Preparing for the App Visibility server installation

Preinstallation tasks for the App Visibility server components

• Ensure that your computer or computers meet the system requirements and sizing considerations.
• Ensure that you have the following privileges to perform the installation:
  • (Windows) You are a user who belongs to the Administrator group.
  • (Linux) 
    • You are logged on as a root user.
    • New file umask is set to 022.
      To confirm or change umask settings, refer to the operating system documentation.
• Download the installation files for App Visibility.
• Complete or review the planning worksheets and the installation worksheets for App Visibility components.
• Review known and corrected issues.

To prepare for the App Visibility proxy component

As the system administrator, configure your network to ensure that the App Visibility proxy can collect end-user browser data, and pass it on to the App Visibility collector and portal.

Before you install the App Visibility proxy, configure the following items:

1. Define a host name that resolves to the App Visibility proxy’s IP address, or to a Virtual IP on a load balancing server.
2. Create a certificate in which the Common Name matches the defined host name.
3. Configure the load balancing server to do the following actions:
   • Negotiate HTTPS using the certificate created in Step 2.
   • Redirect end-user HTTP/HTTPS requests from this host name to the host:port of the App Visibility proxy.

Where to go from here

Select an installation method for the App Visibility server:

• Performing-the-App-Visibility-server-installation
• Performing-the-App-Visibility-server-installation-silently