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Linux Installation

AIV 6 Installation in Linux Operating System

The documentation contains the steps to install AIV 6 in linux OS. The tutorial contains command and example screens with it.

Objective

  • Objective of this document is to guide the user in the installation process of AIV on a Linux machine.

Hardware requirements

  • Operating System - Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac
  • RAM- Minimum 8 GB (16+ GB Recommended)
  • Disk Space - 15 GB of free disk space (additional space is required for repository and log folder)

Software Requirements

  • Java - 8
  • Metadata Database - MySQL 5.5+, Oracle 11+, PostGreSql 9.1+
  • Browsers - Firefox 25+, Chrome 30+, Safari 9.0+, MS Edge
  • Application Server - Apache Tomcat 8.x

Setup AIV in Linux

  1. Open Terminal

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  1. Change user to root
sudo su

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  1. Install updates
apt-get update

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  1. Install wget
apt-get install wget

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  1. Exit from root user

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  1. Download AIV5 from dropbox
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytaz1hua5w5rj6x/aiv-linux-x64.run?dl=0

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  1. Move file
mv aiv-linux-x64.run?dl=0 aiv-linux-x64.run

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  1. Make file executable
chmod +x aiv-linux-x64.run

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  1. run setup file
./aiv-linux-x64.run

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-Once you hit enter, setup will be started

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  1. Keep pressing Enter to read license agreement until it ask to accept license condition as shown below,

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  1. Type Y and press enter to accept license conditions.

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask if this is new installation. Type n and hit enter because we need to upgrade.

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask upgrade Existing AIV[Y/N]. Type N.

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask “Is the selection above is correct? [Y/N]”, Enter Y.

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask for Application installation location selection. Enter in installation directory as: /home/birbal/aiv

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask for new updates available online, The default selection would be Local: use downloaded version of AIV, Press enter, as shown in figure below:

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask for AIV Metadata Database, The Default selection would be Install PostgreSQL Database, Press Enter as shown in figure below:

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  1. After database is successfully installed, it will show Connection Successful, match it with the screen below:

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  1. When you click enter, next it will ask for Setup is ready to begin, Press “Y” and enter to proceed.

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  1. Then it will ask you to wait until the installation complete, as shown in figure below:

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  1. After the successful installation, you need to start the tomcat server by using start_aiv.sh file.
  2. Enter commend: cd aiv to get into AIV directory, enter command: ls to see the list of files in directory.
  3. Enter command: ./start_aiv.sh to start TOMCAT server. as shown in figure below:

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  1. After getting the Tomcat server started, copy the ip address from the instance.
  2. Open a browser and paste it into URL bar, URL example as shown in figure below:
<ip address>:8080/aiv/
The basic login credentials are Admin and password.

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  1. After login as Admin, you will see the screen looks like below example:

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  1. Click on any dashboard to see the details.