to log in to the appliance.
The default value for the username is root and the password is the password set in Step 14.
Stop Sentinel server:
service sentinel stop
Enter the following command to reset the UI for a clear display in YaST:
reset
To install the appliance on the physical server, run the following command:
/sbin/yast2 live-installer
It might take few minutes for all services to start up after installation because the system performs a one-time initialization. Wait until the installation finishes before you log in to the server.
Make a note of the appliance IP address that is shown in the console.
Proceed with Section 5.5, Post-Installation Configuration for the Appliance.
You can install Collector Manager as appliance on a system that meets the minimum hardware requirements for Collector Manager. For more information, see Section 1.1.2, Hardware Requirements.
Complete Step 1 through Step 14 in Section 5.4.1, Installing Sentinel.
Specify the host name/IP address of the Sentinel server that the Collector Manager should connect to.
Specify the Communication Server Port number. The default Message bus port is 61616.
The installation tries to connect to the server with the specified credentials. If you have entered any of these values wrongly, the installation displays an error.
Specify the JMS User Name, which is the Collector Manager user name. The default user name is collectormanager.
Specify the password for the JMS User.
Click .
The username and password is stored in the /<install_dir>/etc/opt/novell/sentinel/config/activemqusers.properties file located on the Sentinel server.
To verify the password, see the following line in the activemqusers.properties file:
collectormanager=<password>
In this example, collectormanager is the username and the corresponding value is the password.
Accept the certificate when prompted.
Click to complete the installation.
When the installation is complete, it displays a message that this appliance is the Sentinel Collector Manager, along with the IP address. It also displays the Sentinel server user interface IP address.
You can install the Correlation Engine as an appliance on a system that meets the minimum hardware requirements for the Correlation Engine. For more information, see Section 1.1.2, Hardware Requirements.
Complete Step 1 through Step 14 in Section 5.4.1, Installing Sentinel.
Specify the host name/IP address of the Sentinel server that the Correlation Engine should connect to.
Specify the Communication Server port number. The default message bus port is 61616.
Specify the JMS User Name, which is the Correlation Engine username. The default username is correlationengine.
Specify the password for the JMS User.
Click .
The username and password is stored in the /<install_dir>/etc/opt/novell/sentinel/config/activemqusers.properties file located on the Sentinel server.
To verify the password, see the following line in the activemqusers.properties file:
correlationengine=<password>
In this example, correlationengine is the username and the corresponding value is the password.
Accept the certificate when prompted.
Click to complete the installation.
When the installation is complete, it displays a message that this appliance is the Sentinel Correlation Engine, along with the IP address. It also displays the Sentinel server user interface IP address.
Proceed with Section 5.5, Post-Installation Configuration for the Appliance.