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SiteMinder Policy Server Pre-Installation Steps

To prepare for installation, confirm that your server environment is properly prepared. Then install the required packages.

Follow these steps:

1. Install 64-bit Linux RHEL 6.1.
2. Download, but do not install, a 32-bit JDK and a 64-bit JDK to your local system or to a file share.

   Note: The system installer can install the JDK automatically. We recommend that you download a JDK and allow the system to install it.

   Important! The SiteMinder Policy Server installation requires a JDK, rather than a JRE.

3. Download, but do not install, JBoss 5.1.0 to your local system or to a file share.

   Note: The system installer JBoss automatically.

4. Verify Oracle is configured as follows:
   • The Oracle Database server is available with all Oracle services (listener, DB, and so on) running
   • Oracle has a user with username "CamAdmin" with the privileges to create tablespace and user. CamAdmin has the DBA and Connect Oracle roles. Make a note of the password for CamAdmin for later use during installation.
   • The Oracle Database uses a UTF-8 encoded character set. If you plan to enable Advanced Authentication for your environment, install the AL32UTF8 Oracle database character set.
5. Obtain the SiteMinder Policy Server ISO image from the CA Support site and extract it.
6. Copy the kit (CAM-SMPS_kit-date.zip) to / (the root folder).
7. Unzip the kit.
8. Install the following packages required for Advanced Authentication
   • libgfortran-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
   • libstdc++-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
   • libgomp-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
   • libstdc++-devel-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
   • compat-libtermcap-2.0.8-49.el6.i686.rpm
   • ncurses-libs-5.7-3.20090208.el6.i686.rpm
   • ncurses-5.7-3.20090208.el6.i686.rpm
   • libgcc-4.4.6-4.el6.i686
   • libtermcap.so.2
9. Install the Korn shell packages at /bin/ksh.
10. Run the following commands to set the state of the firewall/ip tables:

    chkconfig iptables off
    service iptables stop
    

11. Run the following commands to check and set the state of SELinux:
    1. Check the status:

       sestatus
       

    2. If the response is "permissive" or "disabled", do nothing
    3. If the response is "enforcing", change the state:

       sudo vi /etc/selinux/config
       setenforce 0
       

12. Enter the following commands:

    echo "[0001]" >> /etc/yum.conf
    echo "mediaid=`head -n 1 /media/RHEL_6.1\ x86_64\ Disc\ 1/.discinfo`"  >> /etc/yum.conf
    echo "name=respooracle" >> /etc/yum.conf
    echo "baseurl=file:///media/RHEL_6.1\ x86_64\ Disc\ 1/" >> /etc/yum.conf
    echo "enabled=1" >> /etc/yum.conf	
    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.conf
     
    yum  install -y binutils-2*x86_64*
    yum  install -y glibc-2*x86_64* nss-softokn-freebl-3*x86_64*
    yum  install -y glibc-2*i686* nss-softokn-freebl-3*i686*
    yum  install -y compat-libstdc++-33*x86_64*
    yum  install -y glibc-common-2*x86_64*
    yum  install -y glibc-devel-2*x86_64*
    yum  install -y glibc-devel-2*i686*
    yum  install -y glibc-headers-2*x86_64*
    yum  install -y elfutils-libelf-0*x86_64*
    
    yum  install -y elfutils-libelf-devel-0*x86_64*
    yum  install -y gcc-4*x86_64*
    yum  install -y gcc-c++-4*x86_64*
    yum  install -y ksh-*x86_64*
    yum  install -y libaio-0*x86_64*
    yum  install -y libaio-devel-0*x86_64*
    yum  install -y libaio-0*i686*
    yum  install -y libaio-devel-0*i686*
    yum  install -y libgcc-4*x86_64*
    
    yum  install -y libgcc-4*i686*
    yum  install -y libstdc++-4*x86_64*
    yum  install -y libstdc++-4*i686*
    yum  install -y libstdc++-devel-4*x86_64*
    yum  install -y make-3.81*x86_64*
    yum  install -y numactl-devel-2*x86_64*
    yum  install -y sysstat-9*x86_64*
    yum  install -y compat-libstdc++-33*i686*
    yum  install -y compat-libcap*
    yum  install -y unixODBC*
    
    yum  install -y libstdc++*
    yum  install -y compat-libstdc++-33.i686
    yum  install -y compat-libstdc++-296.i686
    yum  install -y glibc.i686
    yum  install -y ksh.x86_64
    yum  install -y libgcc.i686
    yum  install -y libidn.i686
    yum  install -y libstdc++.i686
    
    yum  install -y libX11.x86_64
    yum  install -y libXau.x86_64
    yum  install -y libxcb.x86_64
    yum  install -y libXext.i686
    yum  install -y libXi.i686
    yum  install -y libXtst.i686
    yum  install -y ncurses-devel.i686
    yum  install -y nss-softokn-freebl.i686
    yum  install -y dos2unix
    yum  install -y telnet
    rpm -i compat-libtermcap-2.0.8-49.el6.i686.rpm
    

13. Make sure that the following soft link still exists. Reverting a virtual machine snapshot removes this link.

    mv /dev/random /dev/random.orig
    ln -s /dev/urandom /dev/random