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Install DevTest Server on UNIX

This topic describes how to install DevTest Server in a UNIX or Linux environment.

Before you start the installation procedure, download the following files from the Download Center:

• The installer for your platform
• (Optional) The demo server zip file

  Note: Typically, the Demo Server is installed with the Server components only in a standalone system. In a distributed system, the Demo Server is usually installed with the DevTest Workstation for users who are new to DevTest Solutions.

The following procedure is based on the graphical version of the installer. To use the command-line version of the installer, add the -c option. For example:

./devtest_platform_x64.sh -c

Note: If you are using the generic UNIX installer, ensure that a Java virtual machine (JVM) is on the same computer. The version of the JVM must be 1.7. You can specify a specific JVM by setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable. If the installer cannot find a JVM, the installer displays a message and exits.

Follow these steps:

1. In a terminal window, navigate to the directory where the installer file is located.
2. Ensure that the installer file has the execute permission.

   chmod 777 devtest_platform_x64.sh
   

   This command gives rwxrwxrwx permissions on the file.

3. Run the installer file. For example:

   ./devtest_platform_x64.sh
   

   The Welcome to the DevTest Solutions Setup Wizard opens.

4. Click Next.

   The CA End User License Agreement step opens.

5. Read the license agreement, select the I accept the terms of the License Agreement check box, and click Next.

   The Select Destination Directory step opens.

6. Specify the directory where you want to install DevTest Solutions, for example, /opt/CA/DevTest. Do not use a path with a directory name that contains spaces.
7. Click Next.

   The Installation Type step opens.

8. Select one of the following options and click Next.

   Local

   Installs all DevTest Solutions components into a single directory on the local computer. By default, all data is stored in this directory, and each user has a personal temp directory. Local is the most common installation type that is used in most environments.

   Shared

   Used by administrators to install all of the DevTest Solutions components to a shared location that multiple users from multiple computers can access. All data and temporary files are stored in user-specified directories. Each user has personal data, but they share a common DevTest Solutions installation. With a shared installation, users only need read access to the DevTest Solutions programs directory.

   The Select Components step opens.

9. Ensure that the Server check box is selected and click Next.

   The Enterprise Dashboard step opens.

10. Specify one of the following options, and click Next.

    New Enterprise Dashboard (Specify location of license file)

    If this is the first DevTest Server you are installing, click Browse, navigate to the location of the license file, select devtestlic.xml and click Open. When you click Next, the installer copies the devtestlic.xml file to the installation directory (LISA_HOME) on the local host. The Enterprise Dashboard process is installed in the LISA_HOME/bin directory.

    Existing Enterprise Dashboard Service

    If the Registry in this DevTest Server connects to the Enterprise Dashboard installed with the first DevTest Server you installed, enter the URL for the existing Enterprise Dashboard (ED).

    The Specify Demo Server step opens.

11. If you want the installer to unzip the demo server into the same directory where you are installing the DevTest Server, select the Install demo server check box and browse to the DevTestDemoServer.zip file.
12. Click Next.

    If you chose the shared installation type, the following steps prompt you to specify the data directory and the temporary files directory.

13. Specify the directories, clicking Next after each step.

    The Select Directory for Symlinks step opens.

14. Click Browse and navigate to the directory where DevTest creates symbolic links to the executable files. The default is /usr/local/bin. You must have the required permissions to write to the directory. If you do not want symbolic links to be created, clear the Create symlinks check box.
15. Click Next.

    The Desktop Icons step opens.

16. (Optional) If you do not want to create desktop icons for, DevTest Enterprise Dashboard, DevTest Portal UI, and DevTest Workstation, clear the check box.
17. Click Install to start the installation.

    When the installation finishes, the Information step opens.

18. Read the information and click Next.

    The Completing the DevTest Solutions Setup Wizard step opens.

19. Click Finish.

Continue as described in How to Install DevTest Solutions.