Installation Overview

This section provides an overview summary of what happens when you run the JUNOScope software installation program. The installation program does the following:

• Displays the JUNOScope Software License Agreement for you to accept. If you do not accept the agreement, the installation program will not continue.
• Informs you of and recommends the proper Java Runtime patch cluster that must be installed for the UNIX workstation operating system. If your workstation does not have the proper patch cluster, the JUNOScope software will not operate correctly. You can install the patch cluster as root after you install the JUNOScope software.
• Checks the JUNOScope software installation file data integrity and extracts the required files. If a data integrity problem is detected, the installation will not continue.
• Asks whether you want to protect user, group, or all data files.
• Prompts for the HTTPS port that the JUNOScope software Web server uses for its transactions.
• Asks whether you want the JUNOScope software Web server to accept insecure HTTP requests and prompts for the HTTP port on which to listen.
• Asks whether you want the JUNOScope software Web server to resolve client addresses.
• Prompts for the JDBC URLs to access the JUNOScope database and the JUNOScope demo database.
• Prompts for the key used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.
• Prompts for the password for the JUNOScope software database superuser.
• Prompts for the JUNOScope software database username and password.
• Prompts for the database username and password for the SQL interface to the Inventory Management System.
• Asks whether you want to enable the SQL interface to the Inventory Management System.
• Prompts for the JUNOScope software administrator username and password.
• Confirms whether you want to enable JUNOScope debug logging.
• Prompts for a pipe or syslog logging server facility to indicate how the syslog daemon (syslogd) decides where to send JUNOScope software system log messages it receives. There are eight logging facilities commonly used for syslog, including local0 through local7. The default is local2.
• Generates an X.509 digital certificate to authenticate the JUNOScope HTTPS Web server.
• Confirms whether you want to continue the JUNOScope installation, go back and change existing installation settings, or quit.
• Extracts the database files and generates an X.509 digital certificate with the settings you indicated.
• Prompts you to select to install the JUNOScope software licensed features—such as Looking Glass, Configuration Manager (Configuration menu), or Inventory Management—that you have purchased and are authorized to use. Only the software features that you install will be enabled in the JUNOScope main window.
• Prepares the JUNOScope software database tables, then installs them.
• Initializes and checks the JUNOScope software database.
• Starts Tomcat, an application server from the Apache Software Foundation that executes Java servlets and renders Web pages.