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| 1. ISA Apache HTTP server |
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If yes, ISA installs Apache in <isadir> and configures it automatically. ISA does not overwrite any existing Apache environments currently on your system. | ||
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If no, installation will discontinue. | |||
| 2. ISA Perl environment |
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If yes, ISA installs Perl in <isadir> and configures it automatically. ISA does not overwrite any existing Perl environments currently on your system. | ||
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If no, see Using Your Own Perl Server. | |||
| 3. Hostname | _________________________ | This is the name of the computer (ISA node) on which you are installing ISA. | ||
| 4. Port number for ISA server | _________________________ | ISA checks your services file for available
port numbers and provides an available default port number.
If you do not use the default, make sure that port number is between 1025 and 65535 inclusive and is available for use on the machine on which you are installing ISA. If your environment does not use the services file for port numbers, check with your system administrator. Make sure that you add this port number to the services file. |
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| 5. Email address | _________________________ | This must be a valid email address.
ISA sends problem reports to this email address. We recommend that you create an alias isa-admin for this purpose. ISA stores this information in the ServerAdmin parameter in the <isadir>/httpd/etc/httpd.conf file. |
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| 5a. Confirm email address |
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If yes, the installer tests the email address by sending the README file. You must verify that the email address received the test email. | ||
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If no, the installer does not send a test message. You must use another method to verify that the email address is correct. | |||
| 6. HTTP server password for user "informix" | ****
(For security, do not write the password in the checklist.) |
When a user accesses ISA through the web browser, the browser
prompts for a username and password. The user logs in as user informix
with the password that you supply here.
This password does not have to be the same as the system password for user informix. However, anyone who can access ISA with this username and password can do anything that user informix can do from the database server command line. ISA stores the username and password in the file <isadir>/httpd/etc/passwd. |
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| 7. Read-only users |
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Read-only users can monitor the server using ISA,
but cannot perform administrative tasks, such as changing the mode of the
server or adding storage spaces.
ISA user accounts are not related to operating system user accounts; they exist only in the ISA server. |
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| 8. Java-enabled features |
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To use the Java-enabled ISA features (Server Setup and Remote
Monitoring), you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.2.2
or higher already installed.
If yes, fill out the steps 8a and 8b. The installation will configure ISA to use the JRE. |
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If no, skip to step 9.
If you continue the installation without the JRE and later want to access the Remote Monitoring or Server Setup features, you must install the JRE, stop the Apache HTTP server, and reinstall ISA. |
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| 8a. JRE executable path | _________________________ | Specify the complete file path to the JRE executable (java). For example, /usr/java/bin/java. | ||
| 8b. Port number for ISA servlet engine | _________________________ | ISA checks your services file for available
port numbers and provides an available default port number.
If you do not use the default, make sure that port number is between 1025 and 65535 inclusive, different from the ISA Apache HTTP server port number, and is available for use on the machine on which you are installing ISA. Make sure that you add this port number to the services file. |
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| 9. Update /etc/services file |
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We recommend that you update the /etc/services with the port numbers for the ISA server and the ISA servlet engine (if applicable) to prevent accidental reuse of these port numbers. | ||
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| 9a. Configure ISA to manage a database server instance |
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If your UNIX environment includes the following
valid INFORMIX variables for a database server instance, the installer prompts
you to configure ISA to manage that server:
If yes, the installer adds these values to the <isadir>/etc/isacfg file. If INFORMIXSQLHOSTS is also present in the environment, the installer adds it to <isadir>/etc/isacfg. |
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| 10. Start the ISA Apache HTTP Server |
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You must start the ISA Apache HTTP server before
you can access ISA.
To start the server manually as user informix, run the <isadir>/sbin/isactl start command. |
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| 11. Run ISA | To run ISA, open a web browser, access http://hostname:port_number/, and log in as user informix (or as a read-only user) using the password you provided during the installation. | |||