1. Installation Guide
  2. Installation
  3. Install the OFS HM Application Pack
  4. Installation

6.6.1 Installation

To install the OFS HM Application Pack, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to the system as a non-root user.
  2. Identify a directory for installation and set the same in the user .profile file as follows:

    FIC_HOME=<OFSAA Installation Directory>

    export FIC_HOME

  3. Execute the user .profile file.
  4. Navigate to the OFS_HM_PACK directory.
  5. Execute the schema creator utility with –s option.
  6. Navigate to the path OFS_HM_PACK/conf/OFS_HM_PACK.xml, and enter YES in the enable tag for OFS_AAI and OFS_AAAI.
  7. Installation is achieved through the properties file (Silent.props) that must be updated with proper values, before attempting to install using silent mode. Edit the parameters in the Silent.props file and specify the parameters as per the requirements.
    The following table lists all the properties that must be specified:

    Table 6-5 Parameters for the Silent.props File

    Property Name Description of Property Permissible values Comments
    LOG_MODE Specify Log Mode

    1 = Debug Mode

    0 = General Mode [Passwords will not be printed in the log file]

    Password will be printed in the log file.

    The default value is 0.
    APPFTP_LOG_PATH

    Specify the Infodom Maintenance log path (to be created) for the new Infodom.

    Ignore if you are doing the installation on an existing information domain.

    		 User Input
    DBFTP_LOG_PATH

    Specify the Infodom Maintenance log path (to be created) for the new Infodom.

    Ignore if you are doing the installation on an existing information domain.

    		 User Input
    UPLOAD_MODEL Specify whether you want to perform Model Upload.

    0 = If you have already performed Model Upload and want to skip the model upload process.

    1 = If you want to perform Model Upload.

    		 The default value is 1.
    MODEL_TYPE Specify whether you want to use the released datamodel or customized datamodel for the model upload process.

    0 = If you want to upload the released datamodel.

    1 = If you want to upload the customized datamodel.

    		 The default value is 0.

    DATAMODEL

    DM_DIRECTORY

    Specify the path (DM_DIRECTORY) and file (DATAMODEL) name for the customized datamodel.

    Mandatory only if you want to upload the customized datamodel, that is you have specified MODEL_TYPE=1.

    		 User Input
    SEGMENT_1_CODE Specify the HM Segment Code. User Input
    OBI_HOST Specify the Host Name of the OBIEE Server User Input This field should NOT be left blank. If OBIEE is not configured at the moment, ensure that you provide dummy value in this field
    OBI_PORT Specify the Port Number of the OBIEE Server User Input This field should NOT be left blank. If OBIEE is not configured at the moment, ensure that you provide dummy value in this field.
    OBI_CONTEXT Specify the Context Name of the OBIEE Server User Input This field should NOT be left blank. If OBIEE is not configured at the moment, ensure that you provide dummy value in this field.
    ETL_APPSRC_TYPE Specify if you want to create a new ETL App or Src pair or use an existing one.

    0 = If you want to create a new ETL App or Src pair.

    1 = If you want to use an existing pair.

    		 If HM is being installed on an existing application value to be set as 1. And if HM is being newly installed the value to be set at 0.
    ETL_SRC_1_DESC ETL Staging source description.

    Describe the ETL Src.

    Mandatory if you want to create new ETL Src if you have specified ETL_APPSRC_TYPE= 1.
    ETL_SRC_2_DESC ETL Processing source description.

    Describe the ETL Src.

    Mandatory if you want to create new ETL Src if you have specified ETL_APPSRC_TYPE= 1.
    ETL_SRC_1_NAME ETL Staging source name. User Input Specify the ETL Source Name into ETL Area Definitions to be deployed.
    ETL_SRC_2_NAME ETL Processing source name. User Input Specify the ETL Source Name into ETL Area Definitions to be deployed.
  8. Enter the following command in the console to execute the application pack installer with the Silent option.

    ./setup.sh SILENT

  9. The installer proceeds with Pre-Installation Checks.
  10. Enter the OFSAA Processing Tier FTP or SFTP password value and proceed, when prompted in the command prompt.

    Table 6-6 Console Prompt: Enter the OFSAA Processing Tier FTP/SFTP Password

    Console Prompts User Inputs
    Please enter OFSAA Processing Tier FTP or SFTP password Enter the password to access the processing tier in the application server.
  11. The process displays the OFSAA License. Enter Y and proceed.
  12. The installer installs the AAI application.
  13. After the platform is installed, the OFS HM installation begins.
  14. After Data Model Upload is complete, verify the installation logs in the log directories mentioned in the Verify the Log File Information section.
  15. After successful HM pack installation, the WAR file is generated and all the servers are verified and the installation complete message is displayed.
  16. The OFSAA Infrastructure installation performs a post-install health check automatically on the successful installation of the product.
  17. On completion of the installation, verify the installation log files mentioned in the Verify the Log File Information section.

    Note:

    Perform steps mentioned in the Post-Installation section.