3.2.2 Offline Branch Server Installation
The following procedure describes the installation process of an SUSE Linux Enterprise
Point of Service11 Branch Server without internet connection:
1
Preferably, execute
posInitBranchserver.sh -f
pathToOfflineInstallationFile
. You can also execute the
posInitBranchserver.sh
script without options and select
2
when asked
for the installation mode to be used.
2
Provide the required information. Enter the company name (
organization
),
organizational unit (
organizationalUnit
) and branch name (
scLocation
)
as initialized on the Administration Server (and as specified in the LDAP
database). Enter the resolvable and connectible name or the IP address of the
Administration Server. Enter the Branch Server password defined when the
scLocation
object was created using
posAdmin.pl
on the Administration
Server.
If an offline installation file was provided in the first step, the default values from
the file are used.
3
In the offline installation mode, the script does not check resolvability of the
Administration Server IP address. Server certificates are copied from the offline
installation file, if present.
If an Administration Server certificate is found, you are asked to acknowledge
its fingerprint and validate it. SSL communication is then automatically estab-
lished. If no certificate is found, unencrypted communication is used.
4
The script asks if you want to create and use a local branch LDAP database on
the Branch Server. This local database contains a copy of the subtree from the
Administration Server LDAP database, which corresponds to this Branch Server.
This is a part of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service11 offline function-
ality feature. The recommended default setting is
yes
.
If you select
yes
, the script initializes a local branch LDAP database. If you select
no
, enter hostname or IP address of an already initialized LDAP database.
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