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Getting start

Prerequisites

Download installation files:

Product Name PartNum Filename Description
IBM Connect:Direct IBM_CD_V6.2_UNIX_RedHat.Z.tar.Z IBM Connect:Direct 6.2.x

Install Nginx

First, ensure your system is up-to-date with the latest packages. Nginx is not available in the default repositories of Red Hat-based systems. You need to install the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository.

sudo yum update -y

sudo yum install epel-release -y

Now you can install Nginx using the following command:

sudo yum install nginx -y

After installing Nginx, start the Nginx service and ensure that Nginx starts automatically at boot time, with the following command:

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx

3) Copy download files to Web Server

 cp IBM_CD_V6.2_UNIX_RedHat.Z.tar.Z /usr/share/nginx/html

Cloning ansible-ibm-websphere from git

git clone https://github.com/ibm-sterling-devops/ansible-ibm-sterling.git

Create a inventory file

Copy from template

cd ansible-ibm-sterling

cp environments/cd-servers.dev.sample environments/hosts.dev

Edit and provide information for your environment, like C:D node name and ip address.

Provide information for you nginx server

Running playbooks

Install Connect:Direct (standalone)

cd ansible-ibm-sterling

ansible-playbook -i environments/hosts.dev -u root playbooks/setup-cd.yml