Quick PrivX Setup

To set up a PrivX server for evaluation purposes:

1. Add the EPEL and PrivX repositories for downloading PrivX packages and dependencies:

   • On Red Hat/Rocky Linux 9:

     yum update
     yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
     yum install postgresql-server # or postgresql if using an external DB
     rpm --import https://product-repository.ssh.com/info.fi-ssh.com-pubkey.asc
     curl https://product-repository.ssh.com/rhel9/ssh-products.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ssh-products.repo

   • On Red Hat/Rocky Linux 8:

     yum update
     yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
     yum install epel-release
     dnf module enable postgresql:13
     yum install postgresql-server # or postgresql if using external DB
     rpm --import https://product-repository.ssh.com/info.fi-ssh.com-pubkey.asc
     curl https://product-repository.ssh.com/rhel8/ssh-products.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ssh-products.repo

   • On Amazon Linux 2023:

     dnf update
     dnf install postgresql15-server # or postgresql15 if using external DB
     dnf install libxcrypt-compat
     rpm --import https://product-repository.ssh.com/info.fi-ssh.com-pubkey.asc
     curl https://product-repository.ssh.com/rhel8/ssh-products.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ssh-products.repo

   • On Amazon Linux 2:

     yum update
     amazon-linux-extras install -y nginx1
     amazon-linux-extras enable postgresql14
     yum install postgresql-server
     rpm --import https://product-repository.ssh.com/info.fi-ssh.com-pubkey.asc
     curl https://product-repository.ssh.com/ssh-products.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ssh-products.repo

     Note: When configuring PrivX with an external database, ensure that the psql client installed on the same machine as PrivX matches the version of the Postgresql server.

2. Install the latest PrivX packages with:

   yum install PrivX

3. Configure PrivX with:

   /opt/privx/scripts/postinstall.sh

   The following lists the required information, along with some recommended values for evaluation setups:

   • PKCS #11-keyvault settings: N
   • Number of trusted load balancers in front of PrivX node: 0
   • NTP server address: pool.ntp.org
   • FQDN and IP address(es) of the server. You can obtain these by opening another terminal and running hostname --fqdn and ip addr respectively.
   • Local or external database: L
   • Database name and credentials. You can go with the defaults.
   • Credentials for the initial superuser account.

   Once the postinstall finishes, the PrivX server is operational.

4. License your PrivX server to enable its features:

   Open a browser and navigate to the FQDN or IP address of your PrivX server. Log in with the superuser credentials provided earlier.

   In the PrivX GUI, go to Administration→License and enter your license code.

   You have now set up a PrivX server for evaluation purposes.