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Installing the SRC Software on a Solaris Platform in Graphical Mode

You can install the SRC software by installation set. In general, an installation set corresponds to a group of software components that provide specific functionality. For example, if you want a particular host to act as an SAE and as a directory server, you could install the SAE and Directory Server installation set on that host.

Table 20 lists the components and feature sets that are included by default for each installation set.


NOTE: For a specified installation set, you can select additional components or deselect components. Be careful if you do this; deselecting required components can have undesired results.




Table 20: Default Installation Set Components 
Installation Set
Feature Sets and Components

SDX Demo

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • Application and Web Server
  • JBoss

  • SAE System
  • SAE
  • System Management Agent

  • Juniper Policy Server

  • Captive Portal System
  • IP Filter (Solaris 9); the installation program detects the Solaris version on the host and installs the appropriate IP Filter for that OS.
  • Web Redirect

  • Configuration Editor

  • Admin Workstation
  • Policy Editor
  • SDX Admin
  • omniORB

  • Merit RADIUS

SDX License Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • License Server

SAE and Directory Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • SAE System
  • SAE
  • System Management Agent

SAE Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • SAE System
  • SAE
  • System Management Agent

Policy Server

  • Juniper Policy Server

Application and Web Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Application and Web Server
  • JBoss

NIC Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • NIC System

Redundancy Monitor Server

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • Redundancy Monitor System

System Configuration Editor

  • Configuration Editor

Captive Portal

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • Captive Portal System
  • IP Filter (Solaris 9); the installation program detects the Solaris version on the host and installs the appropriate IP Filter for that OS.
  • Web Redirect
  • omniORB

Administrator WorkStation

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • Admin Workstation
  • Policy Editor
  • SDX Admin
  • omniORB

RADIUS Server

  • Merit RADIUS

Integration Tools

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Data Integration Tool

Custom

  • Env
  • Java Runtime Environment
  • Python Runtime Environment

  • Application and Web Server
  • JBoss

  • SAE System
  • SAE
  • System Management Agent

  • Juniper Policy Server

  • Configuration Editor

  • Admin Workstation
  • Policy Editor
  • SDX Admin
  • omniORB

  • Merit RADIUS

To Install the SRC software from the installation program in graphical mode:

  1. On the Solaris platform where you will install the SRC software, log in as root.
  2. Ensure that the display variable is set.
  3. echo $DISPLAY
    
    
    
  4. (Optional) Create nonroot users and groups using the UNIX admintool utility to enable nonroot users and groups to administer the SRC software.
  5. Load SDX software disk 1, and start the installation program.
  6. /cdrom/cdrom0/UMCsdx.bin
    
    
    
  7. Follow the instructions in the various windows.
  1. In the Choose Software Distribution Folder window, specify the location of the software to be installed. You can accept the default location, or specify a different location.
  2. In the Choose SDX Install Folder window, specify the directory into which the software will be installed. The program displays the default installation directory, /opt/UMC. Although you can specify a different installation directory, you cannot change the location where SRC components are installed within that directory.

    NOTE: All examples in this book presume that you have accepted the default directory.


  3. 
    

    NOTE: The SRC software does not support the use of spaces in filenames or directories. If you create files or directories inside the installation directory structure, you must do the following:

    • Ensure that the names do not include spaces.
    • Manage the files and directories outside the context of SRC software.

    If a filename or directory name includes a space, the removal of various packages will fail.

  4. In the License Agreement window, read then accept the software license for the SRC software. You must accept the license agreement to proceed with the installation.
  5. In the Get Admin Option window, select the admin file from which the SRC installation program obtains installation parameters. An admin file assigns values to various installation parameters to define default installation actions. See the UNIX man page for admin(4). You can select one of the following:

The selected admin option is used to install all the packages. You cannot change admin options for an individual package. The admin selection affects only the current GUI installation instance; if you start the installation program again, the program does have access to any value previously set for the admin option and therefore does not use any previous settings.

  1. In the Choose Product Features window, select sets of SRC components to install. You select an installation set that includes one or more feature sets, in part or whole. A feature set includes one or more components. Figure 23 shows how installation sets, feature sets, and components appear in the Choose Product Features window.

Figure 23: Choose Product Features Window

For each installation set, various recommended or required components are selected by default for installation. Click on a package or component to display a brief description.

NOTE: If you install SRC software over an existing installation, the installation program displays a message stating that the existing software will be overwritten.


Table 18 lists components for each available feature set, their Solaris package names, and the directories in which each component is installed.

  1. In the Get User Input window, you can specify nonroot users or groups. The users or groups must already exist (created with the UNIX admintool), or the installation program returns an error.

    NOTE: Some SRC processes, such as the SAE and the LDAP directory server, use many open files and sockets. You may need to customize the hard and soft limits for the system resources that are used by such SRC processes. Examine your system configuration information and UNIX account holder configuration that runs the SRC processes. See your Solaris system administration documentation for more information about determining the limits of your system configuration and UNIX account holder configuration. The UNIX man pages for the limit(1) command and the sysdef(1M) command also provide useful information.

    For example, if you are installing the SRC software in a nonroot environment in a typical Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 installation, the maximum number of file descriptors is too low for nonroot users. The hard limit is 1024, and the soft limit for nonroot users is 256. You can use the UNIX ulimit command to increase the number.


  2. In the Preinstallation Summary window, review the feature sets, the components in the feature sets to be installed, and the folder into which the components will be installed. If the list is correct, click Install. The installation program installs the components listed.

The Installing SDX window shows the progress of the installation for the components selected. The installation program opens a UNIX window as it uses the pkgadd command to install each component. Messages in the UNIX window request confirmation or other input for installation of a package.

After the installation program finishes installing SRC software components, the Install Complete window displays a message that indicates whether the installation was completed successfully.

  1. In the Install Complete window, click Done when the installation program indicates that the installation is complete.

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