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Installing the Administrative UI

Installation Road Map

The following diagram illustrates a sample CA SiteMinder® installation and lists the order in which you install and configure each component.

• Solid lines surround the components that are required before installing and registering the Administrative UI. They include:
  • A Policy Server
  • A policy store

  If a Policy Server and a policy store are not part of your environment, install and configure both components before continuing.

• A dotted line surrounds the Administrative UI. Install this component now.

  Note: After you install and register the Administrative UI, you can prepare for a Web Agent installation, as illustrated by step five.

  

Administrative UI Installation Options

The Administrative UI requires an application server to run. As such, two installation options are available:

• Stand–alone installation—This option creates the required application server infrastructure through a prerequisite installer. The prerequisite installer installs an embedded application server (JBoss) and the required JDK. Verify that the Administrative UI host system meets the minimum system requirements before starting the installation.

  The prerequisite installer launches the Administrative UI installer after a successful installation. The Administrative UI installer uses the embedded application server infrastructure to complete the installation.

  Note: If you are installing to UNIX and running the prerequisite installation media in console–mode, you manually start the Administrative UI installer to complete the installation.

• Existing application server installation—This option lets you install the Administrative UI to an existing application server infrastructure. The Administrative UI installer prompts you for application server-specific information and the location of the required JDK. Verify that the Administrative UI host system meets all system and third–party component requirements before starting the installation.

The following sections detail the stand–alone installation. For more information about installing to an existing application server infrastructure, see Installing the Administrative UI to an Existing Application Server.

More information:

Installing the Administrative UI to an Existing Application Server

Trusted Relationship with a Policy Server

A trusted relationship between the Administrative UI and a Policy Server is required to begin managing your environment. You establish this relationship the first–time you log in using the default CA SiteMinder® super user account (siteminder) and password. These credentials are stored in the policy store.

When you configure the policy store, you use the XPSRegClient utility to submit the super user credentials to the Policy Server. The Policy Server uses these credentials to verify that the registration request is valid and that the relationship can be created.

Note: If you used the Policy Server installer to configure the policy store automatically, the installer used the XPSRegClient utility to submit the credentials.

The time from which the credentials are supplied to when the initial Administrative UI login can occur is limited to 24 hours. Therefore, the process for installing the Administrative UI is determined by when the policy store is configured and the Administrative UI is installed.

Complete the Administrative UI Installation Checklist

Complete the following steps before you install the Administrative UI:

• Verify that you are using a supported operating system.
• Verify that the Administrative UI host system meets the minimum system requirements.
• (Linux) Be sure that the required Linux libraries are installed to the Administrative UI host system.
• Determine when the policy store was configured.

  If the policy store was configured more than 24 hours ago, use the XPSRegClient utility to submit the default CA SiteMinder® super user account credentials to the Policy Server before installing the Administrative UI. The Policy Server requires these credentials to create a trusted relationship with the Administrative UI.

Note: For a list of supported CA and third-party components, refer to the CA SiteMinder® 12.52 Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.

More information:

Locate the Platform Support Matrix

System Requirements

Required Linux Libraries