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SharePlex Manager 3.0 - Installation Guide

Login to SharePlex Manager

When you start the Foglight server for the first time after installing SharePlex Manager, SharePlex Manager automatically creates two Foglight user accounts named SharePlexMgr and SPOMgrAdmin and adds them to a new user group named SharePlex Manager.

SharePlexMgr is a basic default user account that has all the rights associated with Foglight User. and is configured with the following security rights:

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Can access all monitoring screens
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Can set parameters and execute process control commands (stop/start/abort) only on the streams it is specifically authorized to manage
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Cannot run the Discovery Wizard or perform configuration tasks
Note
Until the SharePlexMgr account is granted permissions on a particular stream, the Administration link on the Replication Overview window is deactivated.

SPOMgrAdmin is a default administrator account and is configured with the following security rights:

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Can access all of the SharePlex Manager screens and Foglight administration screens.
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Can run the Discovery Wizard and perform configuration tasks, such as configure views, manage Foglight users, and modify alerts and alarms
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Does not belong to the Foglight user group Cartridge Developers, which means SPOMgrAdmin is not allowed to modify monitoring screens.

As a Foglight administrator, SPOMgrAdmin can modify the security rights of other users (including itself) and can also create additional SharePlex Manager user accounts and user groups as needed. For more information, see your Foglight documentation.

To login to SharePlex Manager:
1
Open your browser window and go to the Foglight login page.
If you installed Foglight on your local machine using the default 8080 port number, the SharePlex Manager login URL would be: http://localhost:8080/.
2
In the Foglight login page, enter your SharePlex Manager user name and password.
Note
If you are logging in as SharePlexMgr, enter SharePlexMgr as both the user name and password. If you are logging in as SPOMgrAdmin, enter SPOMgrAdmin as both the user name and password.
The password is case sensitive.
3
Click Login.

Setup stunnel for a SharePlex Instance with SSL Enabled

SharePlex 9.1.3 (or later) allows you to use SSL/TLS connections for all network traffic. If you want to use SharePlex Manager to monitor an instance of SharePlex in which SSL/TLS is enabled, you can use stunnel. Setup and configure stunnel using the following procedure.

Before installing and configuring stunnel, review the following important details:

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Install stunnel on same host machine on which SharePlex Manager is installed.
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For every unique encrypted/secured SharePlex instance port number, a config section must be defined in stunnel.conf that maps between the “accept” port and a SharePlex “connect” port.
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SharePlex Manager discovery or setup to a secured SharePlex instance must use the “accept” port defined in stunnel.conf as the port number and not the encrypted/secured SharePlex instance port number.
Install and configure stunnel on Linux
1
Open a terminal as root or sudo.
2
Install stunnel using the following command.
yum install stunnel
3
Create a certificate for stunnel.
cd /etc/pki/tls/certs
make stunnel.pem
Answer all the questions to complete the process.
4
Create a config file for stunnel.
cd /etc/stunnel
vi stunnel.conf
5
In the stunnel.conf file, include the following values for the paths to the certificate and the process ID file and the ports.
; ---
pid = /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid
cert = /etc/pki/tls/certs/stunnel.pem
[shareplex_port_2100]
; accept == SharePlex Manager will connect to this port number for discovery/setup
; accept == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:12100
accept = 12100
; connect == SharePlex SSL/TLS enabled port number
; connect == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:2100;
; if endpoint is remote then specify the remote IP (i.e., 10.0.0.25:2100)
connect = 2100
client = yes
; ---
6
Create an stunnel directory in the var directory.
mkdir /var/run/stunnel
chown nobody:nobody /var/run/stunnel
7
Start stunnel.
stunnel /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf
Install and configure stunnel on Windows
1
Download the latest Windows installer file of stunnel from https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html.
2
Create or copy a valid stunnel.pem SSL certificate to the installation directory (C:\Program Files\stunnel\stunnel.pem)
3
Edit the stunnel.conf file in the installation directory (C:\Program Files\stunnel\stunnel.conf).
; ---
cert = stunnel.pem
[shareplex_port_2100]
; accept == SharePlex Manager will connect to this port number for discovery/setup
; accept == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:12100
accept = 12100
; connect == SharePlex SSL/TLS enabled port number
; connect == port is equivalent to 127.0.0.1:2100;
; if endpoint is remote then specify the remote IP (i.e., 10.0.0.25:2100)
connect = 2100
client = yes
; ---
4
Configure stunnel to start automatically as a service by navigating to the Start menu and opening the stunnel folder. Then click Service Install.
5
Start or check that the stunnel service has started.

Uninstalling SharePlex Manager

To uninstall SharePlex Manager:
1
Execute one of the following commands to uninstall the SharePlex Manager 3.0:
For Linux:
/<SHAREPLEX_MANAGER_DIR>/Uninstall_SharePlexManager/Uninstall_SharePlexManager.bin
For Windows:
/<SHAREPLEX_MANAGER_DIR>/Uninstall_SharePlexManager/Uninstall_SharePlexManager.exe
2
Uninstall the SharePlex Manager-provided Foglight 5.9.2 server.
For detailed instructions, see Foglight Installation and Setup Guide.
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