Foglight 5.9.7 - Installing Foglight on a UNIX System with an External PostgreSQL Database

Running the Management Server

The instructions in this section assume that you have already installed Foglight. If you have not, see Installing Foglight for installation instructions.

For more details, see these topics:

Manual database configuration

If you chose Manually create the repository database while installing the Management Server for use with an external database, there are two ways in which you can configure the database before starting the Management Server. Choose the one that best suits your needs:

Option 1 - Run the Foglight database tool to configure the database

Run Foglight’s database tool from the command line after exiting the installer. The database tool is located in the <foglight_home>/client/ directory.

NOTE: The -Ddb.admin.user must exist, and must have database administrator privileges.

NOTE: The tool creates the -Ddb.schema.username user when you run the command.

NOTE: To delete the database and start over, run the database tool with the dropdb option instead of the createdb option shown in the preceding example.

Option 2 - Run SQL scripts to configure the database

If you clicked Create during the database installation step, the SQL scripts in the<foglight_home>/scripts/sql directory are prepared with the provided configuration options. There are four SQL files for each database type ([dbtype]):

You can review these scripts before running them.

You must run the configured scripts against the database using a third-party tool.

NOTE: After running the psql command, you will be prompted for the password. The first two commands you need to type the <DBA_username> password, and the last two commands you need to type the <foglight_username> password.

After you have run all four scripts, you can start the Management Server. Proceed to Starting and stopping the Management Server.