User's Manual

2 - 2 Motorola Solutions MPact Location & Analytics Deployment Guide
2.1 Server Installation and Login
The MPact Server is a Linux-based system. As a prerequisite to installing the MPact Server, ensure the server has the following
capacity:
•4 Cores
•8GB RAM
• 200GB disk space
• Operating System (OS): Debian 7.3 64-bit GUI
If an older version of MPact is installed on th
e system, the older version must be uninstalled.
To uninstall the MPact Server:
1. Open a terminal on the De
bian 7.3 GUI.
2. Get into the root account using su root.
3. Make sure ls –l /bin/sh points to bash, not dash.
4. If ls –l /bin/sh points to dash, enter the command, ln –fs bash /bin/sh.
5. Copy the server tar.gz file into /usr:
6. For a server upgrade, stop the server ./nxstats stop under /usr/nuxi/script/bin.
After uninstalling the older version of the MPact Server
, install the latest version.
1. Change the folder to c
d/usr.
The server tar.gz file must be located in the /usr directory, otherwise the server cannot find the file.
2. Create a new folder, mkdir installer.
3. Change current folder to the installer folder, cd installer.
4. Download the ATLS tar.gz file to this folder or copy it from available location to the installer folder.
5. Untar tar.gz by tar xzvf <file name> under /usr, chmod –R 755 /usr/nuxi.
6. Once untared, change dir to the install folder, cd ./nx_installer.
7. Use python to start install process, python install.py.
8. Go to /usr/nuxi/script/bin.
9. To start the server, enter the command,./nxstat
s start.
Use the following paths for the MPact Server and base:
For the MPact Se
rver, the use the path: /usr/nuxi/*
For the MPact Server database, the use the path: /var2/nuxi/data/*.
To check the status of the installation, use the following instructions.
1. To check for the expected results:
• Process (create_schema) is not running. This process is used to
create the database for the first server installation.
• There should be 10 processes running.
DRAFT 2B - 12 June 2014