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Open Enterprise Server 2018 SP2 Installation Guide August 2020 Legal Notices Copyright © 2017 - 2020 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates. The only warranties for products and services of Micro Focus and its affiliates and licensors (“Micro Focus”) are as may be set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Micro Focus shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Contents About This Guide 9 1 What’s New or Changed in the OES Install 11 1.1 What’s New or Changed (OES 2018 SP2) . .11 1.2 What’s New or Changed (OES 2018 SP1) . .11 1.3 What's New or Changed (Update 6 - OES 2018 - Recommended) . 12 1.4 What’s New or Changed (OES 2018) . 12 2 Preparing to Install OES 2018 SP2 13 2.1 Before You Install . 13 2.2 Meeting All Server Software and Hardware Requirements . 13 2.2.1 Server Software . 13 2.2.2 Server Hardware . 14 2.3 NetIQ eDirectory Rights Needed for Installing OES. .15 2.3.1 Rights to Install the First OES Server in a Tree . 15 2.3.2 Rights to Install the First Three Servers in an eDirectory Tree . 15 2.3.3 Rights to Install the First Three Servers in any eDirectory Partition . 15 2.4 Installing and Configuring OES as a Subcontainer Administrator . 15 2.4.1 Rights Required for Subcontainer Administrators . 16 2.4.2 Providing Required Rights to the Subcontainer Administrator for Installing and Managing Samba. .18 2.4.3 Starting a New Installation as a Subcontainer Administrator . 20 2.4.4 Adding/Configuring OES Services as a Different Administrator. 20 2.5 Preparing eDirectory for OES 2018 SP2 . 20 2.5.1 Extending the Schema. 20 2.6 Deciding What Patterns to Install . 22 2.7 Obtaining OES 2018 SP2 Software . 31 2.8 Preparing Physical Media for a New Server Installation or an Upgrade . 31 2.9 Setting Up a Network Installation Source. 32 2.9.1 SUSE Linux as a Network Installation Source Server . 32 2.9.2 Windows as a Network Installation Source Server . 34 2.10 Install Only One Server at a Time . 34 2.11 What's Next . 34 3 Installing OES 2018 SP2 as a New Installation 35 3.1 Linux Software RAIDs Are Not Cluster Aware . 35 3.2 Linux Software RAIDs . 36 3.3 Starting the OES Installation . 36 3.3.1 Installing from Physical Media . 36 3.3.2 Installing from a Network Source. 37 3.4 Specifying Network Settings . 37 3.5 Specifying Customer Center Configuration Settings . 38 3.6 Specifying the Add-On Product Installation Information. 39 3.7 Specifying System Role . 39 3.8 Setting Up Disk Partitions . 40 3.8.1 Guidelines . 40 3.8.2 NSS on the System Disk . 41 Contents 3 3.8.3 Security Flag Recommendations. 41 3.8.4 Partitioning X86 Machines . 42 3.8.5 Disk Partition Statistics . 42 3.8.6 Combining Hard Disk Partitions. 43 3.9 Setting Up the Clock and Time Zone . 43 3.10 Creating Local User . 43 3.11 Specifying the Password for the System Administrator “root” . 43 3.12 Specifying the Installation Settings . 44 3.12.1 Customizing the Software Selections . 44 3.12.2 Configuring the Firewall Settings . 46 3.12.3 Setting Systemd Target . 48 3.12.4 Accepting the Installation Settings. 48 3.13 Configuring Open Enterprise Server . 48 3.13.1 Typical Configuration . 49 3.13.2 Custom Configuration . 49 3.13.3 Specifying eDirectory Configuration Settings . 49 3.13.4 Specifying LDAP Configuration Settings . 55 3.13.5 Configuring OES Services . 55 3.13.6 Configuration Guidelines for OES Services. 56 3.14 Finishing the Installation. 79 3.15 Verifying That the Installation Was Successful. 79 3.16 What's Next . 80 4 Installing or Configuring OES Services on an Existing OES 2018 SP2 Server 81 4.1 Adding/Configuring OES Services on an Existing Server . 81 4.2 Adding/Configuring OES Services on a Server That Another Administrator Installed . 83 4.3 What's Next . 83 5 Upgrading to OES 2018 SP2 85 5.1 Supported Upgrade Paths . 85 5.2 Planning for the Upgrade . 86 5.2.1 Be Sure to Check the Release Notes . ..