Deployment engine only installation

This topic provides instructions for installing the deployment engine only for BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD) 5.0 on Windows and Linux. 

Before you begin

• Ensure that you have prepared the installation environment, and verify that your environment meets the requirements listed in the System requirements topic.
• Download and unzip the RPD ZIP files in your preferred location.
• If installing is part of an upgrade, back up your database to safeguard against any issues in the upgrade.

Windows:

• • Ensure that you have administrator privileges. You can install the product as a normal user without administrator privileges, but then you cannot register the product as a service.
    For more information on how to register and start/stop services for the non-root installation, refer to the RLMhome/README_special_config.txt file.

Linux:

• • Ensure that you have superuser privileges. You can install the product as a normal user without superuser privileges, but then you cannot register the product as a service.
    For more information on how to register and start/stop services for the non-root installation, refer to the RLMhome/README_special_config.txt file.
  • Ensure that there is no Ruby Version Manager (RVM) environment in the installation path.
  • If your Linux environment has the DISPLAY variable set to export the display from a remote system, ensure that the remote system has the X Windows Server installed and configured.

Installing deployment engine only

1. Start the installation program:
   Windows:
   
   • To install the product with administrator privileges, navigate to RLMinstallationFolder\RLM\Disk1, and run the following command: setup.cmd.
   • To install the product  as a normal user, double- click setup.cmd.
   Linux:

1. 1. Log in as a root user, and navigate to RLM/Disk1.
   2. To make the installation file executable, run the following command: chmod -R +x . 
   3. To start the installation program, run the following command: ./setup.sh.
2. On the first page of the BMC Release Lifecycle Management installation wizard, click Next.

3. On the license agreement page, select I agree to the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.

4. On the Directory Selection page, provide the directory path for installing this solution, and click Next.

   Note

   To complete the installation successfully, the directory for the product installation must be empty.

5. On the Installation Type page, select the appropriate option:

   • Installer is started with root privileges so perform full installation: Installs the solution as an administrator or a root user.

   • Install solution files and configurations. Do not perform tasks that require special rights: Installs the solution as a normal user.

     Notes

     • If you are a normal user without administrator or root privileges, and you select the first option, your installation might not complete successfully. For a successful product installation, specify the installation directory to which you have access (for example, your user home directory).
     • If you select the second option, you can install the solution as a normal user without administrator or root privileges, but you cannot register the product components as services.Therefore, the services related to the deployment engine, dispatcher, RPD API, Apache server, and PostgreSQL database server may not start automatically after you restart the computer. However, you can register these components later. To do this, see instructions in the RLMhome/README_special_configuration file (where RLMhome is your installation directory).
6. Click Next.
7. On the features selection page, clear the Install BMC Release Package and Deployment 5.0.00 check box, select the Install BMC Release Package and Deployment Engine 5.0.00 check box, and click Next. The following services are automatically installed:
   • Engine
   • API
   • Dispatcher

8. On the Database Details page, specify the relevant details for the database that you want to use for the RPD deployment engine:
   

   Note

   If you perform the engine only installation and provide the connection details of an existing database, the engine only installer does not clear any data from the database.

   • Database: Select one of the following options from the list. 

     • POSTGRESQL (the default port is 5432)

     • ORACLE (the default port is 1521)
     • SQL_SERVER (the default port is 1433)
   • Host: Specify the computer name of the server where your database is installed. If on the features selection page you have selected Install PostgreSQL, the Host field appears dimmed.
   • Port: Specify the port number used by your database on the server. Depending on the database that you have selected earlier, the default port is automatically displayed.
   • RPD Database/Service Name: Specify the name of the database instance that you used during the database installation for the POSTGRESQL or SQL_SERVER databases. For the ORACLE database, specify the service details. This information relates only to RPD.
   • RPD Database User: Specify the user name of the database instance that you used during the database installation. This information relates only to RPD.

   • RPD Database Password: Specify the password of the database instance that you used during the database installation. This information relates only to RPD.

9. Click Next.

10. On the Installation Preview page, verify the details of your installation, such as installation path, selected features, and total disk space that will be used, and click Install.

11. (Optional) To see the installation log, click View Log.

Related topic

Fresh installation