5.3
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- Table of Contents
- 1. About Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- 2. Quick Start Guide
- 3. Overview of vFabric Suite 5.3
- vFabric Suite Editions and Components
- Component Integration and Cross-Platform Consistency
- Optimized for vSphere and Spring-Built Applications
- Product Overviews
- vFabric tc Server 2.9 (Spring Edition)
- vFabric EM4J 1.3
- Spring Insight Operations 1.9
- vFabric Hyperic 5.0
- vFabric GemFire 7.0 (Application Cache Node)
- vFabric RabbitMQ 3.0
- vFabric Web Server 5.3
- vFabric SQLFire 1.1 (Professional)
- vFabric Application Director 5.0 (Provisioning)
- vFabric Postgres 9.2 (Standard Edition)
- 4. vFabric Suite Licensing
- 5. Installing vFabric License Server and Activating Your License
- Installing vFabric License Server on Your vCenter Server
- RHEL Only: Installing vFabric License Server Standalone
- Activate vFabric Suite Licenses
- Optionally Configure Computer to Track License Usage of OSS Components on RHEL
- Upgrade vFabric License Server on vCenter Server
- Uninstall vFabric License Server from vCenter Server
- Uninstall Standalone vFabric License Server
- 6. Monitoring vFabric License Usage
- 7. FAQ: vFabric Suite Integration and Off-Cycle Releases
Installing vFabric License Server and
Activating Your License
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prompt# /opt/vmware/vfabric-license-server/server/create_vls_instance.sh
The script outputs what it is doing; the initialization is successful if you see output similar to the following at the end:
...
Instance created
Connector summary
Port: 8443 Type: Blocking IO Secure: true
Important Make note of the secure (HTTPS) port number because you will need it later when you configure vFabric
component computers to communicate with the License Server. In the example above, the HTTPS port is 8443.
4. Ensure that the vFabric License Server has been correctly installed and initiated by starting it:
prompt# service vfabric-license-server start
You should see the following output:
Starting vfabric license server: [ OK ]
5. Optionally configure the License Server at boot :
prompt# chkconfig --level 35 vfabric-license-server on
Note Although this step is optional, VMware recommends it so you do not have to start the License Server manually each
time you reboot your RHEL computer. If you do not perform this step, use the commands in the previous step to start and
stop the License Server.
What the yum install command does
The yum install vfabric-license-server command:
• If the user does not already exist, adds a vls non-interactive user (in the group vfabric).
You cannot log in directly as the vls user because interactive login is disabled. Instead, log in as the root user (or as an
unprivileged user using sudo,) and then su - vls .
• Installs vFabric License Server into the /opt/vmware/vfabric-license-server directory and sets the owner of the
directory, along with all child directories and files, to vls:vfabric.
What to do next
• Activate vFabric Suite licenses for standalone License Server.
• Install one or more vFabric components, such as vFabric tc Server or vFabric GemFire, on a computer that can access the
RHEL computer on which you just installed the vFabric License Server. Refer to the installation instructions for the particular
vFabric component for details.
Important: When using the standalone vFabric License Server on RHEL, you must also configure each tracked vFabric
component to communicate with the vFabric License Server. See Configure vFabric Components to Communicate with
Standalone vFabric License Server.
• If your vFabric license includes open-source software (OSS) support, optionally configure the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) computer on which you have installed one or more OSS components to track their usage. OSS components you can
track include Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, and RabbitMQ. See RHEL: Optionally Configure Computer to Track
Open-Source Software Component Usage.
• Monitor vFabric license usage by using the vFabric Suite command-line interface or graphical UI. See Monitoring vFabric
License Usage.