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Requested Apache Web Server Information

The SPS configuration wizard displays a series of prompts for the embedded Apache web server. The following table lists the information required by the wizard:

Information Requested

Description/Default

Email address of the Apache web server administrator

The email address for the administrator Default: admin@company.com

Fully qualified host name of the server

A fully qualified name in the following format: computer_name.company.com

Port number for HTTP requests

The port listening for HTTP requests Default: 80

Port number for SSL requests

The port listening for SSL requests Default: 443

Install the SPS on Windows

The SPS can run on Windows 2008. The default installation location for the SPS on Windows systems is: C:\Program Files\CA\secure-proxy.

Note: The installation fails if you install the SPS on a FAT file-system partition.

To install the SPS on Windows

  1. Copy the installation program from the download location on the CA Support site.
  2. Right-click the executable and select Run as administrator.
  3. Double-click ca-proxy-12.0-sp3-win32.exe.

    The installation program starts.

  4. Follow the instructions from the installation wizard.
  5. Restart your system after the installation finishes.

To view the record of the installation, go to the directory sps_home\install_config_info and look at this log file:

CA_SiteMinder_Secure_Proxy_InstallLog.log

Install the SPS on UNIX

The SPS supports installations on Linux and Solaris. For a list of required and recommended Solaris patches and required RPM packages for Linux, see the SPS Release Notes located in the installation directory.

The default installation location is user_home/CA/secure-proxy. The folder where you install the SPS must have sufficient permissions (755). Do not install the SPS under the /root folder, because its default permissions (750) are insufficient.

On Solaris, SPS runs as the "nobody" user. If you prefer not to run SPS as this user, create an alternate user and assign the necessary permissions.

To install the SPS on UNIX

  1. Copy one of the following programs from the download location on the CA Support site to a temporary directory:
  2. Enter one of the following commands:
  3. Follow the screen prompts provided by the installation wizard.

To determine whether the installation was successful, go to the directory sps_home\install_config_info and look at the log file CA_SiteMinder_Secure_Proxy_Server_InstallLog.log