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Installing Management Center without Web UI

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Last verified version: MC 3.2.1

The recommended method to install your Management Center is using our Nextron Installer from the Customer Portal. It includes a preconfigured Debian operating system and a wizard to install the appropriate product via the Web UI.

If you cannot access the Web UI during installation or need automation, you can install products using the CLI. This article outlines the required steps.

Requirements

The following requirements must be met to install a product via CLI:

  • A Debian system meeting all system requirements for the intended use (OS, hardware, connectivity) is installed. Check these in the respective manual.

  • A valid license matching the product is available. Retrieve it from our Customer Portal.

Provide the product license

  1. Download the appropriate product license from our Customer Portal.

  2. Upload the license to your Management Center server into the following path:

    ​​​​​​​/var/lib/nextron-universal-installer/license.lic

Set Administrative UI Password (required for MC, AC, SC, Lobby)

Set the administrative password on your Management Center server:

Bash
read -s ADMIN_PASSWORD
# Enter your password when prompted

export ADMIN_PASSWORD

Verify the password is set:

Bash
env | grep ADMIN_PASSWORD

Forward Status Output to/dev/null

Create a symbolic link to forward status output:

Bash
sudo ln -s /dev/null /var/lib/nextron-universal-installer/.pipe

Start Installation

Execute the installation command. Note that this process may take some time.

The name of the license file must be "license.lic". The license must be in the directory "/var/lib/nextron-universal-installer/".

sudo -E nextron-universal-installer install -p <product> -l <license path>

Example:

sudo -E nextron-universal-installer install -p management-center -l /var/lib/nextron-universal-installer/license.lic

Reboot

Reboot the system after installation to clear data and apply changes:

sudo -E nextron-universal-installer reboot

After restarting, your environment will be ready.

Products installable via CLI:

  • Management Center

  • Analysis Cockpit

  • Security Center Frontend

  • Security Center Backend

  • Management Center (Controller)

Advanced Products installable via CLI

  • Analysis Cockpit Clusternode (Elasticsearch node for clustering)

  • Gatekeeper

  • Broker

  • Lobby

  • Security Center (backend and frontend on a single system)

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