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Install and Uninstall on Linux

To install Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server on Linux

  1. Copy the installation package file to your computer and navigate to the directory that contains this file.

  2. To install, use rpm to install the package:

    sudo rpm -ivh <package_name>.rpm

    For example:

    sudo rpm -ivh rsit-server-8.5.0.999-x86_64-rhel.rpm

    -or-

    To install on RHEL 8 and all subsequent versions, use yum to install the package:

    sudo yum install rsit-server-8.5.0.999-x86_64-rhel.rpm

Note

  • Failure to add keys may cause RPM to generate a NOKEY warning.
  • To provide access to binaries and man pages after installing Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server, modify the system PATH and optionally, MANPATH variables.
     export PATH=/opt/microfocus/rsit/bin:/opt/microfocus/rsit/sbin:$PATH
     export MANPATH=/opt/microfocus/rsit/share/man:$MANPATH
  • In order to coexist with OpenSSH, aliases for Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server executables have been provided in /opt/microfocus/rsit/bin: scp2 -> ./scp, sftp2 -> ./sftp, sftp-server -> /opt/microfocus/rsit/libexec/sftp-server, ssh2 -> ./ssh, ssh-add2 -> ./ssh-add, ssh-agent2 -> ./ssh-agent, ssh-certtool2 -> ./ssh-certtool, ssh-certview2 -> ./ssh-certview, and ssh-keygen2 -> ./ssh-keygen and /opt/microfocus/rsit/sbin/sshd2 won't collide with OpenSSH names when added to the end of the PATH variable.
     export PATH=$PATH:/opt/microfocus/rsit/bin:/opt/microfocus/rsit/sbin
  • To make PATH settings permanent, it may be necessary to set, for example, a .profile option.

Changing the Installation Location

Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server is installed by default to /opt/microfocus/rsit.

You can use the rpm --prefix option to specify an alternative target directory. The general syntax is:

--prefix=/path/to/custom/location

For example

sudo rpm -ivh --prefix=/opt/rsit rsit-server-8.0.2.999-i386-rhel.rpm

Note

  • The following installed items are not relocated: startup and shutdown scripts, the cryptographic module, and the PKI client library.
  • The libnsl and libX11 packages have been added as dependencies in the Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server installation. Manual installation of these packages is required when Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server is relocated. To install the libnsl and libX11 packages on RHEL, use yum to install the packages:
 yum install libnsl libX11

To use a non-default port

Follow the procedure below with the commands supplied.

  1. Open the configuration file /opt/microfocus/rsit/etc/sshd2_config.

  2. Change the default port option to the desired value.

    The default is Port=22

  3. When SELinux is enabled add the new port:

    semanage port -a -t *ssh_port*_t -p tcp <new-port>

  4. Verify that the port has been added to SELinux:

    semanage port -l | grep ssh

  5. When the firewall is enabled, add the new port to the firewall:

    firewall-cmd --add-port=<new-port>/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd –reload

  6. Ensure that the port has been opened in the firewall:

    firewall-cmd --list-ports

  7. Restart the server:

    service rsitsshd restart

To Install Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server together with OpenSSH

By default, OpenSSH uses the same port as Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server (the default port is 22). Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server will need to be configured to use a different port. If OpenSSH is already running, the installation will complain about port 22 already being allocated or utilized. Follow the steps for using a non-default port to run Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server with OpenSSH.

To uninstall

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Enter one of the following commands.

    For Use
    server rpm -e --nodeps rsit-server
    client rpm -e --nodeps rsit-client

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