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How to Prepare the Enterprise Management Server

Before you install the Enterprise Management Server, you prepare the server. If you are upgrading an r12.5 or later CA Access Control Enterprise Management installation, you have already prepared the Enterprise Management Server and you do not need to complete these steps again.

Note: When you install the Enterprise Management Server, the installation program also installs CA Access Control Endpoint Management, if it is not already installed. If you have installed CA Access Control Endpoint Management, do not repeat those steps.

To prepare the Enterprise Management Server, complete the following steps:

1. Prepare the central database for Enterprise Management.

   You can also choose to prepare the database by manually creating and configuring the central database using the RDBMS native management tools.

2. Install the prerequisite software using one of the following methods:
   • (Windows) Run the prerequisite installation utility.

     CA Access Control provides a utility that installs the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the JBoss application server. If you already have installed the software, you can skip this step.

   • Use existing software or install the prerequisite software manually, as follows:

     Note: You can find prerequisite third-party software on the CA Access Control Premium Edition Third Party Components DVDs. For information about supported versions, see the Release Notes.

     1. Install a supported version of Java Development Kit (JDK).
     2. (Linux) Define the JDK/bin directory in the system PATH and set its value to the installation path.

        For example, to set the path on Linux using the bash shell, enter the following command:

        	export PATH=/usr/jdk/j2sdk.1.6.0_19/bin:$PATH
        

        Note: To set the path permanently, set the path in your shell startup file.

     3. Install a supported JBoss version.

        We recommend that you run JBoss as a service. (daemon on UNIX).

        Note: If you already have JBoss installed, we recommend that you run JBoss once before installing CA Access Control Enterprise Management to resolve any open ports issues. The CA Access Control Enterprise Management installation program does not use the default JBoss ports. For example, the installation program uses port number 18080 rather than port number 8080 for HTTP connections. Verify that you specify the ports that JBoss uses during the Enterprise Management Server installation.

     4. (Linux) verify that the rpmbuild package from your Linux distribution is installed.

        The Enterprise Management Server requires the rpmbuild package to install the Advanced Policy Management option on the server.

   You can now install CA Access Control Enterprise Management on the Enterprise Management Server.