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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
3Followthepromptsintheinstallationwizard.
4Ifyouareusingacomputerthathasafirewallenabledandyouseeamessageattheendoftheinstallation
askingwhetheryouwanttounblocktheApacheservice,chooseUnblock.
ACEManagementServerdoesnotworkproperlyifyoudonot
unblocktheApacheservice.
AfterACEManagementServerisinstalled,youcanconfigureit.See“StartandConfigureACEManagement
Server”onpage 24.
Install ACE Management Server on a Linux System
YoucaninstallACEManagementServeronthefollowingLinuxsystems:
RedHatEnterpriseLinux4
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP3
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethesystemmeetstheserequirements:
AworkinginstallationofApache2.0isinstalledonthesystem.(TheRPMforaWebserverisincluded
withtheRedHatEnterpriseLinux4orSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9installation.)
ApacheWebserviceisoperatingnormallyandisreceivingrequestsforSSLHTTP.
Themod_ldapandmod_sslmodulesareavailableonyoursystem.
ThefollowingpackagesareinstalledonyourRedHatEnterpriseLinux4orSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer
9system:curl,openldap,openssl,apache,andgdbm.
ForSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9,thecyrus-sasl-gssapipackageisinstalled.Thispackageisnot
installedbydefault.
Whenyouusetheexternaldatabaseoption,thefollowingpackagesarerequiredaswell:
RedHatEnterpriseLinux4:unixODBC
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9:unixODBC and,ifyouplantousetheX11graphicalconfiguration
tool,unixODBC-gui-qt
Theclockissynchronizedandtherequiredportsareavailable,asdescribedin“PreparingforInstallation”
onpage 19.
UsethisinstallationproceduretoinstallorupdateACEManagementServersoftware.
To install ACE Management Server on a Linux system
1 Downloadthe.rpm filefromtheVMwareWebsiteandsavethefileonthesystemthatistohostthe
server.
ThefileisavailableasaseparatedownloadablefileinthesamedownloadlocationastheWorkstation
application.
2RuntheRedHatorSUSELinuxRPMinstallerforACEManagementServer:
vmware-ace-management-server-<build_number>.i386-rhel4.rpm
vmware-ace-management-server-<build_number>.i386-sles9.rpm
Forexample:
rpm -Uhv vmware-ace-management-server-87693.i386-rhel4.rpm