Opalis

Installing Opalis Part I

In the following Install series I’m going to how to install and configure Opalis!

Opalis Integration Server includes the following components:

• Action Server - The engine that runs Policies. Action Servers communicate with the Datastore. Action Servers do not require a Management Server to be online to be able to run Policies. You can deploy a single Action Server or multiple ones.
• Management Server - The central manager of Clients, Action Servers, Policies, the Policy Testing Console, and the Self Monitoring functionality. The Management Server deploys Integration Packs to Action Servers and Clients, deploys Policies to Action Servers, and acts as a communication link between the Clients, the Action Servers, and the Datastore.
• Client - The tool used by designers to create, modify,and deploy Policies.
• Operator Console - The Operator Console enables you to see which Policies are currently running, view their real-time status, and start or stop them from a browser console interface.
• Policy Testing Console – The tool used by designers to test Policies that are developed in the Client before they are deployed.
• Datastore - The Datastore is the Oracle or SQL Server database where configuration information, Policies, and logs are stored.

System requirements for Opalis

You need a Windows 2003 machine with SQL 2005 or 2008. Windows 2008 is sadly enough not yet supported.

Let’s start with the FUN part!

The Install Opalis Integration Server splash screen guides you through the four steps of installing Opalis Integration Server. Complete the following steps in the same order as they are listed on the splash screen:

Click Install the Management Server in step 1 of the Install Opalis Integration Server splash screen.The Management Service Setup screen appears.

Type your name and your organization’s name in the respective fields, then select which users on your computer will have access to the application.

Click Next. The Destination Folder page appears.

Type the user name (DOMAIN\Username format) and password that the Management Service and Operator Console Service will use.

Opalis Integration Server automates tasks across the entire server architecture. This type of automation requires high levels of access permissions. It is imperative to restrict access to the Action Server and Management Server computers such that only authorized administrators may alter the settings on these computers. So don’t put in a domain admin. It is imperative to restrict access to the Action Server and Management Server computers such that only authorized administrators may alter the settings on these computers.

That’s why Microsoft recommends the following:

• restrict interactive login access to local administrators group only
• Add only the minimum necessary users to the local admin group

Click Next. The Ready to Install the Application page appears.

Click Next. The Management Service is installed. When the wizard has finished the installation, click Finish. The Install Opalis Integration Server splash screen appears.

The Management Server installation program installs the following items:

• The Management Server service and all related library files.
• The Database Configuration utility.
• The License Manager utility.
• The Deployment Manager.
• The Self Monitoring components.
• The Audit Trail components.

 We will do step two, the configuration of the Datastore in Part two of this installation series.

Thanks,
Alex