Offline installation

This guide is for users of Supported Operating Systems without direct access to the Internet and is geared towards a base install.

Planning Copied

Take a copy of our public Opsview Monitor repository and transfer it to a server on your target network, to create a repository mirror.

Note

The repository is not browsable; a mirroring process is the best way to download all of the packages.

Setting up the mirror is outside the scope of this documentation, but we suggest using a tool to achieve this such as reposync for CentOS and RHEL, or apt-mirror for Debian and Ubuntu.

The base URLs for mirroring our repositories are:

# RHEL/CentOS
https://downloads.opsview.com/opsview-commercial/6.8/yum/<OS>/<VERSION>/x86_64
# e.g.
https://downloads.opsview.com/opsview-commercial/6.8/yum/rhel/7Server/x86_64

# Ubuntu/Debian
https://downloads.opsview.com/opsview-commercial/6.8/apt

Additional OS packages may be installed during this process, so you may also need to provide access to mirrored or local OS repositories.

For RHEL 7/8/9 systems, ensure the subscription manager is configured to allow system repositories. Verify that the disable_system_repos option is set to 0 in the /etc/dnf/plugins/subscription-manager.conf file on each system.

Set up offline repository Copied

This is a simple example of setting up a local repository.

Note

The setup of the repo assumes that the server pulling the repository files is on the same OS/Arch as the Opsview install target server.

Ensure you have the package to createrepo installed:

yum install yum-utils createrepo

Setup Repo (same OS/Arch as the Opsview target server):

```
curl -sLo- https://deploy.opsview.com/6.8 | sudo bash -s -- -O repo
```

Obtain the repoid (first line in the file), you will only need the information inside the square brackets:

head -n1 /etc/yum.repos.d/opsview.repo

1. Create local area to store Opsview packages.

reposync  -l  --repoid=<repoid-from-head> --download_path=/var/tmp/local_opsview_repo

RHEL 8 you will need to run:
reposync -p /var/tmp/local_opsview_repo --download-metadata --repo=<repoid-from-head>

2. Inform the Package manager of the Opsview files.

createrepo -v /var/tmp/local_opsview_repo

3. Add a repo source file.

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/localrepo.repo

[localrepo]
name=Opsview Local Repository
baseurl=file:///var/tmp/local_opsview_repo
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

4. Refresh the package manager cache.

yum clean all
yum makecache fast

5. You will also need to take a copy of the installation script (and verify its checksum) before transferring this to the target server:

curl -sLo- https://deploy.opsview.com/6 > install_opsview
sha256sum install_opsview

6. Ensure the returned string matches the following:

acc79380672c238ec44c134b147c1d1314dadf9008b7f3c38926200f2b2b6b16

Installation Copied

Note

All of these steps should be run as the root user.

1. Using the Opsview Monitor deploy script downloaded earlier, install the initial package set. Specify a suitable <password> to use with the Opsview Monitor admin account here.

bash ./install_opsview -p <password> -O fire,boot

This will make use of both the mirrored OS repository and the mirrored Opsview repository you have previously set up and configured.

2. Amend the file /opt/opsview/deploy/etc/opsview_deploy.yml and ensure all hostnames detected have the domain specified on them, for example, assuming the hostname is opsmonitor:

orchestrator_hosts:
  opsmonitor.example.com:
    ip: 192.168.0.10

Note

Change example.com to match your own domain.

3. Amend the file /opt/opsview/deploy/etc/user_vars.yml and add in the following appropriate line for your OS to specify the URL to your local Opsview Monitor package repository mirror:

# CentOS/RHEL
opsview_repository_str_yum: 'http://my.repo/$basearch/'
# Debian/Ubuntu
opsview_repository_str_apt: 'deb http://my.repo/ trusty main'
# Pre-flight check for the repository
check_uri_opsview_repository: 'http://my.repo/'

If you intend to use optional modules, you can enable them by adding lines as follows (note: these will still need an appropriate license to enable them) in the same file:

opsview_module_netaudit: True
opsview_module_netflow: True
opsview_module_servicedesk_connector: True
opsview_module_reporting: True
opsview_module_snmp_traps: True

4. Continue the installation using the following command:

bash ./install_opsview -p <password> -O inst

Note

If a more advanced setup is required then take a look the Advanced Automated Installation documentation first.

5. Run the post-install configuration step:

/opt/opsview/deploy/bin/opsview-deploy lib/playbooks/setup-monitoring.yml

Activation Copied

Once successfully installed, perform a manual activation by following the steps on Managing your Subscription.

After activation is successful, run:

/opt/opsview/deploy/bin/opsview-deploy lib/playbooks/setup-opsview.yml

This will check your newly activated license and ensure all appropriate modules are installed and configured for your use.

Logging in Copied

During the installation, a single administrative user will have been created. The credentials for this user are:

username: admin
password: <password supplied during installation>

After the system is activated, carry out a reload by navigating to Configuration > [System] > Apply Changes and pressing the Apply Changes button.