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Performing Complete Installation

To install all AuthMinder component on a single system, you must use the Complete option. Custom installation allows you to install only the selected components from the package. This option is recommended for advanced users.

Note: Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that all the prerequisite software are installed and the database is set up, as described in chapter, "Preparing for Installation".

Follow these steps:

  1. Log in and navigate to the directory where you untarred the installer.
  2. Ensure that you have the permission to run the installer. If not, you must run the following command:
    chmod a=rx Arcot-WebFort-7.1-<platform_name>-Installer.bin
    
  3. Run the installer as follows:
    prompt> sh Arcot-WebFort-7.1-<platform_name>-Installer.bin
    

    The Welcome message appears.

  4. Press Enter to continue with the installation.

    The License Agreement for AuthMinder appears.

  5. On the License Agreement page:
    1. Read the text carefully and press Enter to display the next page of the license text. You might have to press Enter multiple times, until the entire text for License Agreement is displayed.

      At the end of the license agreement, you will be prompted for acceptance of the terms of license agreement (DO YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF LICENSE AGREEMENT?).

    2. Enter y to accept the acceptance of License Agreement and to continue with the installation.

      Note: If you press n, then a warning message will be displayed and the installation will be aborted.

    The Choose Installation Location options appear.

  6. Perform one of the following steps:

    The installation types (Complete and Custom) supported by AuthMinder appear.

  7. Enter 1 to select the default (Complete) option and install all components of AuthMinder, and press Enter to continue.

    The Database Type options appear.

  8. Enter the number corresponding to the database, and press Enter to continue:

    The Primary Database Access Configuration options appear.

  9. Depending on the database that you are using:

Parameter

Description

Primary ODBC DSN

The installer creates an ODBC connection that AuthMinder uses to connect to the database.

The recommended value to enter is arcotdsn.

User Name

The database user name for AuthMinder to access the database. This name is specified by the database administrator. (MS SQL Server, typically, refers to this as login.)

Note: It is recommended that you use different user names for the primary and backup DSNs.

Password

The password associated with the User Name you specified in the previous field and which is used by AuthMinder to access the database. This password is specified by the database administrator.

Server Name

The host name or IP address of the AuthMinder datastore.

  • Default Instance

Syntax: <server_name>

Example: demodatabase

  • Named Instance

Syntax: <server_name>\<instance_name>

Example: demodatabase\instance1

Port Number

The port on which the database server listens to the incoming requests.

Note: Press Enter, if you want to accept the default port.

Database

The name of the MS SQL database instance.

Parameter

Description

Primary ODBC DSN

The installer creates an ODBC connection that AuthMinder uses to connect to the database.

The recommended value to enter is arcotdsn.

User Name

The database user name for AuthMinder to access the database. This name is specified by the database administrator.

Note: The User Name for the Primary and Backup DSNs must be different.

Password

The password associated with the User Name you specified in the previous field and which is used by AuthMinder to access the database. This password is specified by the database administrator.

Host Name

The host name or IP address of the AuthMinder datastore.

  • Default Instance

Syntax: <server_name>

Example: demodatabase

  • Named Instance

Syntax: <server_name>\<instance_name>

Example: demodatabase\instance1

Port Number

The port at which the Database listens to the incoming requests.

Note: Press Enter, if you want to accept the default port.

Database

The name of the IBM DB2 database instance.

Parameter

Description

Primary ODBC DSN

The installer creates an ODBC connection that AuthMinder uses to connect to the database.

The recommended value to enter is arcotdsn.

User Name

The database user name for AuthMinder to access the database. This name is specified by the database administrator.

Note: The User Name for the Primary and Backup DSNs must be different.

Password

The password associated with the User Name you specified in the previous field and which is used by AuthMinder to access the database. This password is specified by the database administrator.

Service ID

The Oracle System Identifier (SID) that refers to the instance of the Oracle database running on the server.

Port Number

The port at which the Database listens to the incoming requests.

Note: Press Enter, if you want to accept the default port.

Host Name

The host name or IP address of the AuthMinder datastore.

Syntax: <server_name>

Example: demodatabase

Parameter

Description

Primary ODBC DSN

The installer creates an ODBC connection that AuthMinder uses to connect to the database.

The recommended value to enter is arcotdsn.

User Name

The database user name for AuthMinder to access the database. This name is specified by the database administrator. (MS SQL Server, typically, refers to this as login.)

Note: The User Name for the Primary and Backup DSNs must be different.

Password

The password associated with the User Name you specified in the previous field and which is used by AuthMinder to access the database. This password is specified by the database administrator.

Server Name

The host name or IP address of the AuthMinder datastore.

  • Default Instance

Syntax: <server_name>

Example: demodatabase

  • Named Instance

Syntax: <server_name>\<instance_name>

Example: demodatabase\instance1

Port Number

The port on which the database server listens to the incoming requests.

Note: Press Enter, if you want to accept the default port.

Database

The name of the MS SQL database instance.

The Backup Database Access Configuration options appear.

  1. Perform one of the following steps:

    The Encryption Configuration options appear. Use these options to select the encryption mode and set the information used for encryption.

  2. Specify the following information:
  3. Press Enter to continue.

    The Pre-Installation Summary appears. This summary lists the product name, installation folder, type of installation, and components that are selected.

  4. Review the product details displayed carefully and press Enter to proceed with the installation. If you would like to change a configuration option, type back until you reach the option, make the required changes, and press Enter to proceed.

    The Installing message appears. This might take several minutes, because the installer now:

    After the preceding tasks are completed successfully, the Installation Complete message appears.

  5. Press Enter to exit the installer.

    You might have to wait for a few minutes (for the installer to clean up temporary files) until the prompt re-appears.

  6. Ensure that UTF-8 support is enabled:
    1. Navigate to the <install_location>/arcot/odbc32v70wf/odbc.ini file.
    2. Locate the [ODBC] section.
    3. Ensure that the IANAAppCodePage=106 entry is present in the section.
    4. If you do not find this entry, then add it.
    5. Save and close the file.

Installation Logs

After installation, you can access the installation log file (Arcot_WebFort_Install_<mm_dd_yyyy_hh_mm_ss>.log) in the <install_location> directory. For example, if you had specified the /opt directory as the installation directory, then the installation log file is created in the /opt directory.

If the installation fails for some reason, then error messages are recorded in this log file.