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Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 - Installing Foglight on a UNIX System with an External PostgreSQL Database

Before Installing Foglight Installing Foglight
Preparing to install Installing a new version of the Management Server Installed directories Foglight settings HP patch checking tool Uninstalling Foglight Upgrading the Management Server Installing Foglight FAQ
Running the Management Server Installing and Upgrading Cartridges Installing Agents

Step 14: Add Foglight to system service

Step 14: Add Foglight to system service

The Foglight Server Startup step enables to add Foglight to the system service.

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NOTE: To customize the Foglight Management Server starts as a system service, the current user must have sudo without password privilege; otherwise the script will be generated without being added into the system service and you can edit and execute the script later.
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To start the Foglight Management Server without adding Foglight to the system service (the default setting), click Next.
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To start the Foglight Management Server as a system service, select Yes, add foglight to the system service.

Step 15: Foglight server startup

Step 15: Foglight server startup

The Foglight Server Startup step enables you to start the Management Server.

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To start the Management Server (the default setting), click Next.
If you do not want the installer to start the Management Server, clear the Run Now check box, then click Next.
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If you selected Run Now, the installer starts Foglight and the Foglight Server Startup page launches in a web browser (if a web browser is available). If a web browser is not available, the Foglight Server Startup page does not launch.
See Foglight Server Startup page for more information.
In either case, the Install Complete screen appears.

Step 16: Install complete

Step 16: Install complete

Click Done to complete the installation process.

Foglight Server Startup page

If you selected the Run Now check box in the Foglight Server Startup step in the installer, the installer starts Foglight and launches the Foglight startup page.

When the server startup is complete, a link to the Foglight login page appears. For more information, see Logging in to Foglight.

 
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NOTE: The default link to the login page points to http://localhost:8080. In some instances, this link may not correspond to the URL of your Foglight server. In such cases, see Why does clicking the login link on the server startup page not work?.
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