Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual page 36

SP2, you can use a PostgreSQL database and configure it for use with PlateSpin Orchestrate
auditing. If you want to use another database, you have to configure it separately for use with
PlateSpin Orchestrate.
"Installing the PostgreSQL Package and Dependencies on an Independent Host" on page 36
"Configuring PostgreSQL to Accept Remote Database Connections" on page 37
"Logging in Locally to the PostgreSQL Database" on page 38
"Creating a PlateSpin Orchestrate User for the PostgreSQL Database" on page 39
"Configuring the PlateSpin Orchestrate Audit Database on a Separate Host" on page 39
Installing the PostgreSQL Package and Dependencies on an Independent Host
When you enable and configure PlateSpin Orchestrate auditing, you create a small custom database
and a simple schema that persists all of the PlateSpin Orchestrate jobs that have been run, along with
their parameters.The database also maintains the login or logout activity of the PlateSpin
Orchestrate users and resources and includes an "actions" table that records provisioning actions and
their status (started, failed, completed successfully, etc.).
NOTE: We recommend that you install the PostgreSQL packages on a SLES 10 SP2 server that is
different from the server where you install the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server. This ensures an
adequate amount of space for running the server as the database is used.
For high availability Orchestrate Server configurations, you need to install the database outside of
the high availability cluster.
If you want to run the database on the same host with PlateSpin Orchestrate, see
"Installing and Configuring the Orchestrate Server for Use with a Local PostgreSQL Audit
Database," on page
If the SLES 10 SP2 machine does not have PostgreSQL packages installed and running, use YaST to
search for
postgresql-server
You can also run the following command from the bash prompt:
yast2 -i postgresql-server
When PostgreSQL is installed, you need to create the default database and start it. Use the following
commands:
su - postgres
initdb
pg_ctl start
These commands create or update the PostgreSQL privilege database and installs the prepared
tables. For more detail about what you will see when you run these commands, see
page 37.
NOTE: You cannot run the
PostgreSQL (
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, then install the package and its dependencies.
command as root. You must first change to the superuser for
pg_ctl
). Failure to issue this command first results as follows:
su - postgres
Section 2.2.5,
"Detail" on