rPath Appliance Platform/Entitlement Service:Appliance/Administration Guide:Prepare for Installation
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Prepare for installation by verifying that the hardware you have selected for the rPath Appliance Platform Entitlement Service appliance meets recommended specifications as listed in the Hardware Specifications section of this document. You may also wish to assemble any information specific to your installation, such as networking parameters or other site-specific settings, and have this information available during the installation.
 | The Entitlement Service Appliance is packaged as a software appliance. As such, it is configured to run on dedicated hardware, including all locally-attached disk storage. DO NOT INSTALL ON HARDWARE CONTAINING DATA YOU WISH TO KEEP -- THIS INSTALLATION WILL WIPE ALL LOCAL STORAGE! |
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Hardware Specifications
The hardware you select for the Entitlement Service appliance should meet the following minumum requirements:
- CPU: 32-bit x86 architecture
- RAM: 512 MB
- HDD: 40 GB
- Removable Media: CD/DVD for installation media and preloading mirrors
- Network Interface: A suitable network interface with either a static or dynamic IP address accessible by an unchanging resolvable fully-qualified domain name
 | rPath™ recommends that the appliance is configured to receive an IP address by DHCP prior to installation. |
Additional Planning Notes
Verify the following points before proceeding with installation:
- The selected hardware has a functional removable storage drive capable of supporting the installation media (CD or DVD) and that the machine has been configured to boot from this media.
- The selected hardware has a working network interface and will be assigned valid networking parameters to be accessible from other hosts on the same network segment.
Listening Network Ports
The following table details the listening network ports on a live appliance including port number, protocol, and purpose:
| Port Number | Protocol | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | TCP | Secure shell (SSH) |
| 25 | TCP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) |
| 8003 | TCP | rPath Appliance Platform Agent (rAPA) |
Disk Usage Considerations
Starting with rPath Entitlement Service version 4.0.0, a new partition schema has been implemented.
Partitions are created in the following manner:
- 100MB is reserved for the boot partition (type: ext3)
- 4GB is reserved for /var/log (type: ext3)
- The swap partition is automatically set at RAM size doubled (type: swap)
- The remaining space is encompassed by the / (root) partition. (type: ext3)
| | Please note that the partitions may not be created in the order presented in the image |