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Version: 8.2411.x.x RR

Installation and Deployment

This chapter describes the steps that have to be executed when installing nevisProxy. The package is operating-system-specific and uses the package mechanism of the target OS. It may also be provided in various flavors (i.e. with customer-specific modifications).

Prerequisites​

The following requirements need to be fulfilled to install nevisProxy:

  • Linux (RHEL 8, RHEL 9, SLES 15) operating system (64bit) on a host with ~60MB of free space in the installation directory and ~20MB of free space in the spool directory.

If you want to use all the features that nevisProxy provides, it is necessary to install the MariaDB libraries mariadb .

  • Use the following command to install the MariaDB libaries on RHEL 8 and RHEL 9:
yum install mariadb
  • Use the following command to install the MariaDB libaries on SLES 15:
zypper install mariadb

Installation​

Use the following command to install the package and start the server:

rpm -i nevisproxy<version>-1.<flavour>.<architecture>.rpm

If no configuration package is provided for nevisProxy, proceed as described in the chapter Preparing the initial installation .

Software upgrade​

Proceed as follows to upgrade to a new software version without changing the configuration:

  • Deinstall the old package.
  • Install the new package.

Deinstallation​

Use the following command to deinstall the nevisProxy package:

rpm -e nevisproxy