Install Ace Management Server On A Linux System - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

3 Follow the prompts in the installation wizard.
4 If you are using a computer that has a firewall enabled and you see a message at the end of the installation
asking whether you want to unblock the Apache service, choose Unblock.
ACE Management Server does not work properly if you do not unblock the Apache service.
After ACE Management Server is installed, you can configure it. See "Start and Configure ACE Management
Server" on page 26.

Install ACE Management Server on a Linux System

You can install ACE Management Server on the following Linux systems:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
Before you begin, make sure the system meets these requirements:
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A working installation of Apache 2.0 is installed on the system. (The RPM for a Web server is included
with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installation.)
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Apache Web service is operating normally and is receiving requests for SSL HTTP.
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The mod_ldap and mod_ssl modules are available on your system.
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The following packages are installed on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 system: curl, openldap, openssl, apache, and gdbm.
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For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, the cyrus-sasl-gssapi package is installed. This package is not
installed by default.
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When you use the external database option, the following packages are required as well:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: unixODBC
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9: unixODBC and, if you plan to use the X11 graphical configuration
tool, unixODBC-gui-qt
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The clock is synchronized and the required ports are available, as described in "Preparing for Installation"
on page 21.
Use this installation procedure to install or update ACE Management Server software.
To install ACE Management Server on a Linux system
1 Download the .rpm file from the VMware Web site and save the file on the system that is to host the
server.
The file is available as a separate downloadable file in the same download location as the Workstation
application.
2 Run the Red Hat or SUSE Linux RPM installer for ACE Management Server:
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vmware-ace-management-server-<build_number>.i386-rhel4.rpm
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vmware-ace-management-server-<build_number>.i386-sles9.rpm
For example:
rpm -Uhv vmware-ace-management-server-87693.i386-rhel4.rpm
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