Installing on Linux

RPM Console Installation

To install using the RPM file perform the following steps as a user with root privileges.

1.  Place the install.rpm file in a directory on the destination server.

2.  Install. Run the following command from the directory containing the RPM file you placed on your server:

rpm -ivh install.rpm

3. Configure and initialize the database.  Go to the /opt/mft_monitor directory and run the following commands:

./database -configure

./database -init

4. Configure Administration Service.  Go to the /opt/mft_monitor directory and run the following command:

./add-administrator -username [username] -password [password] -email [email] 

For example:

./add-administrator -username admin -password secret -email admin@advsyscon.com  

This will configure your MFT Monitor instance, where [username] [password] are the credentials you will use when managing the server.

5. Several Linux distributions exhibit slow start ups as a result of the newly introduced FIPS TLS library. To prevent this issue, please install haveged.

6.  Start the MFT Monitor service.  From the MFT Monitor installation directory run the following command:

./start_service.sh

The MFT Monitor service should now be running.  To connect to this service and manage your server see the topics below.

ZIP Console Installation

1.  Place the install.zip file in a directory on the destination server.

2.  Install. Run the following command from the directory containing the ZIP file you placed on your server:

unzip install.zip 

3. Configure and initialize the database.  Go to the /opt/mft_monitor directory and run the following commands:

./database -configure

./database -init

4. Configure Administration Service.  Go to the /opt/mft_monitor directory and run the following command:

./add-administrator -username [username] -password [password] -email [email] 

For example:

./add-administrator -username admin -password secret -email admin@advsyscon.com   

This will configure your MFT Monitor instance, where [username] [password] are the credentials you will use when managing the server.

5. Several Linux distributions exhibit slow start ups as a result of the newly introduced FIPS TLS library. To prevent this issue, please install haveged.

6. Start the MFT Monitor service.  From the MFT Monitor installation directory run the following command:

./start_service.sh

The MFT Monitor service should now be running.  To connect to this service and manage your server see the topics below.

See also

Launching web interface