Linux Installation Best Practices

Follow Linux installation guidelines to ensure STA installs on the server.

Enable iptables

Starting with STA 2.3.0, the iptables firewall service must be running. Before beginning an STA installation, you must enable iptables so the installer can set up required port configurations. Once STA is installed, iptables must remain running to support internal port forwarding for SNMP traps. See Enable the Linux Firewall iptables.

Use yum for RPM package updates

Use yum to install Linux RPM packages. yum greatly simplifies the package installation process by automatically searching RPM package repositories for the latest package versions and their dependencies. See Setup yum (optional).

Verify mariadb packages are not installed

The mariadb packages (an alternative to MySQL) must not be installed on the STA server. The package will cause the MySQL installation of STA to fail.