Bootstraping Platform Manager on a Remote Machine Using a Template

With Command Central 10.5 and higher, you can bootstrap Platform Manager on a remote machine using the sag-spm-boot-ssh infrastructure micro template.

Before you apply an infrastructure micro template that bootstraps Platform Manager, you must:

Read the "sag-spm-boot-ssh" template readme and ensure that the Command Central host machine and the remote machine(s) meet the requirements described in the readme.

Ensure that the UNIX or Windows operating system on the target machine has a Secure Shell (SSH) server running, for example OpenSSH, and the system is configured for remote access with the user account for the Software AG products. To set up OpenSSH on a Windows machine, use a third-party tool, for example Cygwin. For information about how to install Cygwin, go to https://cygwin.com/install.html or follow the instructions in the Using Cygwin to Configure OpenSSH When Installing Platform Manager on a Remote Windows Machine article located on the TECHcommunity.

Important:
The instructions in the article also apply when you want to use a composite template to bootstrap Platform Manager on a remote Windows machine.

If the target machine does not have an SSH server, you must download the Command Central bootstrapper to the target machine and install only Platform Manager on the remote machine as described in Install Platform Manager Using the Command Central Bootstrapper. For a Windows remote machine, you can also use the sag-spm-boot-winrm infrastructure micro template, which uses the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service. Note that the Command Central host machine, from which you run the "sag-spm-boot-winrm" template, must have a Windows operating system and meet the requirements listed in the template readme.

Note that with Command Central 10.3 and lower, you can only bootstrap Platform Manager on a remote Windows machine using the "sag-spm-boot-winrm" template.