Monitoring, Management & Location Tracking

nstalling AMP on RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 5.6)
Solution Details
This article describes the process for installing on RHEL 5.6. This currently applies to all AMP versions 7.0 and after. For our purpose - this is based on doing the installation in TEXT mode.

1. Download the RHEL 5.6 (2.6.18 kernel) install dvd from rhn.redhat.com

2. Burn the dvd

3. Boot off of the dvd and select the **TEXT** option

4. Select English for the two language options

5. Enter the installation number

6. Auto partition (suggested)

7. Assign a static IP address and set gateway/netmask

8. Pick appropriate timezone

9. In the package installation screen, select customize software selection

10. Unselect everything but base, editors, text based internet, web server

12. After it boots you will get a menu. Configure the firewall options and DISABLE the firewall and selinux. If you miss the menu during bootup, you can re-enter the menu by enterring:
# system-config-securitylevel-tui

****From here, you have 2 options:

Option 1: If your AMP can reach the internet:
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1a. Download and Install AMP rpm file (contact support@airwave.com for the link to the latest rpm file on our web server). It will have the form of: AMP-7.x.x.rpm

For example:
# rpm -Uvh AMP-7.x.x.rpm

2. "rhn_register" to get yum working. <- CentOS users SKIP this step

3a. Run the yum install to install needed packages:
yum install perl-Digest-HMAC
yum install compat-readline43
yum install lm_sensors
yum install libtool-ltdl
yum install xinetd
yum install postfix
yum install vsftpd
yum install subversion-perl
yum install openssl097a
yum install distcache

OR

yum install perl-Digest-HMAC compat-readline43 lm_sensors libtool-ltdl xinetd postfix vsftpd subversion-perl openssl097a distcache

4a. Install/remove mail packages if necessary (AMP uses postfix by default, but the RedHat-included sendmail can be used instead).
# rpm -e sendmail*

5a. Run amp-install
# ./amp-install

At this point, you can follow the steps in the AirWave QuickStart Guide found at http://support.arubanetworks.com/ under Documentation.

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Option 2: If your AMP cannot reach the internet:
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1b. Insert/mount the AMP install CD (this is not the same as the rpm file - you'll need to download and burn to CD the AMP ISO file from the download page) and change to the directory containing the rpms:
# mount /dev/cdrom /media
# cd /media/CentOS

2b. Install the AMP rpm file:
# rpm -Uvh airwave-amp*

3b. Install the supporting packages:
# rpm -Uvh openssl097*
# rpm -Uvh libtool*
# rpm -Uvh vsftp*

4b. Install/remove mail packages if necessary (AMP uses postfix by default, but the RedHat-included sendmail can be used instead).
# rpm -Uvh postfix*
# rpm -e sendmail*

5b. Run amp-install
# cd /root
# ./amp-install

At this point, you can follow the steps in the QuickStart Guide found at at http://support.arubanetworks.com/ under Documentation



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Some Known Gotchas:

The AMP install process will show errors if the additional packages are not installed prior to executing ./amp-install. Here is an example of the error messages:

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openssl097 not installed
/root/svn/mercury/src/rpms/install_rpm aw-perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57_01-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libcrypto.so.4 is needed by aw-perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57_01-1.i386
libssl.so.4 is needed by aw-perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57_01-1.i386
make[3]: *** [perllib] Error 1

libtool not installed
./rpms/install_rpm aw-mod_auth_tacacs-1.0-7 rpms/aw-mod_auth_tacacs-1.0-7.i386.rpm;
Preparing... ##################################################
aw-mod_auth_tacacs ##################################################
error: Failed dependencies:
libltdl.so.3 is needed by freeradius-aw-1.1.6-4.i386
make[2]: *** [freeradius] Error 1

vsftp not installed
/bin/cp -f lib/conf/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
/bin/cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf] Error 1

This is covered in step 3a or 3b, where these packages are loaded manually.