Installing Anyware Manager - Default Configuration¶

The following section outlines how to install Anyware Manager with the default database and secret storage.

Preparing the Anyware Manager Virtual Machine¶

The following section outlines how to prepare the system requirements, firewall configurations and proxy configurations on the Anyware Manager virtual machine:

System Requirements¶

You need to prepare a virtual machine that has the following requirements:

• Operating System: RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8.
• Minimum 8 GB RAM
• 4 CPU
• 60 GB Storage: If you are using LVM and /var is mounted on a separate volume, that volume must have 30GB or more in order for the installation to succeed and for Anyware Manager to function properly.
• Active Directory permissions set to List contents and Read all properties. If you do not set these permissions you will be unable to connect to specific remote workstations.
• The VM's hostname should be as per standards defined in RFC1123 and it must:
  • Contain only 253 characters.
  • Contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.'.
  • Start with an alphanumeric character.
  • End with an alphanumeric character.

Firewall Configuration¶

You must ensure your firewall is established and configured properly. Ensure port 443 is enabled in the firewall rules for the VM that Anyware Manager is running on.

Configure the firewall that the virtual network Anyware Manager is running by following the commands below:

1. Login to the Anyware Manager VM by ssh from a bash shell as root.
2. Check and confirm if firewalld is active by running the following command:

   sudo systemctl status firewalld
   

3. If firewalld is active, follow the steps outlined below for firewall configuration. If firewalld is inactive, and your organization does not require firewall on the Anyware Manager VM, then skip the firewall configuration steps below and proceed to the remaining steps.

4. Run the following commands to configure the firewall:

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=6443/tcp # virtual network flannel

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=10.42.0.0/16 # This subnet is for the pods

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=10.43.0.0/16 # This subnet is for the services

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Proxy Configuration Variables¶

If HTTP/HTTPS proxy is used, then HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY must be set. For NO_PROXY, specific IP addresses or domain names of service that are internal must be added. IP address ranges like "10.0.0.0/8" does not work; exact IP addresses or domain names must be used for NO_PROXY for the traffic to be routed through the proxy to work properly. The outlined variables need to be set in the /etc/environment file.

The following steps outline how to modify this file to add these variables:

1. Run the following command to edit the /etc/environment/ file in vi. You could also use vim or nano:

   sudo vi /etc/environment
   

2. Update the file to include the following environment variables.

   HTTPS_PROXY="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   HTTP_PROXY="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   NO_PROXY=[list of all host names that should not go through the proxy, such as: localhost, 127.0.0.1, 0.0.0.0, ip_address_of_mongo]
   ALL_PROXY="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   https_proxy="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   http_proxy="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   no_proxy=”=[list of all host names that should not go through the proxy, such as: localhost, 127.0.0.1, 0.0.0.0, ip_address_of_mongo]
   all_proxy="http://hostname_of_proxy:port"
   

3. Save the file. Once you install Anyware Manager you can configure it to use the proxy configuration. From this new terminal, proceed with the installation steps. The proxy configuration is implemented when Anyware Manager is installed.

Anyware Software Registration Code¶

Once you have a Anyware Software subscription HP will email a registration code to you. To contact sales and enquire about attaining a Anyware Software subscription, see Contact Sales.

Installing Anyware Manager¶

The following section outlines how to install Anyware Manager with the default database and secret storage. These steps should be performed on the target machine by connecting via SSH or console.

1. Add Anyware Manager Repository¶

The virtual machine you are adding the repo to must have access to the internet. If it doesn't, you will be unable to download and install the required files.

1. To access the scripts and to configure and add the RHEL and Rocky Linux repository, select the Downloads and scripts option from the Anyware Manager support site.

   

   If you see a login button instead, click it to log into the site and then proceed.

2. Accept the End User License Agreement, then click Set Up Repository.

   

3. The window will expand and show the setup scripts for each supported operating system. Copy the command for your system to the clipboard.

4. Paste command on the target machine where you wish to install Anyware Manager and press Enter.

The command fetches a configuration script from our servers and runs it locally, setting up and configuring the repository on the local machine.

Run the following command to confirm teradici-anyware-manager repos were added into dnf repo.

dnf repolist --enabled teradici-anyware-manager*

The output from this command should list the repo id, names as outlined in the example below:

repo id                                             repo name
teradici-anyware-manager-beta                           teradici-anyware-manager-beta
teradici-anyware-manager-beta-noarch                    teradici-anyware-manager-beta-noarch
teradici-anyware-manager-beta-source                    teradici-anyware-manager-beta-source

2. SELinux Configuration¶

SELinux policies are required for persistent storage and container logging on Anyware Manager. If SELinux policies are not found, data stored in Anyware Manager will be lost when the Anyware Manager Machine is shut down.

Once configured, and the installation has verified SELinux, all Anyware Manager related data will persist when the target machine hosting Anyware Manager is re-booted. To check if SELinux is already installed on your system, run the following command:

sudo dnf list installed | grep anyware-manager-selinux

The output from this command will notify if you if selinux is already running on your system. If it is not then you need to run the following commands to install the SELinux policies:

1. Run the following command to install the SELinux policies and set the basic framework for persistent database and Vault:

   sudo dnf install -y selinux-policy-base container-selinux
   

2. Run the following command to install a specific version of SELinux that has been tested for K3s:

   sudo dnf install -y https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s-selinux/releases/download/v1.1.stable.1/k3s-selinux-1.1-1.el8.noarch.rpm
   

3. Run the following command to install SELinux from the Anyware Manager repo:

   sudo dnf install -y anyware-manager-selinux
   

3. Install Anyware Manager¶

Run the following command to install Anyware Manager RPM:

sudo dnf install -y anyware-manager

These external components are:

• k3s
• MongoDB (data store)
• Vault (secret store from HashiCorp)
• A self-signed SSL certificate for HTTPS access

Run the following command to install Anyware Manager with the appropriate flags suits your needs, see "Installation Flags and Options" for all supported flags. The command example below will install Anyware Manager with self-signed certificate from teradici-anyware-manager* repo added in the pervious steps. Debug level log will be outputted to help troubleshooting.:

sudo /usr/local/bin/anyware-manager install --accept-policies --self-signed --debug

Password Configuration¶

You need to configure a password to install Anyware Manager instance on your system. The password adds a layer of protection to the system and is required when accessing the Web Admin Console. To meet the security standards, the password should be 8 characters in length with minimum 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 number and 1 special character.

Anyware manager installer requires Web Admin password and prompts for it, if this behavior is not preferred the password could be passed to the install command using:

--manager-admin-password

In case you forget the password, you can reset it using the following flag with the configure command:

--reset-admin-password

Installation Flags and Options¶

For detailed information on the installation flags and the configuration file parameters that you can pass during installation, see the table outlined below:

The installation process takes 5-10 minutes to complete, depending on your network connection speed and other environment variables. During this process, Anyware Manager is running a health check every 15 seconds to confirm that all required services are deployed and running successfully before reporting that the installation is complete.

Once the installation has been successful you should see a message stating Anyware Manager installation complete. The IP address of your Anyware Manager instance will also be displayed. The Anyware Manager version that has been installed will also be displayed.

If the installation appears unhealthy, you should generate a support bundle and send this to HP for investigation. For more information on generating a support bundle, see Support Bundle. For more information on monitoring and assessing the health status of Anyware Manager, see Health Status.

4. Configure Anyware Manager to use Proxy¶

The following section outlines the steps involved in enabling the proxy configuration with Anyware Manager:

1. If the proxy environment variables were not set before installing Anyware Manager, please see the Proxy Configuration Variables section above for the steps involved in setting these variables. If you already have these variables set, continue to step 2.
2. Establish a new ssh/shell session.
3. Configure Anyware Manager to use the proxy configuration by running the following command:

sudo /usr/local/bin/anyware-manager configure -–enable-proxy

5. Access the Admin Console¶

The following section outlines how to access and unlock the Anyware Manager Admin Console.

1. Open a web browser and go to https://{ip-address-or-dns-name-of-anyware-manager}. This is the IP address of the target machine where Anyware Manager is installed.

2. When presented with the Anyware Manager Login page, use the following credentials to begin using Anyware Manager:

username: adminUser

password: The password that is configured during Anyware Manager installation.

1. Click Login.

You are now able to use Anyware Manager as the adminUser user.

To unlock the Admin Console enter your Anyware Software registration code into the Unlock dialog that appears when you first log-in. Anyware Manager will verify the registration code and then create a new deployment on your behalf. For further information on using the Admin Console, see Admin Console.

6. Anyware Manager dnf Repo Management¶

By default, Anyware Manager will install any updates that are available, when you update all managed packages with the following command:

dnf upgrade anyware-manager

or

dnf update anyware-manager

This system wide update will include any new Anyware Manager version updates. If you do not want this system wide update, the Anyware Manager repo(s) should be disabled once installation is complete. The following section outlines how to lock the Anyware Manager in the dnf repo.

Locking Anyware Manager version in the dnf repo¶

The following command will lock the Anyware Manager version in the dnf repo:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled teradici-anyware-manager*

You can confirm the settings by running the following command:

dnf repolist teradici-anyware-manager*

The output from this command should list the repo id, names and their status, as outlined in the example below:

repo id                                         repo name                                       status
teradici-anyware-manager                            teradici-anyware-manager                            disabled
teradici-anyware-manager-noarch                     teradici-anyware-manager-noarch                     disabled
teradici-anyware-manager-source                     teradici-anyware-manager-source                     disabled

Installing the Anyware Connector¶

Once you have installed the Anyware Manager you can install Anyware Connector(s) by following the instructions outlined in the Installing the Connector section.