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Foglight Evolve 6.1.0 - Installing Foglight on Windows with an External Microsoft SQL Server Database

Before Installing Foglight Installing Foglight
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Running the Management Server Installing and Upgrading Cartridges Installing Agents

Using an external database

An external instance of the Microsoft® SQL Server® database can be used if your database administrator has installed one. For information about the external databases supported for Foglight, see the System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.

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NOTE: The Management Server supports connecting to the Microsoft SQL Server database by using the SQL Server Authentication or Windows® Authentication.

A setup with an external database has the advantage of using existing infrastructure. For setup, a remote administrator user/password (with rights to create users, tables, and databases) is required. Remote administrator access must be granted.

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NOTE: SQL Server databases must be configured to use a case-sensitive character set collation (for example, UTF-8).
 
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IMPORTANT: If you are using a SQL Server default or named instance, the SQL Server Browser Service must be running in order for Foglight to start up and connect correctly.

Creating the database manually

If your database administrator intends to manually create the external database instance instead of using the create_db script, ensure that all of the following requirements are met:

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SQL Server® Authentication or Windows® Authentication is used
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Collation is set to SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
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The Foglight database user has database owner permissions on the Foglight database
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The database account used cannot be more than 16 characters long

In addition, if you are using an SQL Server cluster, Foglight requires the SQL Host name (that is, the actual server name), the SQL instance name, and the database name.

To reduce the size of the transaction logs, set the database to Simple Recovery mode. This step is optional, but recommended.

Licensing

This section provides information about licensing for Foglight.

 
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IMPORTANT: See the Administration and Configuration Guide for information about license requirements, managing licenses, and the different categories of cartridges (based on their license requirements).
Providing a license file during installation

You can install a license file during installation if you perform a Custom Install. See Step 14: Add Foglight license file in Installing a new version of the Management Server.

Importing a license file after installation

You can also import a license after installing Foglight. There are three ways of providing a license file to the Management Server after installation.

Using the manual process
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Move an existing license file into the <foglight_home>\license folder.
Using the Foglight Administration module
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Upload a license file using the Foglight Administration module. See the Administration and Configuration Guide for instructions.
Using the command line
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Start the Foglight Management Server.
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Ensure that JAVA_HOME is set.
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If you have not already done so, extract the file fglcmd.zip in <foglight_home>\tools.
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Upload a license by navigating to <foglight_home>\tools and entering the following command:
fglcmd -usr <username> -pwd <password> -cmd license:import ‑f <license_file>
The preceding command assumes that you are using the default port 8080 and localhost. If you are not running with these default values, use the following options to indicate server and port:
-port <xx> -srv <server_name>
For example, if you want to connect to the Management Server using the default HTTPS port, include the option -port 8443 with the fglcmd command.
 
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NOTE: See the Command-Line Reference Guide for information about running the fglcmd utility and the options that can be used with fglcmd, including additional license-management commands.

Installation modes

Installation modes

The default mode for the installer is the graphical user interface mode. However, in cases where a graphics display is not available, the Foglight installer can be started in command-line mode by using the console mode or silent mode.

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