Non-Root Installation - Novell SENTINEL LOG MANAGER 1.0.0.5 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 03-31-2010 Installation Manual

After the Sentinel Log Manager service starts, you can log in to the URL (for example: https://
10.0.0.1:8443/novelllogmanager) specified in the installation output. The system starts processing
the Sentinel Log Manager events immediately, and it will be fully functional after you configure
event sources to send data to Sentinel Log Manager.

3.2.2 Non-root Installation

If your organizational policy does not allow you to run the full installation of Sentinel Log Manager
as , most of the installation steps can be run as another user. The installation scripts provided
root
with Sentinel Log Manager and instructions in this documentation assume that the installation is run
by using the novell user and novell group and that the installation directory is /opt/novell.
1 Download or copy
sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-64.tar.gz
2 Log in to the server where you want to install Sentinel Log Manager.
3 (Conditional) If the novell user and novell group do not exist on the server:
3a Extract the script to create the
tar file.
tar xfz sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-64.tar.gz sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-
64/setup/root_create_novell_user.sh
3b As , execute the script by using the following command:
root
sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-64/setup/root_create_novell_user.sh
The user and
novell
Sentinel Log Manager.
4 Create a directory for Sentinel Log Manager.
mkdir -p /opt/novell
5 Set the directory to be owned by the
chown -R novell:novell /opt/novell
6 Log in as the
novell
su - novell
7 Extract Sentinel Log Manager tar file to the directory you just created.
cd /opt/novell
tar xfz /tmp/sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-64.tar.gz
8 Execute the installation script.
/opt/novell/sentinel_log_mgr_1.0_x86-64/setup/install.sh
9 Choose a language by entering its number as shown in the command prompt.
The end user license agreement is displayed in the selected language.
10 Read the end user license and enter
the installation.
The installer includes a 90-day evaluation license key. This license key activates the full set of
product features for a 90-day trial period. At any time during or after the trial period, you can
replace the evaluation license with a license key you have purchased.
11 Specify the password for the database administrator (dbauser).
12 Confirm the password for the database administrator (dbauser).
13 Specify the password for the administrator user.
user and
novell
group owns the installation and the running processes of the
novell
user and
novell
user:
or if you agree to the terms and want to continue with
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Installing and Uninstalling Novell Sentinel Log Manager
to the directory.
/tmp
group from Sentinel Log Manager
novell
group.
novell
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