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Installing Ignite on UNIX or Linux Machines - Confio Article 1509

Confio Article: 1509 Published: Oct 23 2008 2:21 AM
Version: >=4.1 Topic(s): Install and Setup
Product(s): Ignite
Database(s): All

Installing Ignite on UNIX or Linux Machines

 

Step 1)  Download Ignite from the Confio website

 

Step 2)  Install the Ignite Web Server

 

  • For versions 8.0.42 and earlier, there is no installer.  Just untar the file and view the Install_Instructions.txt file for up-to-date instructions.
  • For versions 8.0.43 and higher, the installation is an executable that locates a java executable, and then extracts the Ignite PI files into a directory that you specify at an installation prompt. To install, either:

 

Execute the .sh file by either making it executable and running it directly:

chmod +x ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh
./ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh


Or indirectly execute it via the shell:

sh ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh

 

Install Options (versions 8.0.43 and higher)

 

--keep Option

The Ignite files are first extracted to a temp directory which is deleted after installation completes. If you would like to keep these files around after the installation, you can run the install with the "--keep" option:
chmod +x ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh
./ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh --keep

clobber and verbose Options

The install reads the environment variable PI_INSTALL_OPTS, which can be set to one or both of the following:
  • "verbose" to output the name of each file as it is installed.
  • "clobber" to clobber files in the ignite_config subdirectory.  This option is useful if you want to overwrite your configuration files when you are re-installing the same version of Ignite.
     
    Normally, you do not want to overwrite your Ignite configuration, which includes Repository connection information, so use this option if you are clear that the previous configuration should be reset.  By default, the install will overwrite a previous installation if it already exists but will not overwrite files in the ignite_config subdirectory.
 
PI_INSTALL_OPTS can be set to "verbose clobber" to enable both options. For example:
export PI_INSTALL_OPTS="verbose clobber"
chmod +x ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh
./ignite_8_0_43_installer.sh

 

Step 3) Run Ignite

 

The readme.txt will explain how to get Ignite running.  Once it is running, an Ignite wizard will walk you through the creation of a repository and the registration of monitor database instances.  The repository can be on another machine or the same machine as the Ignite web server.

The Ignite web server requires a Java Runtime Engine (JRE) version 1.4.2.11 or higher, with JRE 1.5 or higher strongly recommended.  The JRE already exists on most machines.  The Ignite scripts will attempt to find a valid JRE at startup.  If a valid JRE doesn't exist, it must be installed separately by the user. 

 

JRE's for Windows/Linux/Solaris

 

JRE's for AIX

 

JRE's for HP-UX

 

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