CA RiskMinder Windows Installation Guide › Deploying RiskMinder on a Distributed System › Performing Post-Installation Tasks on the First System › Bootstrapping the System › Performing Bootstrapping Tasks

Performing Bootstrapping Tasks

When you first log in to Administration Console as the Master Administrator (MA), the Summary screen for the Bootstrap wizard screen appears.

To bootstrap the system by using the wizard:

1. Click Begin to start the process.

   The Change Password screen appears.

2. Specify the Current Password, New Password, Confirm Password, and click Next.

   The Configure Global Key Label screen appears.

3. On the Configure a Global Key Label page:
   • Specify the Global Key Label.

     RiskMinder enables you to use hardware- or software-based encryption of your sensitive data. (You can enable hardware-based encryption by using the arcotcommon.ini file, while software-based encryption is enabled by default.) Irrespective of hardware or software encryption, Global Key Label is used for encrypting user and organization data.

     If you are using hardware encryption, then this label serves only as a reference (or pointer) to the actual 3DES key stored in the HSM device, and therefore must match the HSM key label. However in case of software-based encryption, this label acts as the key.

     Caution: After you complete the bootstrapping process, you cannot update this key label.

   • Specify the Storage Type.

     Use this option to indicate whether the encryption key is stored in the database (Software) or the HSM (Hardware).

4. Click Next to continue.

   The Configure Default Organization screen appears.

5. Under the Default Organization Configuration section, specify the following parameters for the Default Organization:
   • Display Name: The descriptive name of the organization. This name appears on all other Administration Console pages and reports.
   • Administrator Authentication Mechanism: The mechanism that is used to authenticate administrators who belong to the Default Organization. Administration Console supports three types of authentication methods for the administrators to log in:
     • LDAP User Password

       If you select this option, then the administrators are authenticated by using their credentials that are stored in the directory service.

     Note: If this mechanism is used for authenticating administrators, then deploy UDS as discussed in Deploying User Data Service (UDS).

     • Basic

       If you select this option, then the built-in authentication method that is provided by Administration Console is used for authenticating the administrators.

     • WebFort Password

       If you select the WebFort Password option here, then the credentials are issued and authenticated by the AuthMinder Server. To use this option, CA AuthMinder must be installed.

     Note: For information about installing and configuring AuthMinder, see the CA AuthMinder Installation and Deployment Guide.

6. Under the Key Label Configuration section of the Configure Default Organization screen, specify the following options:
   • Use Global Key: This option is selected by default. Deselect this option if you want to override the Global Key Label you specified in the preceding step, and then specify a new label for encryption.
   • Key Label: If you deselected the Use Global Key option, then specify the new key label that you want to use for the Default Organization.
   • Storage Type: This field indicates whether the encryption key is stored in the database (Software) or the HSM (Hardware).
7. Click Finish to complete the bootstrapping process.

   The Administration Console initialization is completed, as indicated in the Finish screen.

8. Click Continue to proceed with other configurations by using Administration Console.

Starting RiskMinder Server

To start RiskMinder Server:

1. Click the Start button on your desktop window.
2. Navigate to Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then Services.
3. Locate and double-click Arcot RiskFort Service.
4. Click Start in the service window.

Note: If you want to stop RiskMinder Server, then follow the Steps 1 through 3, and click the Stop button in the service window.

Starting the Case Management Queuing Server

To start Case Management Queuing Server:

1. Click the Start button on your desktop window.
2. Navigate to Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then Services.
3. Locate and double-click the Arcot RiskFort Case Management Queuing Service.
4. Click Start in the service window.

Note: If you want to stop the Case Management Queuing Server, then follow the Steps 1 through 3, and click the Stop button in the service window.

Verifying the Installation

To verify if the server started correctly:

1. Navigate to the following location:

      <install_location>\Arcot Systems\logs\
   

2. Open the arcotriskfortstartup.log file in any editor and locate the following lines:
   • STARTING Arcot RiskFort 3.1_w
   • Arcot RiskFort Service READY
3. Open the arcotriskfortcasemgmtserverstartup.log file in any editor and locate the following lines:
   • STARTING Arcot RiskFort Case Management 3.1_w
   • Arcot RiskFort Case Management Service READY

Note: Also ensure that the log files do not contain any FATAL and WARNING messages.