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Deploying RSYNC and Configuring SSH

This section describes how to install RSYNC on the hosts that will be part of your Log File Management Tool (LFMT) deployment.

RSYNC

RSYNC is a tool that provides quick and incremental file transfer. It is a highly efficient file transfer mechanism that maximizes throughput while minimizing bandwidth utilization. It is used by LFMT to upload log files from an application server to the LFMT Server.

Deploying RSYNC Procedures

To use LFMT, RSYNC must be deployed on the host that is running the LFMT Server, and on each host that is running applications that are generating log files. For hosts running Windows, the Cygwin utility must be installed to facilitate the RSYNC transfer. OpenSSH is a daemon process that is used to ensure file transfer.

Tip
Genesys strongly recommends that you use an Administrator account when installing and configuring the following components. This user should be specified under the LFMT option unix_user_account for Linux/UNIX environments, or the LFMT option windows_user_account for Windows environments. For mixed environments, both options should be set accordingly.

The required procedures are described in the following Operating Systems:

On Linux

OpenSSH must be installed on all Linux hosts running applications that are generating log files (application server hosts). Use this procedure to install it on those hosts where it is not already installed.
1. Download OpenSSH from the following URL: http://www.openssh.org/
2. From the Linux command line, enter the following command and press Enter: 

yum -y install openssh-server openssh-clients

3. To start and enable the sshd server, enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each: 

chkconfig sshd on
service sshd start

4. To open port 22 over which all IP addresses will communicate with RSYNC and the LFMT, enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each: 

/sbin/iptable -A input -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp
--dport 22 -j ACCEPT
service iptables save

5. Repeat this procedure for each application server host on which OpenSSH is not already installed.

Use this procedure to install RSYNC on all Linux hosts, including the LFMT Server host and the application server hosts.

Prerequisites

  • OpenSSH is installed on the application server host.
1. On the command line, enter one of the following commands, depending on your Linux operating system:
  • On Ubuntu systems—yum install rsync
  • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS systems—yum -y install rsync
2. Press Enter.

Purpose: Use this procedure to automatically create public and private encryption keys to ensure secure transfer files to CLS data repository. This procedure also automatically distributes the public keys between the LFMT/CLS and all application server hosts to enable the secure transfer of log files between the LFMT/CLS and the applications.
1. On the command line, enter the following commands, and press Enter after each: 

yum install tcl
yum install expect
Important
The tcl package is included in RHEL, CentOS and Ubuntu. The expect package is part of tcl.

2. Open (or create, if necessary) the keys_conf.txt file in the text editor. (A sample copy is located under the “<LFMT Server Install Directory>/utilities” directory.)

3. Enter all the information about each application server host (host name, user name, password), one server per line with information fields separated by a tab character, as follows:

<host><tab><username><tab><password>

For example, the following is a keys_conf.txt file for three application server hosts: 

ca-to-alum genesysWIN password
ca-to-bond genesysWIN password
ca-to-port genesysLNX password
Important
Passwords must not contain the following special characters: (){}[]'"\/$
Important
The value for username given in the keys_conf.txt file is case-sensitive. The case of this value should reflect that which is configured on the domain controller. To ensure the proper case, the following command can be run in the cygwin terminal to query the domain controller:

$ mkpasswd -d -u <username>
The above command will produce an output similar to that below:

<username>:unused:77777:11111:<User Name>,U-<DOMAIN>\<username>,S-1-8-21-2222222222-965789356-1112345605-55555:/home/<username>:/bin/bash

The case used for defining username should reflect the first instance of its occurrence in the above output. The same case for username should be used when defining unix_user_account or windows_user_account in the LFMT configuration options.

4. Save the file.

5. Ensure that the <LFMT Server Install Directory>/lfm_keys.sh file is in the same directory as the keys_conf.txt file.

6. Open a Linux terminal and navigate to the directory where the lfm_keys.sh file is stored.

7. Execute the script: ./lfm_keys.sh. The time taken for this script to execute depends on the number of application server hosts defined in the keys_conf.txt file.

Important
Because it contains user names and passwords, you may want to delete the keys_conf.txt file or move it to a secure location after using it to configure LFMT. You will need to edit or recreate this file anytime you want to add new application servers to LFMT log collection.

On Solaris

  1. Download the following software packages from the website www.sunfreeware.com:
    • libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local.gz
    • popt-1.16-sol10-sparc-local.gz
    • libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local.gz
    • libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local.gz
    • rsync-3.0.9-sol10-sparc-local.gz
  2. Copy each file to the /usr/sfw/bin directory on the Solaris host.
  3. Unzip and install the file libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local.gz from the /usr/sfw/bin directory, as follows:
    1. Enter the following commands to unzip the file and start the installation: 
      gunzip libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local.gz
pkgadd -G -d libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local
    2. When prompted for the packages to be processed, enter all or press Enter.
    3. When prompted if you want to create the base directory, enter y.

      4. When installation is complete, the following message appears:

      Installation of <SMClgcc346> was successful.
  4. Unzip and install the file popt-1.16-sol10-sparc-local.gz from the /usr/sfw/bin directory, as follows:
    1. Enter the following commands to unzip the file and start the installation: 
      gunzip popt-1.16-sol10-sparc-local.gz
pkgadd -G -d popt-1.16-sol10-sparc-local
    3. When prompted for the packages to be processed, enter all or press Enter.

      4. When installation is complete, the following message appears:

      Installation of <SMCpopt> was successful.
  5. Unzip and install the file libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local.gz from the /usr/sfw/bin directory, as follows:
    1. Enter the following commands to unzip the file and start the installation: 
      gunzip libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local.gz
pkgadd -G -d libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local
    2. When prompted for the packages to be processed, enter all or press Enter.

      3. When installation is complete, the following message appears:

      Installation of <SMCliconv> was successful.
  6. Unzip and install the file libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local.gz from the /usr/sfw/bin directory, as follows:
    1. Enter the following commands to unzip the file and start the installation: 
      gunzip libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local.gz
pkgadd -G -d libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local
    2. When prompted for the packages to be processed, enter all or press Enter.

      3. When installation is complete, the following message appears:

      Installation of <SMClintl> was successful.
  7. Unzip and install the file rsync-3.0.9-sol10-sparc-local.gz from the /usr/sfw/bin directory, as follows:
    1. Enter the following commands to unzip the file and start the installation: 
      gunzip rsync-3.0.9-sol10-sparc-local.gz
pkgadd -G -d rsync-3.0.9-sol10-sparc-local
    2. When prompted for the packages to be processed, enter all or press Enter.

      3. When installation is complete, the following message appears:

      Installation of <SMCrsync> was successful.
  8. Make sure that RSYNC is in the /usr/bin directory. To check, enter the command which rsync. You will get one of two responses:
    • /usr/bin/rsync—RSYNC is in the correct directory.
    • <install directory/rsync>—RSYNC is not in the correct directory; enter cp <install directory/rsync> /usr/bin to copy it to the correct directory.
  9. Repeat this procedure, starting at step 2 for each Solaris host.

    On Windows

    You must install Cygwin on all windows before you can install RSYNC. This procedure allows you to install Cygwin in one of two ways:

    • Install manually, on one host, by completing this procedure. Then, automatically deploy Cygwin to all of your other Windows hosts using this procedure.
    • Install manually on all hosts.
    1. Locate and extract the cygwin.zip file that is found in the <LFMT Server Install Directory>\utilities directory.
    2. From the location where the cygwin.zip file was extracted, run the setup.exe file from the Cygwin Setup File folder.
    3. Select Install from Local Directory.
    4. Set the following parameters:
      1. Set the root directory to the path where Cygwin is to be installed.
      2. Select Install for All Users.
      3. In the Local Package Directory field, specify the path to the Cygwin local directory folder found in the location where the cygwin.zip file was extracted.
      4. Click Next.
    5. Select the packages to install. For each package, click Skip where appropriate in the new column, and the version number appears. This indicates the package will be installed with that, the latest, version.
      Select the following packages:
      1. From Admin, select all of the packages.
      2. From Archive, select the unzip and zip packages.
      3. From Editors, select the vim package.
      4. From Net, select the openssh, rsync, and tcp_wrappers packages.
      5. From Tcl, select expect package.
      6. Click Next to install the packages.
    6. Add values to the Environment PATH variable, as follows:
      1. Right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Properties from the drop-down menu.
      2. Open the Advanced tab and click Environment Variables.
      3. Create a new system variable, CYGWIN_HOME, and set the value to the directory where the cygwin folder is stored. For example, name=CYGWIN_HOME, value=C:\Cygwin. Click OK.
      4. Scroll through the System variables list, and select PATH, then click Edit.
      5. Add %CYGWIN_HOME%\bin to the existing parameters. Make sure that the %CYGWIN_HOME%\bin is set AFTER the path to PERL lib folder.
      6. Click OK twice more to close the System Properties dialog box.
      7. On the Installation Complete screen, click Finish.

    You must install SSH manually on the LFMT host to ensure secure file transfer. Installing and configuring SSH on the LFMT host is also required for the automatic deployment of Cygwin.

    1. Right-click on the Cygwin terminal icon and select “Run as administrator”.

    2. Navigate to the directory containing the cygwin_setup.sh file.

    3. Convert the cygwin_setup.sh file to the Unix text format. Enter: 

    dos2unix cygwin_setup.sh

    4. Configure the SSH service. Enter: 

    bash cygwin_setup.sh <username> "<password>"

    5. Copy cygwin_setup.sh and cygrun.bat files under <LFMT Server Install Directory>\utilities to "<cygwin install directory>" (for example, C:\cygwin) on the LFMT host and on the application server hosts that will be transferring files.

    Important
    Passwords must not contain the following special characters: (){}[]'"\/$

    The screenshot below shows the messages received during a successful deployment of the SSH service.

    CygwinSSHD.png

    6. Repeat step 1 through 5 for all Windows hosts if Cygwin is installed manually.

    Purpose: Use this procedure to automatically deploy Cygwin to those Windows hosts specified in the cygwin_conf.txt file.

    1. Locate and extract the cygwin.zip file that is found in the <LFMT Server Install Directory>\utilities directory.

    2. Create a new network shared folder from the extracted cygwin.zip file.

    3. Open (or create, if necessary) the cygwin_conf.txt file (a sample copy is located under found under “<LFMT Server Install directory>\utilities”) in the text editor.

    4. Enter in this file all information about each application server host (computer name, domain, username, password), one server per line, with information fields separated by a tab character. The format of each line is as follows:

    <host><tab><domain><tab><primary drive><tab><username><tab><password>

    For example, the following is a cygwin_conf.txt file for three application server hosts: 
    ca-to-alum Genesys C: genesysWIN password
ca-to-bond Genesys L: genesysWIN password
ca-to-west Genesys I: genesysWIN password
    Important
    The values for domain and username given in the cygwin_conf.txt file are case-sensitive. The case of these values should reflect that which is configured on the domain controller. To ensure the proper case, the following command can be run in the cygwin terminal to query the domain controller:

    $ mkpasswd -d -u <username>

    The above command will produce an output similar to that below:
    <username>:unused:77777:11111:<User Name>,U-<DOMAIN>\<username>,S-1-8-21-2222222222-965789356-1112345605-55555:/home/<username>:/bin/bash

    The case used for defining domain and username should reflect the first instance of their occurrence in the above output. The same case for username should be used when defining windows_user_account in the LFMT configuration options.

    When you are finished entering the information, save the file.

    5. Right-click on the command prompt and select “Run as administrator”.

    6. Navigate to the directory containing the deploy_cygwin.pl file.

    7. Enter perl deploy_cygwin.pl. Follow the prompts. Wait for the script to run to completion; the time it takes will depend on how many application server hosts are listed in cygwin_conf.txt.

    Important
    Because it contains user names and passwords, you may want to delete the cygwin_conf.txt file or move it to a secure location after using it to configure LFMT. You will need to edit or recreate this file anytime you want to add new application servers to LFMT log collection.

    1. Open (or create, if necessary) the keys_conf.txt file (a sample copy is located under the “<LFMT Server Install Directory>\utilities” directory) in the text editor.

    2. Enter all the information about each application server host (host name, username, password), one server per line with information fields separated by a tab character as follows:

    <host><tab><username><tab><password>

    For example, the following is a keys_conf.txt file for three application server hosts: 

    ca-to-alum genesysWIN password
ca-to-bond genesysWIN password
ca-to-port genesysLNX password
    Important
    Passwords must not contain the following special characters: (){}[]'"\/$
    Important
    The values for domain and username given in the cygwin_conf.txt file are case-sensitive. The case of these values should reflect that which is configured on the domain controller. To ensure the proper case, the following command can be run in the cygwin terminal to query the domain controller:

    $ mkpasswd -d -u <username>

    The above command will produce an output similar to that below:
    <username>:unused:77777:11111:<User Name>,U-<DOMAIN>\<username>,S-1-8-21-2222222222-965789356-1112345605-55555:/home/<username>:/bin/bash

    The case used for defining domain and username should reflect the first instance of their occurrence in the above output. The same case for username should be used when defining windows_user_account in the LFMT configuration options.

    Save the file.

    3. Verify that the lfm_keys.sh file is in the same directory as the keys_conf.txt file.

    4. Right-click on the Cygwin terminal icon and select “Run as administrator”.

    5. Navigate to lfm_keys.sh directory.

    6. Enter dos2unix lfm_keys.sh.

    7. Enter bash lfm_keys.sh. The time taken for this script to execute depends on the number of application server hosts defined in the keys_conf.txt file.

    Important
    Because it contains user names and passwords, you may want to delete the keys_conf.txt file or move it to a secure location after using it to configure LFMT. You will need to edit or recreate this file anytime you want to add new application servers to LFMT log collection.

    Important Notes

    After you have installed and configured RSYNC, you must also do the following:

    • Check Firewalls—On Linux hosts, ensure that the SSH port is not blocked. The default SSH port should be port 22. On Windows hosts, ensure that the Windows firewall does not block SSH.
    • Check Hosts File—The hosts file on the CLS/LFMT server host must contain the names and IP addresses of each application server host. Consult your system administrator for the location of the hosts file.
    • Re-start the server before Deploying the Server.
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