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CA GovernanceMinder Prerequisites

This section lists CA GovernanceMinder prerequisites.

• Verify that you installed the IBM WebSphere Network Deployment 7. IBM WebSphere Network Deployment 7 is a J2EE and Web Services Web application server. The IBM WebSphere Network Deployment 7 services include clustering edge services, and high availability for distributed configurations.
• Install RHEL 6.2 with these packages in this order:
  • glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
  • libX11-1.3-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libxcb-1.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXi-1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXext-1.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • dos2unix-3.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
• Run entropy on Linux.

Example: This example describes how to run and verify entropy on Linux.

On a Linux system, verify that sufficient entropy is available. CA GovernanceMinder requires random data from /dev/random to perform essential cryptographic functions. If data in /dev/random is exhausted, CA GovernanceMinder processes must wait for random data to be available. This waiting results in poor performance.

1. Open a Command Prompt and enter the following command:

   rm /dev/random && mknod -m 644 /dev/random c 1 9
   

2. Answer yes when prompted to remove character special file.

   You have run entropy on Linux.

3. To confirm entropy creation, run the following command:

   cat /dev/random | od
   

   A steady flow of random data generation indicates that entropy is created.

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