Altair® Panopticon™ v2021.1 VISUALIZATION SERVER INSTALLATION AND REFERENCE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS [1] INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 System Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 1 System Hardware Requirements ...................................................................................................... 3 [2] SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Installation Packages ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Panopticon Visualization Server Deployment Model ........................................................................ 6 Server Platforms ............................................................................................................................... 7 Environment Promotion Options ..................................................................................................................... 8 Installation ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 Setting Up Panopticon Visualization Server on Linux ....................................................................... 8 Setting Up Panopticon Visualization Server on Windows ............................................................... 11 Importing the Bundle of Example Workbooks ................................................................................. 18 Configuration of the Client Properties ........................................................................................................... 20 Licensing ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Using Altair Units License in the Panopticon Visualization Server .................................................. 27 Using the Hosted Altair Units License in the Panopticon Visualization Server ................................ 28 Configuration Properties ................................................................................................................. 30 Proxy ............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Apache HTTP Server ...................................................................................................................... 30 Load Balancer ............................................................................................................................................... 32 Apache HTTP Server ...................................................................................................................... 32 Multiple Instances ......................................................................................................................................... 33 Backup .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Data Access & Caching ................................................................................................................................ 34 Content Repository ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Server Cluster Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 36 Exporting Legacy Files .................................................................................................................................. 38 Migration to Panopticon Visualization Server Version 2021.0 from Versions 17 or Older ............................. 41 1. Copy All Content .................................................................................................................. 41 2. Delete Old Content ............................................................................................................... 42 3. One-time Conversion ........................................................................................................... 42 4. Workbooks and Data Files ................................................................................................... 43 5. Migrate Permission Settings ................................................................................................ 44 6. Do Not Make Changes on Both Servers .............................................................................. 44 7. Post-migration Cleanup ........................................................................................................ 44 Upgrade ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 [3] AUTHENTICATION ................................................................................................................................. 46 Altair Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved. / Nasdaq:ALTR / altair.com Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 46 Supported Roles in the Panopticon Visualization Server ................................................................ 47 Token .............................................................................................................................................. 48 Tomcat Realm ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Tomcat User Base .......................................................................................................................... 50 LDAP .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Active Directory ............................................................................................................................... 53 Windows Authentication ................................................................................................................................ 54 SAML ............................................................................................................................................................ 55 Using SAML Through OpenAM ...................................................................................................... 56 OAuth 2.0 ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 Example .......................................................................................................................................... 57 Using OAuth 2.0 Through OpenAM ................................................................................................ 58 Filter .............................................................................................................................................................. 59 Creating a Custom Filter ................................................................................................................. 59 Header .......................................................................................................................................................... 61 [4] ADDITIONAL OR OPTIONAL STEPS .................................................................................................... 63 Replacing Parameter Values with HTTP Headers and Cookies ................................................................... 63 File Upload Size Limits Settings in Tomcat and Panopticon ......................................................................... 66 Tomcat Memory Configuration for Linux ....................................................................................................... 67 Tomcat Memory Configuration for Windows ................................................................................................. 68 Set Client Automatic Reconnection to the Server when Disconnected ......................................................... 68 Automatic Logout of Users on Timeout to Save Unused Licenses................................................................ 70 Setting the Transportation Protocol ............................................................................................................... 72 Panopticon Visualization Server Configurations for Email Send Outs and Alerts ......................................... 72 Font Installation Requirement for PDFs and Image export with CJK Characters .......................................... 73 Setting Server Properties Through the Environment Variables ..................................................................... 73 [5] ADVANCED SERVER DEPLOYMENTS ...............................................................................................