Fedora - APPX 5.0.0 - New Install

Overview

Three different methods are provided to install APPX on Linux.  There is a rpm installer, a GUI installer, and a Console Mode installer.  Regardless of which installation method is used, the result is the same.  A typical APPX installation performs the following steps:

1. Creates an O/S user named "appx" and a group named "appxgrp".
2. Creates the destination directory and install APPX into it.
3. Sets the appropriate permissions
4. Runs APPX to allow you to complete the configuration
   1. Install the license
   2. Add users to the APPX user file
   3. Configure the APPX Login Manager service
   4. Configure the APPX Audit Log service

Desktop System

#GUIInstaller

GUI Installation

Log in to your Fedora desktop system as the "root" user.

Download the GUI installer (appxsetup.sh) from the APPX web site or the APPX ftp server and save it to your Desktop or to any other suitable folder.

Change the permissions on the downloaded installer file (appxsetup.sh) to allow execution.

Run the installer and follow the instructions on the setup screens. 

Accept the license agreement.

Specify the Destination Directory into which APPX is to be installed. 

You will be warned if the destination directory already exists. Otherwise, APPX will create it.

APPX will then be install into the destination directory.

 Click on the Finish button when the setup wizard competes.

When you click on the Finish button, the APPX Client will be launched to allow you to run APPX to complete the configuration of the APPX environment.

Character Mode Installation

rpm Installation

Run APPX to Complete the Installation

After you complete the installation of APPX, you will need to run APPX to install your license and complete the configuration of the APPX environment.  When you run the APPX Client, you will be presented with the APPX Client Login dialog.  If the Remote tab is selected, click on the Local tab.

When you click on the Local tab, you should see an APPX Client Login dialog similar to that show below.  Click on the Connect button to run APPX.

Identify initial APPX users

You must identify which users are to be allowed to run APPX.  The APPX installer created an OS user named "appx".  This user has also been added to the APPX user file and has been designated as an APPX System Administrator.  You may identify additional users at this time or you may proceed by clicking on the Next button.

Configure the APPX Login Manager Service and the the APPX Audit Log Service

The connection port number is used by the various types of APPX clients that connect to APPX from a remote location.  If you do not want to allow remote connections, blank out the Connection Port number.

The Logging Port is used by APPX to log file I/O audit information.  If you are not going to use this feature of APPX, blank out the Logging Port number.

You may change these port numbers to any other TCP/IP port numbers that are not already being used by your system but, as a matter of convention, you may want to use the number that are already filled in on this screen.

This screen allows you to specify the Authentication Method that is to be used by the APPX Login Manager service.

You must also specify the directory where the APPX Login Manager and the APPX Audit Log Manager commands are installed.  Unless you have moved them to a different directory, you should accept the default directory.

You must also specify the "APPXPATH" directory.  You should accept the default APPXPATH directory that is provided unless instructed to change it by an APPX tech support technician.

Install Your APPX License Key

Installation Completed

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-- SteveFrizzell - 23 Oct 2008