This installation documentation provides just a brief description on how to install Entire System Server (NPR) directly on the target machine using the Software AG Installer GUI. For detailed information on the Software AG Installer, see Using the Software AG Installer.

To install Entire System Server (NPR)

1. Start the Software AG Installer GUI as described in Using the Software AG Installer.

2. When the first page of the Software AG Installer GUI (the so-called Welcome panel) is shown, choose the Next button repeatedly (and specify all required information on the shown panels as described in Using the Software AG Installer) until the panel containing the product selection tree appears. This tree lists the products you have licensed and which can be installed on the operating system of the machine on which you are installing.

3. To install Entire System Server (NPR) with all of its product components, expand the Natural Products node and select Entire Systems Management > Entire System Server.

   

   The installer automatically selects any additional component which is also required, including EntireX Libraries if you have not installed this component yet.

4. Choose the Next button.

5. Read the license agreement, select the check box to agree to the terms of the license agreement, and choose the Next button.

   Note:
   If you are installing other products together with Entire System Server (NPR), several panels may appear that are not explained in this documentation. See the documentation for these products for more information.

6. 

   Specify whether to use sudo or not.

   You must either have the installer execute the <install-dir>/bin/afterInstallAsRoot.sh script, or you must run the script manually after installation as explained later in Registering Daemons and Setting File Permissions. If you want to have the installer to execute the script, the user under which you are running the installer must be in the sudoers configuration.

   For security reasons, the installer does not store the sudo password in installation scripts. If you are creating or installing from an installation script, therefore, the option to use sudo is not available. You must execute the afterInstallAsRoot.sh script manually after the installation.

7. 

   First-time installation only. Depending on your selection in the tree, the installer may ask for a Node Name and a Broker ID. Enter valid values and choose the Next button.

   Note:
   If you use Entire System Server only locally, i.e. without broker communication, you can enter dummy values for Node Name and Broker ID. In this case, broker communication will not be activated and you have to replace the dummy values in the npr.ini file manually, to activate broker communication.

8. On the last panel, review the list of products and items you have selected for installation. If the list is correct, choose the Next button to start the installation process.

   When the Software AG Installer has completed, the first-time installation, additional configuration steps are required. See Completing the Installation for further details.