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To install the Administrative UI using a UNIX GUI

1. Exit all applications that are running.
2. Open a shell and navigate to the installation media.
3. Enter the following command:

   ./prerequisite_installation_media gui
   

   prerequisite_installation_media

   Specifies the Administrative UI prerequisite installer executable.

   The installer starts.

   Note: For a list of installation media names, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

4. Use your completed installation worksheet to enter the required values.
5. Click Install.

   The required components are installed.

6. Click Done.

   The Administrative UI installer starts.

7. Follow the prompts and click Install.

   The Administrative UI is installed.

   Note: You cannot use the Administrative UI to manage your environment until you have registered it with a Policy Server.

More information:

Installation Media Names

How to Register the Administrative UI

Install the Administrative UI Using a UNIX Console

Install the Administrative UI and prerequisite components to provide a management console for all tasks that are related to access control, reporting, and policy analysis. This procedure describes how to install the Administrative UI using a UNIX console.

Follow these steps::

1. Exit all applications that are running.
2. Open a shell and navigate to the installation media.
3. Enter the following command:

   ./prerequisite_installation_media -i console
   

   prerequisite_installation_media

   Specifies the Administrative UI prerequisite installer executable.

   The installer starts.

   Note: For a list of installation media names, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

4. Use your completed installation worksheet to enter the required values.
5. Press Enter.

   The required components are installed. The prerequisite installer prompts you to run the Administrative UI installer.

6. Enter the following command:

   ./installation_media -i console
   

   installation_media

   Specifies the Administrative UI installer executable.

   The Administrative UI installer starts.

7. Follow the prompts and press Enter.

   The Administrative UI is installed.

   Note: You cannot use the Administrative UI to manage your environment until you have registered it with a Policy Server.

More information:

Installation Media Names

How to Register the Administrative UI

Troubleshoot the Administrative UI Installation

Use the following files to troubleshoot the Administrative UI installation:

• Administrative_UI_Prerequisite_Installer_InstallLog.log

  If you used the stand–alone installation option, this log lists the number of successes, warnings, non–fatal errors, and errors that occurred during the prerequisite installation. Individual installation actions are listed with the respective status.

  Location: administrative_ui_home\CA\SiteMinder\adminui\install_config_info

  administrative_ui_home

  Specifies the Administrative UI installation path.

• CA_SiteMinder_Administrative_UI_InstallLog.log

  This log lists the number of successes, warnings, non–fatal errors, and errors that occurred during the Administrative UI installation. Individual installation actions are listed with the respective status.

  Location: administrative_ui_home\CA\SiteMinder\adminui\install_config_info

  administrative_ui_home

  Specifies the Administrative UI installation path.

How to Register the Administrative UI

You are required to register the Administrative UI before it can be used to manage SiteMinder objects. Registering the Administrative UI creates a trusted connection between the Administrative UI and a Policy Server. Consider the following items:

• (UNIX) You are required to start the application server manually and log in to the Administrative UI to complete the registration.
• (Windows) The SiteMinder Administrative UI login screen appears and the application server starts automatically after installing the Administrative UI to Windows. These actions let you register the Administrative UI immediately. If you did not register the Administrative UI immediately after installing it, complete the following process.

This process explains how to register an Administrative UI that you installed using the prerequisite installer. If you installed the Administrative UI to an existing application server environment, see the respective process in Installing the Administrative UI to an Existing Application Server.

To register the Administrative UI, complete the following procedures:

1. Create the FIPs environment variable.
2. Start the application server.
3. Register the Administrative UI.

More information:

How to Register the Administrative UI

Create the FIPS Environment Variable

If your environment meets both of the following criteria, creating the FIPs environment variable is required to register the Administrative UI for the first–time:

• The Policy Server to which you are registering is operating in FIPs–only mode.
• The Administrative UI is not installed on the Policy Server host system.

Follow these steps:

1. Complete one of the following steps:
   • (Windows) Log into the Administrative UI host system as an administrative user.
   • (UNIX) Log into the Administrative UI host system as the user that installed the Administrative UI.
2. Set the following environment variable:

   CA_SM_PS_FIPS140=ONLY

   Note: For more information about setting environment variables, see your OS–specific documentation.

3. Verify that Windows or the UNIX shells that runs the Administrative UI correctly recognizes the CA_SM_PS_FIPS140 variable.

Start the Application Server

If you used the stand-alone option to install the Administrative UI, the following procedure applies. If you installed the Administrative UI to an existing application server infrastructure, see Installing the Administrative UI to an Existing Application Server.

To start the application server

1. From the Administrative UI host system, do one of the following:
   • Windows—Open the Microsoft Services console.

     The application server automatically starts after installing the Administrative UI on Windows. You do not have to start the application server after installation.

   • UNIX—Navigate to install_home/CA/siteminder/adminui/bin

     install_home.

     Specifies the Administrative UI installation path.

2. Do one of the following:
   • Windows—Start the SiteMinder Administrative UI service.
   • UNIX—Type run.sh and press Enter.

   The application server is started.

More information:

Installing the Administrative UI to an Existing Application Server

Start the Application Server