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This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
Installing and initial configuration
Initial configuration and installation of HCL SafeLinx varies based on your operating system and relational database.
Removing the SafeLinx Administrator
Directions for removing the SafeLinx Administrator vary based on your operating system.

Administering
This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
- Overview
  HCL SafeLinx uses standards-based protocols to enable secure access from mobile computing devices outside the firewall to business applications and data on your organization's internal network.
- Security
  HCL SafeLinx includes a range of options for configuring the security of your network, applications, and data.
- Installation planning
  Before you install HCL SafeLinx, verify that you meet the hardware and software requirements, and that the network connections that you want to use are available.
- Roadmaps: Installing and setting up SafeLinx
  The following "roadmap" topics guide you through installing and initially configuring SafeLinx. Refer to the topic that corresponds to your relational database and server operating system.
- Installing and initial configuration
  Initial configuration and installation of HCL SafeLinx varies based on your operating system and relational database.
  - Installing the SafeLinx Administrator
    You can install the SafeLinx Administrator on the same host as the SafeLinx Server, or on another computer that has access to the SafeLinx Server.
  - Installing the SafeLinx Server
    Before you install the SafeLinx Server, review the installation checklist.
  - Initial configuration
    After you install the SafeLinx Server software, you must complete a set of initial configuration steps. The initial configuration on Windows is different from the procedure on Linux.
  - Removing the SafeLinx Server
    If you installed the accounting and billing database support, use the db2idrop command to delete the instance ID wgdb. Then, delete the operating system user IDs wgdb and wgdbudf.
  - Removing the SafeLinx Administrator
    Directions for removing the SafeLinx Administrator vary based on your operating system.
  - Applying maintenance
    You can apply maintenance on the SafeLinx Server and the SafeLinx Administrator. The specific procedure depends on which operating system you use.
- Adding a secure login profile
  By default, the SafeLinx Administrator communicates with the access manager over an unencrypted connection. If you want the connection between the SafeLinx Administrator and the access manager to use transport layer security (TLS) protocols, add a secure login profile to the SafeLinx Administrator.
- Adding and configuring resources
  After you complete the installation and initial configuration, continue to prepare the deployment by configuring other network resources.
- Administering
  The SafeLinx Administrator administration client is the primary tool for viewing, adding, configuring, and managing HCL SafeLinx resources. Along with the SafeLinx Administrator, you can use the HCL SafeLinx Monitor to view information about packet flow through the SafeLinx Server. You can also use a set of command line tools to perform common SafeLinx Server tasks.
- Programming reference
  There are several programming considerations of which you might want to take advantage.
- Database schema information
  HCL SafeLinx uses a DB2, Oracle, MySQL, or SQL database to store tables of information about current and past activity of SafeLinx Server sessions. The following tables are created and accessed by using the qualifier name wg for DB2 installations.
- Step by step: Nomad configuration
  Here are step-by-step instructions that serve as an example of how to install and configure HCL SafeLinx for Nomad on MySQL on Linux.

Removing the SafeLinx Administrator

Directions for removing the SafeLinx Administrator vary based on your operating system.

About this task

On Windows, SafeLinx Administrator installations on the SafeLinx Server are removed automatically when you uninstall the SafeLinx Server.

Procedure

Remove the SafeLinx Administrator by using the method appropriate to the operating system:

Linux: Log in to the computer with the root operating system ID, and from a command line, type rpm -e wgcfg. If you want to permanently uninstall SafeLinx Administrator, delete the .wgcfg directory from each user's home directory. If you are uninstalling so that you can upgrade to a new version, do not delete the .wgcfg directory.

Windows

Use the Uninstall or change a program applet on the Control Panel:

Click Start > Control Panel, and then click Uninstall a program.
From the list of installed programs, right-click SafeLinx Administrator 1.0.0, and then click Uninstall.

If you want to permanently uninstall SafeLinx Administrator, delete the .wgcfg directory from each user's home directory. If you are uninstalling so that you can upgrade to a new version, do not delete the .wgcfg directory.

Note:

If the SafeLinx Administrator was installed automatically by the SafeLinx Server, you cannot uninstall it without uninstalling the SafeLinx Server.
After you uninstall the SafeLinx Administrator, the installation directory is not removed. A record of the uninstallation is saved to the installation directory in the file UninstallLog.txt

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