Install Platform Manager Using the Command Central Web User Interface
You can use the Command Central web user interface to create a new Platform Manager installation:
On a remote machine.
On the local machine where
Command Central is installed, in a different directory.
In the Command Central web user interface, you access the Add Installation wizard by navigating to Environments > ALL > Installations and clicking the plus icon. You should specify the name of the machine where to install Platform Manager. To install Platform Manager, in step two of the wizard select Install Platform Manager and provide the requested values.
The bootstrap installer you select must be for the same version as the products you are going to manage with the
Platform Manager installation, and for the operating system of the machine you entered in step one of the wizard. If the bootstrapper you require is not listed in the drop-down box, add it in
Command Central by following the steps in
Register Bootstrap Installers in Command Central.
By default, Command Central uses the ADMINISTRATOR credentials alias for the Platform Manager administrator user. Note that the ADMINISTRATOR credentials alias does not have a default password and you must edit the alias and enter a strong password before using it to install Platform Manager. To edit the ADMINISTRATOR credentials alias, navigate to Environments > ALL > Instances > CCE > Command Central Server > Configuration > Credentials.
Optionally, you can select a different credentials alias for the Platform Manager administrator user, depending on the Platform Manager version you are installing. If you are installing Platform Manager version:
10.11 or higher, you can use a custom credentials alias that you have created in advance.
10.7 or lower, you can use the default administrator user password, provided in the DEFAULT_ADMINISTRATOR credentials alias, or a custom credentials alias you have created in advance.
Important:
If you specify a custom credentials alias,
Command Central will set the provided password for the
Platform Manager administrator and ignore the username value of the credentials alias. For example, if you specify a credentials alias that has a username value "my-user" and a password value "my-admin-password",
Command Central will set the password "my-admin-password" to the "Administrator" user when installing the product. For information about creating credentials aliases, see
Create Credentials Aliases.
For information about administrator user passwords for different release versions, see
Default and Custom Product Administrator User Passwords.
If you are installing Platform Manager on a remote machine, you can optionally provide the following advanced configurations after clicking the Advanced button on the first page of the Add Installation wizard:
Substitute user credentials for the user that installs and starts
Platform Manager. If you do not specify substitute user credentials,
Command Central installs and starts
Platform Manager using the specified SSH credentials. For more information about the substitute user, see
Bootstrapping on a Remote Machine with a Substitute User.
SSH port number for the remote machine. If you do not specify a remote SSH port,
Command Central uses port 22.
You can install Platform Manager into multiple directories at the same time. For directories that are on the same machine, the Platform Managers are installed sequentially, so that only one installation session is executed at a time. For directories that are on different machines, the Platform Managers are installed at the same time.