Installation Steps for Linux - Ironstream™_software_for_elastic - Ironstream™_software_for_splunk - Ironstream™_software_for_kafka - 7.4

Ironstream™ software for Splunk®/Kafka®/Elastic® for IBM i Ironstream Integration Components Installation
Product type
Software
Portfolio
Integrate
Product family
Ironstream™ software
Product
Version
7.4
ft:locale
en-US
Product name
Ironstream™ software Splunk®/Kafka®/Elastic®
ft:title
Ironstream™ software for Splunk®/Kafka®/Elastic® for IBM i Ironstream Integration Components Installation
Copyright
2021
First publish date
2007
ft:lastEdition
2025-03-07
ft:lastPublication
2025-03-10T09:50:19.673000

  1. Copy the Ironstream Integration Components rpm file to the system where it will be installed.

  2. Run the Linux rpm command:

    • For an Intel platform Linux:

rpm --upgrade /tmp/IronstreamIntegrationComponents-7-4.x86_64.rpm

  • For Power Linux:

rpm --upgrade /tmp/IronstreamIntegrationComponents-7-4.ppc64le.rpm

where /tmp is the directory where the rpm file was saved.

After the rpm command is run, the vp400conf service will start, which allows access to the browser- based Configuration Tool. (Refer to the “Configuring Ironstream Integration Components” chapter in the Administration Guide.)

  1. If the Ironstream Integration Components processes on the Linux server are to run as the root user, then skip this step. To run the Ironstream Integration Components processes as a non-root user, follow these instructions:

  1. Log into the Linux server as the root user.

  2. Make sure all Ironstream Integration Components processes are stopped by issuing these commands:

/opt/OV/vp400/bin/vp400sv -stop service vp400conf stop

  1. If the user name that will be used to run the Ironstream Integration Components processes already exists, run this command:

/opt/OV/vp400/bin/configure_ev400_user.sh username

where username is the user name that exists for running the server processes.

Note: The username must be part of a Linux user group with the same name as the username. That group will be given group ownership of Ironstream Integration Components directories and files.

  1. If the user name that will be used to run the Ironstream Integration Components processes does not exist, and you want the configure script to create the user using the Linux useradd command, run this command:

/opt/OV/vp400/bin/configure_ev400_user.sh username -createuser

which will create the user ID username using the useradd command and will also create a group with the same username.

  1. Restart the server processes with these commands:

Service vp400 start service vp400conf start

The user name for the Ironstream Integration Components processes is stored in the

/etc/opt/OV/share/conf/vp400 directory in the rc.config file. To change the user for the Ironstream Integration Components processes at a later date, repeat the steps in this section.