Installation in standalone mode

Standalone mode allows you to install on the same server PostgreSQL database and monitoring tool OpenNMS.

 

1. Burning the DVD

2. Starting the computer

3. Choosing the language

4. Choosing the keyboard layout

5. Partitioning

6. Time zone selection

7. Administrator (root) password

8. Installation

8.1 Formatting partitions

8.2 Installing the system

9. First boot and post-installation configuration

10. First connection to OpenNMS

 

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1. Burning the DVD

Download a release of OSE on donwload page.

 

Use your preferred burning utility to burn the DVD ISO just downloaded.

 

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2. Starting the computer

Insert the DVD in your drive and start the computer to initiate booting from the DVD-ROM drive.

 

The following screen appears:

 

 

Hit the Enter key or type standalone.

 

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3. Choosing the language

 

The installer boots, the following screen appears:

 

 

Select the language (with the Up or Down keys) then select the OK button with the Tab key, finally pressing the Enter key. I have selected English here.

 

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4. Choosing the keyboard layout

 

The following screen appears:

 

 

Select the type of keyboard (with the Up or Down keys) then select the OK button with the Tab key, finally pressing the Enter key. I have selected us here.

 

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5. Partitioning

 

The following screen appears:

 

 

Several choices available to you:

 

• Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout
• Remove linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout
• Use free space on selected drives and create default layout
• Create custom layout

 

Choose the partitioning scheme best suited to your needs and click on the Next button. I've chosen here Remove linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout. In this case, the following warning message appears:

 

 

Click on the Yes button.

 

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6. Time zone selection

 

 

Select the time zone and click the Next button.

 

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7. Administrator (root) password

 

Provide the administrator password for the server (two times) then click the Next button.

 

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8. Installation

8.1 Formatting partitions

 

 

8.2 Installing the system

 

 

Once the installation is done, the following screen appears:

 

 

Click on the Reboot button to reboot the computer and launch the new system.

 

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9. First boot and post-installation configuration

 

 

At the first boot, the following screen appears:

 

 

It allows you to configure the following elements:

• Authentication
• Firewall
• Network
• System services

 

We're going to focus here on the network configuration. By default the network interfaces are configured via DHCP. If you wish to configure an interface with a static IP address, proceed as follows:

 

Select Network Configuration (with the Tab key) then press Enter.

 

 

Press Enter.

 

 

Select the network interface that you wish to configure then press Enter.

 

 

Select (with the Tab key) the line Use DHCP and press the Space bar to deselect the DHCP option. Then fill the other requested fields and press Enter.

 

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10. First connection to OpenNMS

 

Launch your preferred web browser and type the following URL: http://<IP address of your machine>:8980/opennms. The OpenNMS login screen appears:

 

 

By default the login is "admin" and the password is admin. You're now connected to the OpenNMS interface: