Novell Sentinel Rapid Deployment 6.1, Installation Manual

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Installing Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment
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Installing Sentinel 6.1 Rapid
Deployment
The Sentinel installation package provides you with a simplified single machine server installer to
install everything you need to run Sentinel. This section helps you install the major components of
the Sentinel
TM
6.1 Rapid Deployment system.

Section 4.1, “Installer Overview,” on page 27
 Section 4.2, “Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Configuration,” on page 29
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Section 4.3, “Port Numbers for Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Client Components,” on
page 29
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Section 4.4, “Prerequisites,” on page 30
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Section 4.5, “Installing the Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Server,” on page 31
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Section 4.6, “Installing the Client Applications,” on page 34
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Section 4.7, “Manually Starting and Stopping the Sentinel Services,” on page 39
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Section 4.8, “Post-Installation Configuration,” on page 40
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Section 4.9, “LDAP Authentication,” on page 42
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Section 4.10, “Updating the License Key from an Evaluation Key to a Production Key,” on
page 48
4.1 Installer Overview
The Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment installation package installs the following:
 PostgreSQL database to store events and configuration information

A Web-based user interface for reporting and searching functionalities
 ActiveMQ Communication bus for messaging

Advisor sample data
 Jasper reporting engine for reporting
You can distribute the Collector Manager to other locations, other machines and other operating
systems by using the Collector Manager installer available through the Sentinel 6.1 Rapid
Deployment Web interface. For example, you can install an additional Collector Manager on a
Windows* machine to collect Windows events.
The Sentinel Server installer installs the following components:

Section 4.1.1, “Server Components,” on page 28
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Section 4.1.2, “Client Applications,” on page 28