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4. Set the network configuration if you want to use a static ip address, or leave the settings blank and the virtual
machine with default to use dhcp settings.
You can use the following network configuration script to change the ip address of the deployed virtual
machine: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net.
5. Power on the virtual machine.
6. Open the console and locate the random password on the screen.
7. Log in as root, using the random password.
8. Change the password using /opt/aurora/sbin/set_password. This sets the password for both the root and the
'postgres' user (on both system and database).
Now you can connect to this database from a client.
Installing vPostgres Using RPM Files
Use the .rpm files to install the vFabric Postgres Standard Edition database, if the you want to install the
database on a new or exising virtual machine.
The vPostgres server software is currently only supported on the operating systems listed in the following
table.
Table 2-3. Server Operating System Requirements
Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux
Supported Versions RHEL 6.2 (64-bit) SLES 11 sp1 (64-bit)
Before you install the .rpm files, create a new virtual machine running either the SUSE 11 sp1 operating system
or the RHEL 6.2 operating system, or log onto a virtual machine where one of these operating systems is already
running.
Download the RPM Files
Ensure that your virtual machine or Linux computer can see the web, and then download the following files
from the VMware Web site.
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vfabric-eula-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm
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VMware-vPostgres-client-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm
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VMware-vPostgres-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm
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VMware-vPostgres-server-tools-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm (recommended)
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VMware-vPostgres-server-extensions-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm (recommended)
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VMware-vPostgres-client-devel-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm (optional)
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VMware-vPostgres-server-devel-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm (optional)
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VMware-vPostgres-server-init-9.1.3.0-683886.x86_64.rpm
Note that if you install 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system, you will need to install compatibility libraries as well.
On RHEL6, use "yum install glibc.i686 nss-softokn-freebl.i686".
Install the RPM Files
Install each of the .rpm files using the rpm -ivh command, in the order shown below. You can install all of the
files at once, with a single 'rpm -ivh' command.
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