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HCL SafeLinx 1.4 documentation
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  2. Welcome
  3. Administering

    This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.

  4. 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.

  5. Roadmap: Installing and configuring Safelinx on MariaDB and Linux

    To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MariaDB and Linux, take the following steps.

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  • Welcome

    Welcome to the HCL SafeLinx documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL SafeLinx.

  • What's new in SafeLinx 1.4?

    HCL SafeLinx 1.4 introduces the following new functionality.

  • Getting started

    This information provides an overview for network administrators planning to install HCL SafeLinx. It contains the minimum information that is needed to get you started. For detailed information about installing HCL SafeLinx, see the installation information in the section adminguide/admin_guide.html.

  • 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.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on SQL Server and Windows

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on SQL Server and Windows, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on SQL Server and Linux

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on SQL Server and Linux, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on MySQL and Windows

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MySQL and Windows, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on MySQL and Linux

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MySQL and Linux, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on DB2 and Windows

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on DB2 and Windows, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring SafeLinx on DB2 and Linux

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on DB2 and Linux, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring Safelinx on MariaDB and Windows

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MariaDB and Windows, take the following steps.

      • Roadmap: Installing and configuring Safelinx on MariaDB and Linux

        To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MariaDB and Linux, take the following steps.

    • Installing and initial configuration

      Initial configuration and installation of HCL SafeLinx varies based on your operating system and relational database.

    • 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.

  • SafeLinx Administrator

    The SafeLinx Administrator is a Java application that lets administrators configure, monitor, and maintain the resources of one or more SafeLinx Servers.

  • SafeLinx Clients

    SafeLinx Clients can establish virtual private network (VPN) connections with mobile access services across various wireless and wireline network. SafeLinx Clients use these optimized, secure IP tunnels to communicate with resources on the internal network.

  • Troubleshooting

    Use this section to assist you with problems that you might experience, including problems with installation.

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Roadmap: Installing and configuring Safelinx on MariaDB and Linux

To initially install and configure SafeLinx on MariaDB and Linux, take the following steps.

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  1. Installing the SafeLinx Server on Linux
  2. Completing the initial MariaDB database configuration on Linux
  3. Configuring the access manager
  4. Adding a SafeLinx Server
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