Install ARIS PPM Cloud Agent

You must install ARIS PPM Cloud Agent on the remote Linux system on which you want to install PPM.

Procedure

  1. Copy the file ppm103-cloud-agent-<version>.x86_64.rpm to the hard drive of your Linux system.

    This file provides ARIS PPM Cloud Agent. ARIS PPM Cloud Agent is needed to perform a remote server installation.

  2. Install the ARIS PPM Cloud Agent service.
    1. Switch to sudo user:

      sudo -s.

    2. The default installation directory is /opt/softwareag. Set the environment variable TARGETDIR to change the installation directory:

      export TARGETDIR=<new_install_location>

    3. Ensure that the new value is correct:

      echo $TARGETDIR

    4. Install ARIS PPM Cloud Agent agent using rpm.

      rpm -i ppm103-cloud-agent-<version>.x86_64.rpm

      The execution ends with the following message:

      Starting Cloud Agent using "<TARGETDIR>/ppm/server/bin/CloudAgentApp.sh" ...

    5. Ensure that ARIS PPM Cloud Agent is running:

      cd /<TARGETDIR>/ppm/server/bin

      ./CloudAgentApp.sh status

    6. Exit sudo mode:

      exit

ARIS PPM Cloud Agent is installed on your remote Linux system.

Now you can install PPM from a machine that runs a Microsoft Windows operating system.

For a remote installation on a Linux system, you must open the port of the ARIS PPM Cloud Agent and close it after the installation is completed.