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Version: 5.7.x.x Java 8 ELS

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, 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-libs on machines running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. On machines that run the SUSE Linux, you have to install the MySQL libraries mysql-libs.

  • Use the following command to install the MariaDB libaries:
yum install mariadb-libs
  • And this command to install the MySQL libraries:
yum install mysql-libs

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