Chapter 2: Installing the Ridgeline 3.0 Server
Ridgeline Installation and Upgrade Guide
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jboss ports 3873, 8080 (default), and 8083, which allow the Ridgeline server to talk to the client
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HTTP port 8334, which allows switches to talk to the Ridgeline server in HTTPs mode
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FreeRADIUS port 10559 (default)
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TCP port 56983 for the client to connect to the server in NAT-enabled environments
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Restart the Ridgeline server, as described in the previous section.
Installing Ridgeline on a Multi-Homed Server
A multi-homed server is one that has more than one network interface card (NIC) installed, and might
be using multiple IP addresses. If you are installing Ridgeline on a multi-homed server, you must
specify which of the server’s IP addresses the Ridgeline server uses. Ridgeline clients use this IP
address to connect to the Ridgeline server, and the Ridgeline server uses this IP address for
communication with its managed devices. To set the IP address for the Ridgeline server, you configure
the EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS environment variable on the server.
For the Ridgeline client to successfully login to a multi-homed server. One of the following two requirements must be
met:
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You must launch the client through a hostname, instead of an IP address.
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The EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS environment variable must be set to one of the IP addresses of the
server, and you must use that IP address to launch the client.
Setting the EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS Environment
Variable
When you configure the EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS environment variable, the Ridgeline server is available
only on this interface on the multi-homed machine. To connect to the Ridgeline server from a Ridgeline client, use the
specified IP address. On the managed devices, the specified IP address is registered as an SNMP trap receiver.
NOTE
Before proceeding, stop the Ridgeline server if it is currently running. See the
“Starting and Stopping the
Ridgeline Server” on page 24
for information about how to do this.
To set the EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS environment variable, do the following:
In Windows:
1
From the
Start
menu, select
Settings > Control Panel
.
2
Double click on the System icon to bring up the System Properties window.
3
Click the Advanced tab and the
Environment Variables
button.
4
In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System variables, click
New
.
5
In the New System Variable dialog box, enter EPICENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS in the Variable name
field.
6
Enter the IP address to use for communication between the Ridgeline server and the managed
devices in the Variable value field, and click
OK
.
