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67 Installing and configuring the VCS One client
Deciding about a credential installation
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Install the client using a permanent credential. If you do not establish ssh
communications with the active Policy Master system, you must have a copy
of the permanent credential on the system from which you run the installer.
See “ Installing the client using a permanent credential ” on page 68.
Installing the client using a deployment credential
If the installer host does not have an ssh or rsh connection to the active Policy
Master system, you can create a deployment credential. If passwordless ssh or
rsh communication is enabled between the Policy Master system and the system
from which you invoke the installer, skip to the section:
“ Right before the installation ” on page 66.
The deployment credential is a host-generic credential created on the
authentication broker and copied to clients. Using a deployment credential, a
client can be deployed without having a host-specific credential of its own.
Creating the deployment credential package
You can use the
-create_deployment_credential
option to create the
deployment credential package on the shared storage. The clients copy and
execute that credential package to authenticate with the Policy Master.
The command creates a deployment credential package file in the following
location:
/ vcsone_db_location /data/vcsone_deploy.credential
Reuse the credential package to deploy all clients that can connect to the Policy
Master with the deployment credential.
Each client gets its own host-specific credential from the authentication broker
through the Policy Master after the clients are deployed, and the first time they
are connected to the Policy Master.
To create the deployment credential package
1 From the Policy Master, create the deployment credential package. You may
either accept the default values or provide your own. Enter the following:
#
/opt/VRTS/install/clientscript/ platform /installvcsonecd
-create_deployment_credential
where
platform
is the platform-specific directory.
You see information about the installation.
2 Review the information and press Enter to continue.
3 Enter the timeout for the deployment credential in seconds. For example,
enter the following:
86400