Media Suite Install Guide for Release 5.7.18
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Media Suite Installation Guide Release 5.7.18 Americas headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 Notices Trademark Acknowledgements Cisco, Cisco Systems, the Cisco logo, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks shown are trademarks of their respective owners. Publication Disclaimer Cisco Systems, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this publication. We reserve the right to change this publication at any time without notice. This document is not to be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any copyright or patent, whether or not the use of any information in this document employs an invention claimed in any existing or later issued patent. Copyright Copyright © 2017 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by photocopy, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express permission of Cisco Systems, Inc. OPENCASE VERSION 4.1 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1 Media Suite Overview. 1 Installer Changes . 1 Guide Audience . 2 Guide Conventions . 2 Chapter 2 Deployment Considerations 3 System Requirements. 3 mod_cluster . .4 Network Throughput . .4 Application Servers . .4 Load Balancers . .4 Database Servers . .6 Encoding/Encrypting Servers . .6 Inter-Server Communication . .6 Media Suite Components . 7 OpenAM . .7 Administration System . .8 Capture Manager . .8 Content Management System . .8 EPG Manager . .8 Merchandiser . .9 Producer . .9 Workflow System . .10 Peripheral Components . 10 RemoteFS . .10 Report Manager . .10 iii Installer Automation API . 11 Virtualization . 11 Recommended Deployment . 11 Notes on the Recommended Deployment . .13 Chapter 3 Preparing a Database/Schema for Media Suite 15 Supported Database. 15 Details to Investigate . .15 Preparing Oracle for Media Suite . 16 Use UTC . .16 Configuring Oracle for Extended Character Sets . .16 Configuring Database Permissions. 17 Chapter 4 Preparing Linux for Media Suite 19 Software Requirements . 19 Deprecated Requirements . .20 Preparing your Linux Environment . 20 Synchronizing with an NTP Server . .20 Adding a User . .21 Setting ulimit Values . .21 Network Structure . 21 Load Balancer Health Checks . .21 Planning Ahead on Security . .22 Media Suite Component Dependencies . .23 Next Steps . 27 iv OPENCASE VERSION 4.1 Chapter 5 Installing Media Suite on Linux 29 Installation Overview. 29 Understanding the Install Manager Node . .30 Deployment Recommendations . .30 Generating SSL Certificates for Full HTTPS. 30 Starting a Media Suite Install . 31 Launching Installer Manager. 31 Selecting Packages . .32 Validating Dependencies . .34 Selecting Packages . .34 Viewing Selected Packages . .34 Configuring Endpoints . .34 Configuring the Database/Schema . .36 Mapping Datasources . .37 Configuring Module-Specific Settings . .37 Custom File Deployment . .41 Custom Log4j Appenders . .42 Understanding Passwords and Security . .43 Setting or Updating Passwords . .44 Updating the Database/Schema . .45 Deploying RPM Packages onto Nodes. 46 Installing/Upgrading Merchandiser . .47 Startup and Shutdown Considerations . 48 Node Failover . 49 Securing OAuth Data Transmission.