Retain Linux Install

Prerequisites for Retain 3.5:

1. Create disks for best practices
   • OS
   • ARCHIVE
   • INDEX
   • LOGS
   • DATA
2. Install http server (apache2) from YaST
3. Set DNS to Exchange server, if applicable. YaST/Network Settings
4. Create directories /software/retain and /software/mysql
5. md /software/mysql directory and change to it
6. download MySQL Community Server 5.5.42 [1] direct? [2] to that mysql directory
   • wget "http://dev.mysql.com/get/archives/mysql-5.5/MySQL-5.5.42-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar"
7. Extract the MySQL client and MySQL server or just untar the whole thing
   • tar -xf MySQL-5.5.42-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar
8. md /software/retain[version] directory and change to it
9. download the current version of Retain [3] or the beta.
   • wget "http://download.gwava.com/download.php?product=Retain&version=current"
   • wget "http://download.gwava.com/download.php?product=Retain&version=beta"
10. unzip Retain
11. chmod +x *.sh

Install:

1. ./RetainInstall.sh
2. install modules:
   • Retain Server
   • Reporting & Monitoring
   • Worker
3. setup database, using MySQL
   • give it the path from above
   • give mysql root user a password (remember this)
   • create a database, username and password
4. take the defaults
5. Stop tomcat rcretain-tomat7 stop
6. Change ownership on ARCHIVE, INDEX and LOGS to chown -R tomcat:tomcat /[volume]
7. Change permissions on ARCHIVE, INDEX and LOGS to chmod -R 774 /[volume]
8. Change ownership on DATA to chown -R mysql:mysql /[volume]
9. Change permissions on DATA to chmod -R 774 /[volume]
10. Start tomcat rcretain-tomat7 start
11. go to the [retain server]/RetainServer to configure the server.