Installing the System Console module on Linux

For information about accessing System Console after installation, see Setting up BIRT iHub.

How to run the System Console installation script on Linux

1 Download the installation package, SystemConsole-ihub3.tar.gz, from the software distribution site.

2 Decompress the package into a tar file and then unbundle the tar file into the folder where you want to install the software, such as /home/actuate. Unbundling the tar file creates the folder SystemConsole.

3 Navigate to /home/actuate/SystemConsole.

4 Open and read the file, license.pdf. You must agree to the license terms in order to install System Console.

5 Using a text editor, open the acinstall.properties file, as shown in Listing 3‑1, and perform the following tasks:

Listing 3‑1 acinstall.properties for installing System Console

#Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:19:16 -0700

ac.login=//machine/actuate

ac.password=password

ac.package=a

ac.homedir=.

ac.downloadonly=false

##ac.source=.

#ac.source=.

ac.runasservice=true

ac.runasservice_username=

ac.runasservice_password=

# By changing the value of the ac.acceptlicense parameter

# to “y” you agree to the terms of the license agreement

# in the file “license.pdf” located in the same folder as

# this parameter file.

ac.acceptlicense=y

#Advanced Settings

#ac.ihub_cluster_schema_name=

#ac.ihub_postgres_port=

1 Modify the ac.login and ac.password properties to contain the login and password for the network machine that contains the installable BIRT iHub product modules.

2 Modify the ac.homedir property to specify the path to the installation files if you do not run the installation script from the directory to which you extracted the files.

3 Leave ac.downloadonly set to false.

4 Set ac.acceptlicense to y to accept the software license terms.

5 Save and close the file.

6 Execute the install.sh script using the following command:

sh ./install.sh

Messages similar to the following ones appear:

Install will start now...

[echo] Downloading from given file system location

[echo] Verifying Checksum...

[echo] Completed verification

[echo] Extracting package System Console

[echo] Installing System Console. This may take a few minutes...

[echo] "Setup did not detect a valid JDK installation on your machine"

[echo] Downloading from given file system location

[echo] Verifying Checksum...

[echo] Extracting package JDK64

[echo] iHub3 prerequisite 64-bit JDK was missing. Setup will now install 64-bit JDK on your machine

[echo] To access System Console, use URL: http://localhost:8500/sysconsole

[echo] Setup Completed

INSTALL SUCCEEDED

Total time: 59 seconds

installation complete