Application server installation worksheets
Use the following worksheets to help you collect the information that you need to specify when installing the BMC Network Automation application server:
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Application server installation worksheet for Windows
The following tables depict the panels when you perform a typical or custom application server installation on a Windows computer.
Typical application server installation worksheet for Windows
Note
Selections that you must make are shown in green .
Wizard panel and step link | Selections and parameters |
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| Start panel | Select the installation language: US English, French, or Chinese. Note: Starting from version 8.9.02, BMC Network Automation does not support French . |
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| Microsoft .Net version validation warning panel |
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Select a destination directory. This is the BCAN_HOME directory. | |
Select the directory to be used as the data directory for the BMC Network Automation application. This is the BCAN_DATA directory. C:\BCA-Networks-Data (default) | |
| Enter the user name, user domain, and password of the BCAN_USER account for the BMC Network Automation services. | |
| Change the BMC Network Automation web server port numbers, as necessary, to avoid conflicts with other applications on the same host computer. Clear the Redirect check box if you do not want to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. | |
| Enter the information required for the HTTPS certificate. | |
| Database Information Validation error | Install Microsoft VC++ 2013. |
| Change memory settings or enter additional startup options. | |
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Custom application server installation worksheet for Windows
Note
Selections that you must make are shown in green .
Wizard panel and step link | Selections and parameters |
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| Start panel | Select the installation language: US English, French, or Chinese. Note: Starting from version 8.9.02, BMC Network Automation does not support French . |
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| Microsoft .Net version validation warning panel |
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Select a destination directory. This is the BCAN_HOME directory. C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks (default) | |
Select the directory to be used as the data directory for the BMC Network Automation application. This is the BCAN_DATA directory. C:\BCA-Networks-Data (default) | |
| Enter the user name, user domain, and password of the BCAN_USER account for the BMC Network Automation services. | |
| Select whether you want the TFTP Server installed and configured to run on your system. | |
| Change the BMC Network Automation web server port numbers, as necessary, to avoid conflicts with other applications on the same host computer. Clear the Redirect check box if you do not want to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. | |
| Enter all of the information required for the HTTPS certificate. | |
| Database Information Validation error | Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 (x64). |
| Select and configure the database that you want to use with BMC Network Automation. | |
| Specify database-specific information if you selected Create New User/Create New Database in the previous panel. | |
| Select Local, Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS/TACACS+ as the authentication method that you want to use for the BMC Network Automation user. | |
| Specify connection settings information for the Active Directory authentication. | |
| Define the Active Directory user account search criteria. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the LDAP authentication. | |
| Define the LDAP user account search criteria. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the RADIUS authentication. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the TACACS authentication. | |
| Change memory settings or enter additional startup options. | |
| Select Enable Web Services Integration if you are using a Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) database and enter the required registry-related information. | |
| Select Enable BMC Atrium Orchestrator Integration if you are integrating BMC Network Automation with BMC Atrium Orchestrator, enter the required orchestration-related information. | |
| Select Enable CMDB Integration if you are integrating with BMC Atrium CMDB and enter the additional required information. | |
| Select Enable Virtual Data Center if you want to enable the pod and container management feature in BMC Network Automation. This feature is used for integrating with BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. | |
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Application server installation worksheet for Linux
The following tables depict the panels when you perform a typical or custom application server installation on a Linux computer.
Typical application server installation worksheet for Linux
Note
Selections that you must make are shown in green .
Wizard panel and step link | Selections and parameters |
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| Start panel | Select the installation language: US English, French, or Chinese. Note: Starting from version 8.9.02, BMC Network Automation does not support French . |
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Select a destination directory. This is the BCAN_HOME directory. /opt/bmc/bca-networks (default) | |
Select the directory to be used as the data directory for the BMC Network Automation application. This is the BCAN_DATA directory. /var/bca-networks-data (default) | |
Enter the user name, user domain, and password of the BCAN_USER account for the BMC Network Automation services. Note: You cannot use the Create User Account option to create a user account on servers running Ubuntu 11. | |
| Database Information Validation error | Upgrade the GNU C Library version to 2.12 or later if you want to use the PostgreSQL (Embedded) database. |
| Change the BMC Network Automation web server port numbers, as necessary, to avoid conflicts with other applications on the same host computer. Clear the Redirect check box if you do not want to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. | |
Enter all of the information required for the HTTPS certificate. | |
| Change memory settings or enter additional startup options. | |
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Custom application server installation worksheet for Linux
Note
Selections that you must make are shown in green .
Wizard panel and step link | Selections and parameters |
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| Start panel | Select the installation language: US English, French, or Chinese. Note: Starting from version 8.9.02, BMC Network Automation does not support French . |
none | |
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Select a destination directory. This is the BCAN_HOME directory. /opt/bmc/bca-networks (default) | |
Select the directory to be used as the data directory for the BMC Network Automation application. This is the BCAN_DATA directory. /var/bca-networks-data (default) | |
Enter the user name, user domain, and password of the BCAN_USER account for the BMC Network Automation services. Note: You cannot use the Create User Account option to create a user account on servers running Ubuntu 11. | |
| Change the BMC Network Automation web server port numbers, as necessary, to avoid conflicts with other applications on the same host computer. Clear the Redirect check box if you do not want to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. | |
| Enter the information required for the HTTPS certificate. | |
| Database Information Validation error | Upgrade the GNU C Library version to 2.12 or later if you want to use the PostgreSQL (Embedded) database. |
| Select and configure the database that you want to use with BMC Network Automation. | |
| Specify database-specific information if you selected Create New User/Create New Database in the previous panel. | |
| Select Local, Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS/TACACS+ as the authentication method that you want to use for the BMC Network Automation user. | |
| Specify connection settings information for the Active Directory authentication. | |
| Define the Active Directory user account search criteria. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the LDAP authentication. | |
| Define the LDAP user account search criteria. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the RADIUS authentication. | |
| Specify connection parameters for the TACACS authentication. | |
| Change memory settings or enter additional startup options. | |
| Select Enable Web Services Integration if you are using a Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) database and enter the required registry-related information. | |
| Select Enable BMC Atrium Orchestrator Integration if you are integrating BMC Network Automation with BMC Atrium Orchestrator and enter the required orchestration-related information. | |
| Select Enable CMDB Integration if you are integrating with BMC Atrium CMDB and enter the additional required information. | |
| Select Enable Virtual Data Center if you want to enable the pod and container management feature in BMC Network Automation. This feature is used for integrating with BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management. | |
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