Skip to main content

Running Validata in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Follow these instructions to set up the Validata server. Installation will create the system account Validata and all files installed will be owned by that account.

  1. Verify that the system meets the System requirements.

  2. If you will host Validata Historian in Oracle or PostgreSQL, follow the instructions in Configuring Validata Historian.

  3. Download validata-node-1.1.0-Linux.rpm.

    If you plan to host Validata Historian on the internal Derby instance, download validata-dbms-1.1.0-Linux.rpm.

  4. Install the node package:

    sudo rpm -i validata-node-1.1.0-Linux.rpm

  5. If using Derby to host Validata Historian, install its package:

    sudo rpm -i validata-dbms-1.1.0-Linux.rpm

  6. Run sudo su - validata /opt/validata/bin/sksConfig.sh and enter passwords for the Validata keystore and the admin and sys users. If hosting Validata Historian on Oracle or PostgreSQL, enter that password as well (see Configuring Validata Historian). If you are using a Bash or Bourne shell, characters other than letters, numbers, and the following punctuation marks must be escaped: , . _ + : @ % / -

  7. If hosting Validata Historian on Derby, change its password as described in Configuring Validata Historian.

  8. Edit /opt/valiata/conf/startUp.properties, edit the following property values (removing any # characters and spaces from the beginning of the lines), and save the file:

    • ValidataClusterName: a name for the Validata cluster

    • CompanyName: If you specify keys, this must exactly match the associated company name. If you are using a trial license, any name will work.

    • ProductKey and LIcenseKey: If you have keys, specify them, otherwise leave blank to run Validata on a trial license.

    • Interfaces: If the system has more than one IP address, specify the one you want Validata to use, otherwise leave blank and Validata will set this automatically.

  9. Reboot the system and verify that Validata has restarted automatically.

    Alternatively, enter:

    sudo systemctl enable validata-dbms
sudo systemctl start validata-dbms

    Wait ten seconds, then enter:

    sudo systemctl enable validata-node
sudo systemctl start validata-node

    Then sudo tail -F /opt/validata/logs/validata-node.log and wait for the message Please go to ... to administer.

To uninstall:

sudo rpm -r validata-node
sudo rpm -r validata-dbms
sudo rpm -r validata-samples