Quick Server Setup
Note
This article describes setting up PrivX for quick evaluation purposes. If you are setting up PrivX for production, refer to Deployment Overview instead.
For evaluation purposes, set up one PrivX server on a fresh CentOS/Red Hat 7 or 8 machine as follows:
To set up a PrivX server:
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Add the EPEL and PrivX repositories for downloading PrivX packages and dependencies:
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On CentOS/Red Hat 7:
yum update yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm yum install epel-release 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
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On CentOS/Red Hat 8:
yum update yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm yum install epel-release 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
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Install the latest PrivX packages with:
yum install PrivX
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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
- 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
andip 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.
- PKCS #11-keyvault settings:
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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.
Updated almost 3 years ago