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Version: 5.0

Module Installation

Installation Prerequisites​

Installation requires following files to be present:

  • A vmware-installer-1.0.tar.gz archive containing the following module vmwaresm component files:
    • installation script for OpenSearch
    • installation script for OpenSearch Dashboards
    • installation script for Search Anywhere Framework interface
    • installation script for Logstash

Installation Procedure​

Unzip the archive into a directory of your choice.

OpenSearch​

To install the module component for the OpenSearch servers with the data role, launch the script in the data folder via following terminal command:

sudo bash install.sh

Before installation set following parameters:

  • OpenSearch home directory - path to the OpenSearch root directory. Default value: /app/opensearch

  • VMware URL -VCenter -path to the VMware cluster

  • VMware login - VMware username for authorization. No default value set

  • VMware password – VMware password for authorization. No default value set

  • VMware token - special token key for module access. Mandatory. Provided by the vendor. Without the token present, OpenSearch will not launch after the module installation process is done. No default values set

Every parameter must be confirmed with a press of y and Enter after input. Pressing n allows to re-enter the parameter.

After installation token values and broker parameters can be changed in the configuration file at the path {opensearch_root_directory}/config/nn2/vmware_plugin.yml.

During the installation an additional confirmation will be necessary. For that press y and then Enter.

OpenSearch Dashboards​

To install the module component for opensearch-dashboards, launch the script in the web folder via following terminal command:

bash install.sh

Before installation set following parameters:

  • Opensearch-dashboards home directory - path to the opensearch-dashboards. Default value: /app/opensearch-dashboards

During the installation an additional confirmation will be necessary. For that press y and then Enter.

Logstash​

To install the module component for the Logstash servers, launch the script in the logstash folder via following terminal command:

sudo bash install.sh

Before installation set following parameters:

Output file parameters:

  • Host - IP-addresses for OpenSearch servers in the https://[ip:port] format. No default values set
  • User - OpenSearch username for authorization. No default value set
  • Password - OpenSearch password for authorization. It's possible to pull the value from keystore (y to insert the keystore password, n for manual input). No default value set
  • Set the desired SSL setting - y to turn it on or n to turn it off
  • Set the CA certificate path. Usually it can be found at /app/opensearch/config/ca-cert.pem. No default value set

Every parameter must be confirmed with a press of y after input. Pressing n allows to re-enter the parameter.

Cluster parameters:

  • Logstash home directory - path to Logstash root directory. Default value: /app/logstash
  • Logstash pipelines configuration directory - path to directory containing pipeline configuration files. Default value: /app/logstash/config/conf

Every parameter must be confirmed with a press of y and Enter after input. Pressing n allows to re-enter the parameter. After installation ip and alias parameters can be changed in the configuration file at the path {directory_containing_pipeline_configuration_files}/jmx_conf/.

Search Anywhere Framework Interface​

To install the module Search Anywhere Framework interface component for the server with the opensearch-dashboards installation, launch the script in the saf-interface older via following terminal command:

bash install.sh

Before installation set following parameters:

  • User - username for authorization. No default value set
  • Password – password for authorization. No default value set

Every parameter must be confirmed with a press of y and Enter after input. Pressing n allows to re-enter the parameter.

After the entry of all correct parameters and successful authorization the script will begin the installation process. Otherwise an authorization error will abort the install and it will be necessary to relaunch the script.