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Installation, Deployment, and Upgrade
Installing Unica Discover involves planning and preparing your environment, installing and configuring prerequisite software, obtaining the Unica Discover installation files, and running the Unica Discover installer.
Discover Network Capture Application Manual
Installing the Network Capture Application
The following instructions can be used to assist the installation of your Network Capture Application software.
Package Installation
The following information describes the Unica DiscoverNetwork Capture Application installation package.
Failover installation
For failover, there are Primary and Standby DNCAs in the cloud but on separate host servers. The DNCAs should be on separate servers because if both DNCAs were on the same server the failover won't work.
Configuring the DNCAs for failover
You configure the delivery and pipeline settings for the DNCA in failover.

Installation, Deployment, and Upgrade
Installing Unica Discover involves planning and preparing your environment, installing and configuring prerequisite software, obtaining the Unica Discover installation files, and running the Unica Discover installer.
- Installation and Deployment Manual
- Discover Network Capture Application Manual
  - Discover Network Capture Application Overview
    Network Capture Application from Discover captures and records the complete interaction between the visitor and the web application environment by using a network tap or network switch spanning port. The Network Capture Application software features the following benefits:
  - Installing the Network Capture Application
    The following instructions can be used to assist the installation of your Network Capture Application software.
    - DNCA installation requirements
      The following requirements must be met before you install the Unica Discover Network Capture Application:
    - Hardware Setup and Operating System Installation
    - Package Installation
      The following information describes the Unica DiscoverNetwork Capture Application installation package.
      - Operating system users
        The DNCA must be installed by using the root user account. During the installation process, the DNCA user dncauser is created. During execution, the dncauser user runs the DNCA processes, regardless of the user that started them.
      - Installing the DNCA software
        Use the following information to install the DNCA software to your physical server or virtual machine. If you are deploying your Network Capture Application to a cloud-based environment, refer to the installation procedures for those environments.
      - Failover installation
        For failover, there are Primary and Standby DNCAs in the cloud but on separate host servers. The DNCAs should be on separate servers because if both DNCAs were on the same server the failover won't work.
        Installing DNCAs for Failover on-cloud
        For failover, you must have two DNCAs and one SPR (Software Packet Replicator).
        Installing the SPR (Software Packet Replicator)
        The SPR handles different DNCA servers during failover.
        Configuring the DNCAs for failover
        You configure the delivery and pipeline settings for the DNCA in failover.
        Configuring the SPR for Failover on cloud
        You configure the SPR to identify the primary and secondary DNCAs.
        Starting the Services for DNCA failover on cloud
        After you install and configure the DNCAs and SPR, you start the services on the DNCA server.
    - Post-installation checklist
      Use the post-installation checklist to complete the DNCA installation process.
    - Troubleshooting tips
      Use the following troubleshooting tips to diagnose problems with your DNCA installation.
    - Uninstall or Rollback of the Network Capture Application
      Complete the following instructions to uninstall the DNCA software.
  - Configuring the DNCA
    The Unica Discover Network Capture Application can be configured through a web-based console or through the configuration files that are stored on the DNCA server. The following information guides you on how to configure the DNCA.
  - Upgrade for DNCA
    It is recommended that you always use the latest version of the Unica Discover Network Capture Application suitable for your version of Unica Discover.
  - Packet Forwarder Overview
    The Packet Forwarder is used to capture and forward hits to a cloud-based DNCA that is operating on a virtual machine.
  - SSL Keys
    For decrypting transmissions by using the SSL protocol, the Unica Discover Network Capture Application must be provided the SSL keys in use in the transaction stream.
  - Performance Measurement
    Performance measurement provides details on the Network Capture software performance and timestamp measurements.
  - Configuring DNCA on Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ (RHEL)
    The following sections contain important information for configuring DNCA in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ environment:
  - DNCA monitoring
    You can monitor the passive capturing to diagnose performance issues.
  - Overview of DNCA maintenance
    The maintenance utility performs routine maintenance and logging tasks for Discover DNCA. You can use the utility to help maintain the ability of the DNCA to perform DNCA.
  - DNCA frequently asked questions (FAQ)
    The following content contains frequently asked questions or scenarios that can be used to help isolate or fix an issue with your Network Capture Application.
  - Downloading Privacy Configuration
  - Enabling web console access through a single IP address
    You can specify a single IP address which can access the web console. Limiting access to a single IP address helps to prevent unauthorized access through an unknown system.
  - Applying authentication when accessing the web console
    You can improve security by enabling authentication to the web console.
- Unica Discover Session Archiving Installation Guide
  As you prepare for an installation, you need to gather some items, review hardware and software requirements, and then you can perform the installation.
- Discover Upgrade Manual

Configuring the DNCAs for failover

You configure the delivery and pipeline settings for the DNCA in failover.

Procedure

Log on to the DNCA web console.
Go to the Delivery tab and edit the delivery settings for your environment.
Go to the Pipeline tab and edit the Pipeline Instances setting to configure the number of pipeline instances for your configuration.
Select Save Changes to save your updated configuration settings.
DO NOT restart the DNCA server.
Edit the DNCA configuration file by opening /usr/local/dncauser/etc/dcx-conf.xml in a text editor.
Go to the Capture tag settings and edit these settings:
1. Set ListenerSocketEnabled to true.
2. Set TransparentLoadBalancingEnabled to false.
3. Set SslSessionInfoOnMemcachedServer to false. If the DNCA Server is configured to decrypt SSL traffic, set this to false.
Go to the Listener tag settings and edit these settings:
1. Set BasePort to match the port number that is defined in the Delivery settings of the configuration file. The configuration file can be accessed by opening /etc/fwdr-conf.xml on a web server instance.
2. Set Instances to equal the number of instances that the DNCA connects to.
Save your changes to /usr/local/dncauser/etc/dcx-conf.xml.
Run ./discover restart to restart the DNCA services.

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