i-Planet Installation Guide

Preface

The i-Planet Installation Guide provides information about installation and instructions to install the i-Planet(TM) software and license.

Who Should Use This Book

The i-Planet Installation Guide is intended for system administrators installing the i-Planet software. Familiarity with basic UNIX system administration and networking is assumed.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1, Preparing for Installation provides an overview of installation, describes system requirements, provides an i-Planet diagram, and lists the information needed for installation.

Chapter 2, Installing i-Planet Software contains installation procedures and postinstallation information.

Chapter 3, Requesting and Installing Your License contains information on obtaining and installing your FLEXlm license for i-Planet software.

Chapter 4, Removing i-Planet Software contains instructions for removing the software.

Appendix A, Generating and Installing SSL Certificates contains instructions on generating and installing SSL certificates.

Appendix B, Installing Third-Party Software contains instructions for installing third-party software.

Documentation

i-Planet 2.0 documentation includes:

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocsSM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of the SunStoreSM Internet site at http://sunstore.sun.com.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com/.

What Typographic Changes Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% You have mail.

 

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: 

replace with a real name or value 

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

#