Client-server installation on Linux
Information required for client-server installation
Before starting the server installation procedure, make sure you have the following information at your disposal:
· The access path to the shared resources via which the Objecteering clients will access the server. This folder must be accessible in read-write mode by the clients and the server.
· Your Objecteering license file. This license file will be requested and MUST be provided during the installation procedure.
Note: If you are reinstalling using the same site number (which figures in the license file), you must copy the contents of your former "site" directory into the new installation directory.
License for client-server installation
When Objecteering is installed in client-server mode, the associated license file is deployed on the server. The server then manages a number of floating licenses, which can be used on any client workstation.
To obtain a valid Objecteering license file, please contact your Objecteering Software account manager or visit our website at www.objecteering.com.
FLEXlm user documentation
When Objecteering is installed in client-server mode, the complete FLEXlm user guide is deployed in the OBJING_PATH\bundle\flexlm\flexuser directory. For more information concerning FLEXlm, please refer to this user guide.
This user guide is copyrighted to Macrovision.
Server installation procedure
To install Objecteering in server mode, simply insert the Objecteering CD-ROM, launch the "rpm –i Objecteering61-6.1-xxxxx.i586.rpm" command, and then let yourself be guided by the installation wizard.
IMPORTANT: From this point on, you need to have administrator rights, in order to be able to create and share directories!
You may need to run the wobjing-config61.sh script, which is used to configure your Objecteering site. If this script has to be run, a message will inform you of this fact and you can run the script directly at this time. If no message appears, the script does not need to be run, as the Objecteering site is already configured.
You must enter an Objecteering license file (".lic" file), as shown in Figure 6. During server mode installation, this step is obligatory!
Figure 6. Selecting the Objecteering license file
To use Objecteering in server mode, the FLEXlm License Manager service is required. If this service is not present and you want to install it, you should simply check the tickbox in the above screen.
Note: Before installing the FLEXlm License Manager service, please ensure that no other FLEXlm services are present. If other services are present, DO NOT install this service! For information on how to make another FLEXlm service also manage the license manager service, please refer to the FLEXlm Manager documentation.
After selecting your Objecteering license file, you may now continue with the configuration of Windows client workstations. If you want to install client workstations on Windows from this server, simply reply "Yes" to the question in Figure 7 below. This will allow the Windows client workstation installation procedure to be pre-configured. The Linux client workstation installation procedure is already pre-configured, and you have no particular actions to carry out.
Figure 7. Configuring client installations for Windows
If you have decided to configure the server to be able to install Windows client workstations, you must enter the access path to the server's shared resources through which the Objecteering clients will access this server. This path must be a shared path. Shared resources must be accessible in read-write mode by the server and the client workstations, and must be directed to the Objecteering server installation directory - "/opt/objecteering6". You must also enter the default path that will be used during the installation of your clients, as well as the "Start" menu directory (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Configuring client installations for Windows
To finish the installation of the Objecteering server, you must share the "/opt/objecteering6.1" directory, in order to allow Objecteering clients to access the server from their workstations.
Windows client installation procedure
The set up of a client is very simple and straightforward. When Objecteering is installed on the server, the installation wizard automatically prepares the associated client installation procedure. This client installation procedure defines much of the information necessary to the deployment of Objecteering on a Windows client workstation (including the installation directory, the start menu icon folder and the server's shared resource), thereby making deployment even easier.
The client setup procedure consists of the following steps:
· connecting to the server from the client workstation
· running a special pre-configured script that has been prepared on the server during the server set up procedure. Thus, no particular configuration needs to be carried out when deploying a client, and the client is immediately operational and configured after its setup is terminated.
Note: The client installation procedure can only be run once the server has been properly set up and configured.
The following installation options are still configurable:
· The installation directory
· The start menu icon folder
Proposed values for these options are predefined on the server. In most cases, these default values should be recommended by the person in charge of the client-server deployment.
The script for installing a client is located at:
\\myWindowsServer\PathToTheServer\setup\client4win\setup.exe
where "myWindowsServer" stands for the name of the server on the network, and "PathToTheServer" is the name of the resource shared by the server with client workstations, which was defined during server setup.
The location of the client installation procedure is indicated in the "Installation summary" and "Installation complete" screens appearing during server installation.
To deploy Objecteering on a client workstation, simply launch the client installation procedure from the indicated location, and then let yourself be guided by the installation wizard.
Linux client installation procedure
The set up of a Linux client is very simple and straightforward. When Objecteering is installed on the server, the installation wizard automatically prepares the associated client installation procedure. This client installation procedure defines much of the information necessary to the deployment of Objecteering on a Linux client workstation (including the installation directory and the access path to the shared resources on the server), thereby making deployment even easier.
The Linux client setup procedure consists of the following steps:
· connecting to the server from the client workstation
· running a special pre-configured setup program that has been prepared on the server during the server set up procedure. Thus, no particular configuration needs to be carried out when deploying a client, and the client is immediately operational and configured after its setup is terminated.
Note: The client installation procedure can only be run once the server has been properly set up and configured.
The setup program for installing a client is located at:
/PathToTheServer/setup/client4linux/setupLinuxClient.sh
Where "PathToTheServer" is the name of the resource shared by the server with client workstations, which was defined during server setup.
The location of the client installation procedure is indicated in the "Installation summary" and "Installation complete" screens appearing during server installation.
To deploy Objecteering on a Linux client workstation, simply launch the client installation procedure from the indicated location, and then let yourself be guided by the installation wizard.