Toolpack prerequisite CentOS5 2-3

This page shows the Toolpack 2-3 prerequisites for CentOS 5.

Toolpack Prerequisites

Toolpack Basic packages

The software listed below is required by the host machines.

 yum install gcc zlib-devel

Toolpack System Database

The Toolpack system database is used by the main host and requires mySQL database server. The system database packages are as follows:

 yum install mysql-server mysql-devel

Depending on the CentOS installation, the command paths for the database (i.e. mysql_install_db, mysqladmin, mysql) and system tools (chkconfig, service, etc) may not be included in the active PATH environment variable. MySql is usually installed in /usr/bin and system tools in sbin.

1. start and enable mysql

 /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on
 /sbin/service mysqld start

2. Setup initial database root password

 /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password new-password-1
 /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -pnew-password-1 -h HostName password new-password-2

3. Install the database.

 mysql_install_db

4. Log onto mysql, create a tbdb user. The [HostName], [DatabaseUsername] and [DatabasePassword] will need to be supplied to the toolpack installer. If you cannot log in it is possible that the host name is not configure properly, use an IP Address instead.

 mysql -u root -pnew-password-1
 CREATE USER '[DatabaseUsername]'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '[DatabasePassword]';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '[DatabaseUsername]'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '[DatabasePassword]';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 exit

ex.

 mysql -u root -pMyDbRootPassword
 CREATE USER 'tbdb'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'tbdbpw';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'tbdb'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'tbdbpw';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 exit

To verify if the user is created:

 mysql -u root 
 SELECT * FROM mysql.user;
 exit

5.Install odbc driver and driver manager

 yum install mysql-connector-odbc

5a. For 32 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/linux/mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-32bit.tar.gz
 tar -zxf mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-32bit.tar.gz
 mkdir -p /lib/tb/toolpack/3rdparty/odbc-connector/
 cp mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-32bit/lib/libmyodbc3_r-3.51.27.so /lib/tb/toolpack/3rdparty/odbc-connector/

5b. For 64 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/linux/mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-64bit.tar.gz
 tar -zxf mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-64bit.tar.gz
 mkdir -p /lib/tb/toolpack/3rdparty/odbc-connector/
 cp mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.27-linux-x86-64bit/lib/libmyodbc3_r-3.51.27.so /lib/tb/toolpack/3rdparty/odbc-connector/

6. Manually configure the odbc manager. Make sure mysql driver is enable(removing the comments for the mysql driver). Set the Driver as the previous command answer.

 vim /etc/odbcinst.ini 

Here is an example:

 # Driver from the MyODBC package
 # Setup from the unixODBC package
 [MySQL]                                                   <----- This line must NOT start with a '#'. Must also not start with a space.
 Description     = ODBC for MySQL
 Driver          = /lib/tb/toolpack/3rdparty/odbc-connector/libmyodbc3_r-3.51.27.so
 Setup           = /usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so
 FileUsage       = 1

7. Configure mysql to support database replication (Will not interfere if your system do not use it).

 vim /etc/my.cnf

Add 2 new variable in the mysql config file

Add log-bin and server-id. The value of server-id needs to be unique on each host( do not use 0 ).

Make sure it is in the [mysqld] section

 log-bin
 server-id=[UniqueId]

Example:

 [root@TL-CENTOS64-02 tblab]# cat /etc/my.cnf
 [mysqld]
 datadir=/var/lib/mysql
 socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
 user=mysql
 log-bin
 server-id=1
 # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
 # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
 old_passwords=1
 
 [mysqld_safe]
 log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
 pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 [root@TL-CENTOS64-02 tblab]#

Reboot the mysql service

/sbin/service mysqld restart

Toolpack System Web Portal

The Toolpack System Web Portal is required in order to host the Toolpack Web Portal. It requires the execution of all following commands:

1. Manually install fcgi:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz
 tar -xzf fcgi-2.4.0.tar.gz
 cd fcgi-2.4.0
 ./configure
 make
 make install
 cd ../

2. Install pcre and libxml2:

 yum install pcre libxml2

3. Install lighttpd:

3a. For 32 bits sytem:

 wget -c http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/centos/lighttpd-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/centos/lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
 rpm -ivh lighttpd-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

3b. For 64 bits sytem:

 wget -c http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/centos/lighttpd-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/centos/lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
 rpm -ivh lighttpd-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

4. Install Ruby:

 yum install ruby ruby-devel

6. Manually install rubygems:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
 tar -xzf rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
 cd rubygems-0.9.0
 ruby setup.rb
 cd ../

7. Install gem fcgi:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/bin/linux/fcgi-0.8.8.gem
 gem install ./fcgi-0.8.8.gem

Make sure that the firewall enables these following services and ports. Failure to open those ports will render socket communication between the distributed software elements unavailable.

Service: http (12358/tcp)

Port: All ports (tcp/udp) enabled for local networks

Disabling SELinux

Check SELinux status

 sestatus

If SELinux is enable, see the Disabling SELinux article to disable it.

Toolpack Stream Server

The Tmedia Toolpack Stream Server requires the execution of the following commands:

 yum install libpcap

Toolpack Development Prerequisite

The Toolpack System Development prerequisite section is only required for customers that will develop their own application using the Toolpack API:

 yum install gcc-c++
 yum install libxml2-devel
 yum install libpcap-devel
 yum install unixODBC-devel

Validation Guide (Optional)

If you would like to verify your installation go to the Toolpack Validation Guide

Toolpack System installation

Now that the prerequisite are installed, now it is time to install the Toolpack system