Installing a new backup master domain manager
Installing the new backup master domain manager
Before you begin

About this task
You can perform a typical installation, as described in the following scenario, or you can customize the installation parameters, as described in FAQ - master domain manager and backup master domain manager customizations.
For more information about all serverinst parameters and default values, see Server components installation - serverinst script.
The procedure to install the backup master domain manager is exactly the same as installing a master domain manager. The backup master domain manager is installed on a workstation different from the master domain manager and points to its local WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation. HCL Workload Automation detects the presence of an existing master domain manager in the environment and proceeds to install a backup master domain manager.
The HCL Workload Automation administrator installs the master domain manager. The following information is required:
Command parameter | Information type | Provided in.. |
HCL Workload Automation information | ||
--wauser | HCL Workload Automation administrative user name | Creating the HCL Workload Automation administrative user |
--wapassord | HCL Workload Automation administrative user password | |
WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base information | ||
--wlpdir | WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation directory | Installing WebSphere Application Server Liberty |
Security information | ||
--sslkeysfolder | location of converted certificates | Converting default certificates |
--sslpassword | password of converted certificates | Converting default certificates |
You can run the serverinst command specifying a typical set of parameters. In this case, default values are used for all remaining parameters.
Default values are stored in the serverinst.properties file, located in image_location/TWS/interp_name.
If you need to modify any of the default values, edit the serverinst.properties file, but do not modify the serverinst.template file located in the same path.
To install the backup master domain manager, perform the following steps:
Procedure
- Log in to the workstation where you plan to install.
- Browse to the folder where the serverinst command is located in image_location/TWS/interp_name.
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Start the installation specifying a typical set of parameters. In this case,
default values are used for all remaining parameters:
On Windows operating systems
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cscript serverinst.vbs --acceptlicense yes --rdbmstype <db_type> --dbhostname <db_hostname> --dbport <db_port> --dbname <db_name> --dbuser <db_user> --dbpassword <db_password> --wauser <wa_user> --wapassword <wa_password> --wlpdir <Liberty_installation_dir>\wlp --sslkeysfolder <certificate_files_path> --sslpassword <keystore_truststore_password>
On UNIX operating systems
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serverinst.sh --acceptlicense yes --rdbmstype <db_type> --dbhostname <db_hostname> --dbport <db_port> --dbname <db_name> --dbuser <db_user> --dbpassword <db_password> --wauser <wa_user> --wapassword <wa_password> --wlpdir <Liberty_installation_dir>/wlp --sslkeysfolder <certificate_files_path> --sslpassword <keystore_truststore_password>
- acceptlicense
- Specify yes to accept the product license.
- rdbmstype|-r rdbms_type
- The database type. Supported databases are:
- DB2
- ORALE
- IDS (Informix), only for UNIX operating systems
- MSSQL
- dbhostname db_hostname
- The host name or IP address of database server.
- dbport db_port
- The port of the database server.
- dbname db_name
- The name of the HCL Workload Automation database.
- dbuser db_user
- The user that has been granted access to the HCL Workload Automation tables on the database server.
- dbpassword db_password
- The password for the user that has been granted access to the HCL Workload Automation tables on the database server. Special characters are not supported.
- wauser user_name
- The user for which you are installing HCL Workload Automation.
- wapassword wauser_password
- The password of the user for which you are installing HCL Workload Automation.
On Windows operating systems
- Supported characters for the password are alphanumeric, dash (-), underscore (_) characters, and ()|?*~+.@!^
On UNIX operating systems
- Supported characters for the password are any alphanumeric, dash (-), underscore (_) characters, and ()|?=*~+.
- wlpdir
- The path where WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is installed.
- --sslkeysfolder keystore_truststore_folder
- The name and path of the folder containing certificates in
PEM format. The installation program
automatically processes the keystore and truststore files using the
password you specify with the --sslpassword
parameter. The folder must contain the following files:
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- ca.crt
- The Certificate Authority (CA) public certificate. Note that if certificates being installed are part of a chain consisting of 3 or more certificates (one Root CA, followed by one or more Intermediate CAs, followed by the end user certificate), then this file must contain the Root CA certificate only. Any Intermediate CA certificates must be stored in the additionalCAs subfolder, which therefore becomes a mandatory subfolder. Each Intermediate CA must be stored in the additionalCAs subfolder in its own file.
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- tls.key
- The private key of the end user certificate for the instance to be installed.
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- tls.crt
- The public part of the previous key, that is the end user certificate.
For Unix systems, ensure that all the files have the ownership of the user who installed the master domain manager and the correct permissions (644).
You can optionally create a subfolder to contain one or more *.crt files to be added to the server truststore as trusted CA, whose name must be additionalCAs. This can be used for example to add to the list of trusted CAs the certificate of the LDAP server or DB2 server. Additionally, you can store here any intermediate CA certificate to be added to the truststore. The subfolder must be named additionalCAs. Note that if the end user certificate being installed in the instance is part of a chain consisting of 3 or more certificates (one Root CA, followed by one or more Intermediate CAs, followed by the end user certificate), then the Intermediate CAs certificates must be stored in the additionalCAs subfolder, which therefore becomes a mandatory subfolder. Each Intermediate CA must be stored in the additionalCAs subfolder in its own file.
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- --sslpassword ssl_password
- You can use this parameter to define the password for
either default or custom certificates, as follows:
- If you want HCL Workload Automation to generate default certificates, provide the password to be used for the default certificates. HCL Workload Automation generates the certificates and stores them on the master domain manager in the installation_directory/defaultCerts and TWA_DATA_DIR/ssl/depot directories. You can then use the TWA_DATA_DIR/ssl/depot to retrieve the default certificates for the other product components.
- If you want HCL Workload Automation to process custom certificates, provide the password for the custom certificates and the path to the folder containing certificates in .PEM format with the sslkeysfolder parameter. To process custom certificates, the sslkeysfolder parameter is required.
For more information, see sslkeysfolder.
You can optionally encrypt the password using the secure script. For more information, see Optional password encryption - secure script.
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To verify that the installation completed successfully, browse to the directory
where you installed the backup master domain manager and type the
following commands:
. ./tws_env.sh
optman ls
This command lists the HCL Workload Automation configurations settings and confirms that HCL Workload Automation installed correctly.
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