(Linux) Install IXIA TEXTML Server
The fourth task when you update a build is to install IXIA TEXTML Server in Linux.
When you install TEXTML Server, you also create a TEXTML Server instance. The instance is the service that runs the TEXTML Server software.
textml.<instance_name>
For
example, if the instance name is ts01
, the service
name is:textml.ts01
service textml.ts01 start
This task assumes that you copied the .bin installation file to the Linux machine, in the /tmp folder.
root
.To install TEXTML Server:
-
Open a command-line interface to the Linux machine as user
root
, using a secure shell client such as PuTTY. -
Run the following command to install bzip2, Perl and
libxslt:
yum install bzip2 perl libxslt
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Go to the /tmp folder
and run the following command:
sh <installer_name>
For example:
The following message displays:sh setuptextmlserver-gcc4.8-Linux-x86_64-4.4.1.5167.bin
Textmlserver installation (I)nstallation (default) or files (E)xtract only? (I/e)
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Press Enter to launch the
installation.
The following message displays:
Installation files will be extracted in: /tmp/25005/
Note: The extraction location (tmp/25005 in the example above) is a temporary folder labeled with a random numerical string. -
Wait while the files extract.
When the extraction completes, you receive the following prompt:
(F)ull Installation (default) or (C)ustomized Installation (F/c)
For the IXIA CCMS, you need only the following components:- TEXTML Server
- Clients
- Administration ConsoleNote: Install the console only if you have a graphic interface running on the Linux server. If you plan to access TEXTML Server from a console located on another machine, you do not need to install the Administration Console.
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Type C, for customized, and press Enter.
The following message displays:
Customized Installation... Textmlserver Installation? (Y/n)
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Press Enter.
The following message displays:
Samples files Installation? (Y/n)
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Type N to skip the Samples files
installation and press Enter.
The following message displays:
Clients Installation (Perl and Java)? (Y/n)
-
Press Enter.
The following message displays.
Administration Console Installation? (Y/n)
- Press Enter.
-
In response, if the following message displays, press Enter again.
Update the textml common libraries? (Y/n)
The following message displays:
Specify location for Ixiasoft folder (Default: /opt/ixiasoft)
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Specify the location for IXIA TEXTML Server, or
press Enter to install to the default location.
The installation runs. Messages similar to the following display, depending on the components for installation.
When you install the IXIA TEXTML Server, the following message displays:Textmlserver will be installed in: /opt/ixiasoft Installing Textmlserver... Installing libraries... Installing clients (Perl, Php, Java) Installing Administration Console...
Are you ready to configure your installation? (Y/n)
-
Press Enter.
The following message displays:
Do you want to (create/update/delete) a Textml Server instance? (create)
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In the resulting prompt, choose one of the following actions:
- If this is the first time that you are installing IXIA TEXTML Server, or if you are updating an existing installation but want to create a new instance of TEXTML Server, press Enter.
- If you are updating an existing installation and want to use the same
instance name, enter
update
and press Enter.
The following message displays:
What is the path that will contain all TextmlServer instances? [/opt/ixiasoft/textmlserver]
-
Press Enter to accept the default path.
If this directory does not exist, a message similar to the following displays:
The path "/opt/ixiasoft/textmlserver" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes]
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Press Enter to accept.
A message similar to the following then displays:
The list of instances of Textml Server: (none) End of the list What is the name of the instance? [default]
Note:If TEXTML Server instances are already installed on the server, they are listed. For example:The list of instances of Textml Server: ts01 ts02 End of the list
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Enter the name of the TEXTML Server
instance to create or update and press Enter.
The following message displays:
What user ID to use? [textml]
Note: Use the name of the user that runs the TEXTML Server instance. When you create a docbase, you must give write permissions on the docbase folder to this username.You can specify an existing user. If you specify a user that does not exist, the installation procedure creates it.
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(Recommended) To accept textml as the username, press Enter, and
then respond to the notification you receive.
- If you are updating an existing installation, you see the following
message and this task is
complete.
Done.
- If you are creating a new instance, the following message
displays:
Do you want to install textmlserver as a service? [yes]
- If you are updating an existing installation, you see the following
message and this task is
complete.
-
To configure the TEXTML Server
component so that it starts automatically when the TEXTML Server service is started, press Enter.
The installation program confirms that the TEXTML Server configuration completed:
The following message displays:Done.
Configuring Clients.… Which action do you want (install/delete) the Client APIs? [install]
-
Press Enter.
The following message displays:
What is the path that will contain all Client APIs? [/opt/ixiasoft/clients]
-
To accept the default path, press Enter.
If this directory does not exist, a message similar to the following displays:
Press Enter to accept. The installation program confirms that the configuration is complete.The path "/opt/ixiasoft/clients" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes]
Done.