Optional - Install BOE on a Linux Server

This section describes how to install BOE on a Linux Server.

If you want to work with BOE, install it on a separate server.

1. Prerequisites:

   • Only 64-bit Operating systems are supported.
   • Make sure the installation target has adequate disk space ~20GB or more (It might require additional space for applying patches and Service Packs (SPs)).
   • Make sure you have enough space (~2GB) for the temporary file system.
   • Create a user account and a group under which the supported SAP BusinessObjects Enterprisesoftware will run. This account does not require root privileges.

   • Locale: Configure a supported UTF-8 locale by setting the LC_ALL and LANG environment variables.

     Example:

     export LANG=en_US.utf8

     export LC_ALL=en_US.utf8

   • Unlimit settings must be set to unlimited by using the ulimit command or by editing /etc/security/limits.conf manually. Make sure the max user processes of the BOE user is 4096 at least.
   • Read, write and execute permissions must be set for the installation target destination directory.

2. Prerequisites - Red Hat libraries:

   Before installing on Red Hat Linux, you must ensure that all the required libraries are installed. Ensure you have root access, then use the Yum software installation tool to run the following commands:

   yum install libXext

   yum install libXext.i686

   yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686

   yum install compat-libstdc++-296.i686

   yum install compat-libstdc++-33

   yum install libstdc++.i686

   yum install libstdc++

   yum install libX11.i686

   yum install libXext-devel.i686

   yum install libXext-devel

   Tip If you get an error while running yum install libstdc++.i686, run yum update libstdc++ first and then run yum install libstdc++.i686 again

3. Check the prerequisites:

   To check if these libraries are installed use the following commands:

   

4. Unzip the BOE installation package:

   1. Add the executive attribute for the bit folder.

      Example: chmod +x -R 51047840

   2. Go to <installation BOE folder>/DATA_UNITS/BusinessObjectsServer_lnx/
   3. Run the setup: ./setup.sh to start the BOE installation console.

   For example:

   

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6. Click Enter.

   

7. Click Enter.

   

8. Click Enter to accept.

   

9. Enter the product key and click Enter.

   

10. Select the relevant language of the BOE application and click Enter.

    

11. Select 1 - Full and click Enter.

    

12. Select 1 - Configure and install a Sybase SQL Anywhere database and click Enter.

    

13. Select 1 - Install the default Tomcat Java Web Application Server and automatically deploy web applications and click Enter.

    

14. Select 1 - Configure and install Subversion and click Enter.

    

15. Configure the Server Intelligence Agent (SIA) by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

16. Configure the Central Management Server (CMS) by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

17. Configure the CMS Account by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

18. Configure Sybase SQL Anywhere by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

19. Configure Tomcat by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

20. Configure HTTP Listening Port by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

21. Configure Subversion by entering the relevant information and click Enter.

    

22. Select 1 - Do not configure connectivity to SMD Agent and click Enter.

    

23. Select 1 - Do not configure connectivity to Introscope Enterprise Manager and click Enter.

    

24. Click Enter to install.

    

    

    

    

    

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26. Launch BOE:

    Note To have your servers start automatically when the host machine is started or stopped, run the following script as the root user:
    <installation BOE folder>/sap_bobj/init/setupinit.sh

    Enter: http://BI41RH6:8080/BOE/CMC

    Account: Administrator

    Password: ********