Installing on AIX

Prior to installation it is recommended that you review the Installation components section to determine what components you will require.

ZIP Console Installation

MFT Gateway Server

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

unzip gateway_install.zip

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

For example:

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

This will configure MFT Gateway, where [username] and [password] are the administrative credentials you will use when connecting to the service.

./gateway start

or

./start_service.sh

MFT Gateway Agent

1. Place the gateway_agent_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 gateway_agent_install.zip

3. AIX systems are typically configured to run the IBM JVM, therefore it is necessary to make some changes to the etc/ssl.cfg file in order to instruct the JVM on what security provider and encryption algorithm to use for starting up the MFT Gateway Service. See Running under IBM JVM for complete details and instructions.

4. Enable control channel for MFT Gateway Server.  See Control channel settings for details.

5. Set agent connection settings. See Adding agents for details. Go to the MFT Gateway Agent installation directory relative to where the unzip command was executed.

  5a) If you do not have an MFT Gateway failover configured, run the following command:

   ./configuration -host [ip] -port [port] -user [username] -password [password]

      For example:

  ./configuration -host 10.0.0.1 -port 30025 -user admin -password secret

5b) If you do have an MFT Gateway failover configured, run the following command:

./configuration -host [ip] -port [port] -user [username] -password [password] -failover.host[ip] -failover.port [port]

For example:

./configuration -host 10.0.0.1 -port 30025 -user admin -password secret -failover.host 10.0.0.2 -failover.port 30126

Note about failover: The failover host and port provided are used when a connection is severed between the MFT Gateway instance and the MFT Gateway Agent, and a connection cannot be re-established (within 3 attempts). The Agent log will reflect any failover attempts - e.g. Connection to agent service on <host>:<port> failed. Attempting connection to next available host <host>:<port>.

In both cases, this will configure MFT Gateway Agent, where [ip] and [port]are the control channel IP and port for MFT Gateway Server and [username] and [password] are administrative credentials you will use when connecting to the control channel.

6. Startup MFT Gateway Agent Service.  From the MFT Gateway Agent installation directory run the following command:
 

./agent start

See also

Launching MFT Gateway Manager