2.2 Installing Access Manager Appliance

Installation Using the Access Manager Appliance ISO

1. Insert the Access Manager Appliance CD into the CD drive.

2. Select install_NAM-SingleBox-appliance.

   By default, the Boot From Hard Disk option is selected in the boot screen.

3. Press Enter.

4. Cick Yes to the Destroying ALL data on sda, continue? prompt.

   This loads the NAM-SingleBox-appliace.x86_64-5.0.2.raw file. After verifying the sda, the Initializing Appliance Configuration screen appears.

5. After checking the Appliance dependencies, the License page appears. Review the license agreement after selecting the language preference and then click Accept.

6. In the Access Manager Appliance Passwords and Time Zone screen, enter the root password and confirm the same.

   In the Root Password section, specify password for the root user and name of the NTP server.

7. Select the region and time zone on the Clock and Time Zone page.

8. Review the Access Manager Appliance Network Settings and enter the Hostname. Example: namapp.novell.com.

9. Click Next.

10. Specify the following details:

    Field	Description
    IP Address	Configure the following options for the public IP: IP Address: The public IP address of Access Manager Appliance. Network Mask: The subnet mask of Access Manager Appliance. Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway.
    DNS Server 1	IP address of your DNS server. You must configure at least one DNS server.
    (Optional) DNS Server 2	IP address of your additional DNS server. This is an optional configuration.
    Domain Name	The domain name for your network.

11. Wait for the configuration to complete and click Next. In the Configuring password, time and network settings screen, the Finalizing configuration progress bar is displayed. After the configuration is complete, The Access Manager appliance is ready for configuration message appears. Follow the instructions displayed.

    To configure the appliance:
    1. At your management workstation, open a browser and enter one of the following URLs"
    https://namapp.novell.com:9443
    https://10.10.0.11:9443
    2. Log in as root with the password that you set during appliance first boot.
    
    To change the IP address of the appliance:
    1. At the command line, run the following as root:
    yast novell-vainit
    2. After making the desired changes, reboot the appliance.
    IMPORTANT: Do not use the terminal prompt before consulting the documentation. Appliance administration requires appliance-specific tool.
    Using standard tools can result in service disruption or failure.

Configure Access Manager Appliance Using Common Appliance Framework User Interface

When you log in to the Common Appliance Framework using the URL https:/<IP>/:9443 (CAF), you can view the notifications and upgrade the operating system by clicking Online Update.

1. Access Manager appliance is ready for configuration. You can now log in as root user into the Common Appliance Framework user interface using https://<IP>:9443 URL.

2. After successful login, the Micro Focus Access Manager Appliance Administration user interface is displayed.

3. Click Access Manager Configuration under Access Manager Tools, and specify the following fields:

   Field	Description
   Administration Console Type	Select either Primary or Secondary radio button. Select the Secondary option to specify if this Access Manager Appliance is not primary. If you are installing it as a secondary Access Manager Appliance, ensure that the primary Access Manager Appliance is reachable.
   Primary Administration Console IP	Specify the IP address of the primary Access Manager Appliance if this is secondary.
   Administration Console Config IP	Specify the IP address of the primary Administration Console.
   Administration Console Published DNS Name	Specify the published DNS server name of the Administration Console.
   Administration Console Username	Name of the Administration Console user. NOTE:Administration Console username does not accept special characters # (hash), & (ampersand), and () (round brackets).
   Administration Console Password	Specify and confirm the password for the user. NOTE:Administration Console password does not accept special characters: (colon) and " (double quotes).
   NAT IP	If you have mapped the private IP address of the Administration Console to the public NAT IP address. Specify that here.

4. Click Save.

   The install process begins and it takes around 20 minutes for the install process to complete. After successful installation, refresh the Administration Console health status, wait for the same to turn green, and then log into the Administration Console using the https://<ip>:9443 URL. Access Gateway and Identity Server are configured and available for use.

1. Enable browser pop-ups.

2. From a client machine external to your Administration Console server, launch the browser and enter the URL for Administration Console.

   If the hostname of your Access Manager Appliance is www.host.com, you might enter https://www.host.com:8443/nps.

3. Click OK. You can select the permanent or temporary session certificate option.

4. Specify the administrator name and password that you defined during installation, and click Login.

   For information about configuring the view of Administration Console for Access Manager Appliance, see Configuring the Default View in the NetIQ Access Manager Appliance 5.0 Administration Guide.