Installation worksheet for TrueSight Presentation Server
Use the following worksheet to help collect the information that you need to specify when installing the Presentation Server. For any parameter that has no corresponding value, you must enter the information based on your system's configuration.
To complete the worksheet on your computer, you can download the attached Microsoft Excel workbook.
This topic includes parameters for the following areas of the installation:
Installation type
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Installation Type Select the installation type. | Typical Install Custom Install |
Licenses
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Application Licenses Agree to the terms of the TrueSight Presentation Server license agreement to begin the installation. | Agree Do NOT Agree |
Directory Selection
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Destination directory for the TrueSight Presentation Server | (Windows) C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TrueSightPServer (Linux) /opt/bmc/TrueSightPServer Recommendation On Linux computers, BMC recommends using the default installation directory. Otherwise, you might experience issues related to permissions and access. |
Listening Address Configuration
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Localhost FQDN | The installer detects your host's Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), or you can enter an alternate local host FQDN. This information is used by other BMC TrueSight components to connect to the TrueSight Presentation Server. Make sure that you do not manually enter any IP address in the FQDN field. |
TrueSight Presentation Server High Availability Settings
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Disable | Yes No |
Enable If selected, enter the following HA information. | Yes No |
Primary Server Any event raised in the TrueSight Presentation Server is set in the Primary Server. | Yes No |
Server Pair Name The elasticsearch cluster name for one node (server), or more nodes, that holds all of the data, and provides federated indexing and search capabilities across all nodes. The default value for the cluster name is "truesight". You can change this name to reflect the logical group name of the cluster. | truesight |
Note If you do not use the default high availability port numbers, only use port numbers between 1024 and 65535. | |
Cache Replication Port Port number for the primary server cache replication | 7800 |
Control Port Port number for the primary server control port | 8800 |
Secondary Server FQDN Name for the secondary server host. The Secondary Server maintains a constantly updated cache memory of the TrueSight Presentation Server activity. | |
Secondary Server Database Port Port number for the secondary server database port | 5432 |
Secondary Cache Replication Port Port number for the secondary server cache replication | 7800 |
Secondary Control Port Port number for the secondary server control port | 8800
|
Secondary Server | Yes No |
TrueSight Presentation Server Port Settings
Note
- For Windows systems, if you do not use the default port numbers, only use port numbers between 1 and 65535.
- For Linux systems, if you do not use the default port numbers, only use port numbers between 1024 and 65535.
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Windows Tomcat Ports HTTP HTTPS Linux Tomcat Ports HTTP HTTPS |
80 443
8080 8443 |
Elasticsearch Ports Java/Node Client Representational State Transfer (REST) Note: REST port is not enabled by default. You need to enable this port if you want to debug or troubleshoot. For example, when validating event counts for the TrueSight Infrastructure Management or finding the hot threads of an Elasticsearch. |
9300 9200 |
Cell Gateway Port Event Ingress (from TrueSight Infrastructure Management) |
1900 |
PostgreSQL Database Settings
Note
- The database user name and password cannot exceed 30 characters.
- For Windows systems, if you do not use the default database port number, only use a port number between 1 and 65535 .
- For Linux systems, if you do not use the default database port number, only use a port number between 1024 and 65535.
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
User Name User name for the PostgreSQL database | |
Password User password for the database | |
Confirm Password Re-enter the user password for the database | |
| Port | 5432 |
Remedy Single Sign-On Server Settings
Installation parameter | Value |
|---|---|
Host Name (FQDN) The host name or FQDN of the Remedy Single Sign-On server installed on the system. | |
Port Port number for the Remedy Single Sign-On server If you don't use the default port number, use the port number of the Remedy Single Sign-On server installed on the system. | Windows:
Linux:
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Password The Remedy Single Sign-On server super user password. The Single Sign-On super user name is Admin and the default password is RSSO#Admin#. |
Where to go from here
After you have completed this worksheet, you can proceed with installing the Presentation Server.
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