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Installation Guide

All openSUSE and ELMA related RPM packages are provided by the openSUSE Build Service a public instance of the Open Build Service (OBS) used for development of the openSUSE and ELMA distribution:

This HOWTO explains the initial steps of creating a basic setup of ELMA and openSUSE distribution.

It’s really simple:

If you are importing into VMware ESX, choose the OVF appliance download. Logical Volume Manager (LVM) applies to the Disk image, VMware, OVF and Preload ISO formats only!

ELMA initial installation

Before first boot it is strongly recommend that the Hardware (CMOS/BIOS) clock is set to UTC/GMT!

  • Clock and time adjusting

  • On the first boot, you will be asked to configure several items:

    Hard Drive Preparation (Preload ISO image only)
    Language
    Keyboard Layout
    Hostname and Domain Name
    Network Configuration
    Clock and Time Zone
    Set the ROOT password
    
  • Login into the appliance (Use the static IP or FQDN you have configured during first boot)

    ssh 192.168.178.25
    
    user: root
    password: (use the password you entered during the wizard)
    
  • Separate or extended LVM Volumes with a sizing depending on your specific requirements

    /var/lib/elasticsearch (ElasticSearch default working space)
    /var/log/syslog (rsyslog flat file archive)
    
  • Run the reconfigure script for initial configuration

    /usr/share/elma/bin/elma-reconfigure.sh --all
    
  • Login into web gui (Use the static IP or FQDN you have configured during first boot)

    https://192.168.178.25
    
    user: admin
    password: biglog
    
  • Immediately change the admin user password

  • Check or modify ELMA and openSUSE configuration

    Network settings
    DNS settings
    NTP settings
    Proxy settings
    Apache authentication settings
    ElasticSearch heap space settings
    SuSEfirewall settings
    
  • Test internet connectivity

Reset ELMA configuration parameter to factory defaults

  • Run the reset script

    /usr/share/elma/bin/elma-reconfigure.sh --reset
    

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