How Do I Install A AIX Rule Engine?

Logon to the AIX machine as ‘root‘.
If this is a fresh install, prepare directory /opt/Argent/UNIX, then go to step 6.
If an older version is installed, stop the daemon by running:
ag_re -stop
Verify the Unix Rule Engine stops by checking:
ps -e | grep ag_re
Remove the whole directory /opt/Argent/UNIX to wipe out the existing installation.
Ensure the installation path is in the environment variable PATH

PATH=”${PATH}:/opt/Argent/UNIX”

export PATH

This should be done in /etc/profile to ensure the PATH is properly defined at all times.
Create the directory structure used by the Unix Rule Engine by entering the following commands:
mkdir /opt/Argent

mkdir /opt/Argent/UNIX

mkdir /opt/Argent/UNIX/logs
Place ARGENT_UNIX_RULE_ENGINE_yymm_AIX.TAR in the /opt/Argent/UNIX directory
Change to the /opt/Argent/UNIX directory by entering:
cd /opt/Argent/UNIX
Unpack by running:
tar xvf ARGENT_UNIX_RULE_ENGINE_yymm_AIX.TAR
Edit configuration file /opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re.opt
Ensure the <main engine> section specifies the correct Argent main server. Other parameters may be customized if desired.
If this Unix Rule Engine only monitors itself, go to step 20.
If this machine does not have OpenSSH installed, install it. The monitored Unix machines should have OpenSSH installed as well.
See Also: How Do I Set Up SSH Equivalence to configure an account that can SSH into other Unix machines without password.
Edit ag_re.opt to specify the SSH binary path in the section “SSH bin path” if the binaries are not in the PATH.
Create group ‘argentguardian‘ and add the su account to the group. For more information about creating groups, See Also: How Do I Create A Unix Group
To make all the files and directories belong to group ‘argentguardian‘, Run:
chgrp -R argentguardian /opt/Argent
Run:
chmod 0770 /opt/Argent

chmod -R 0770 /opt/Argent/UNIX

chmod 0660 /opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re.opt
Each directory under /opt/Argent should also have the “group sticky-bit” set to ensure that all files created are members of the group ‘argentguardian‘. This is done using:
find /opt/Argent -type d -exec chmod g+t {} \;
Locate the file /opt/Argent/UNIX/ArgentRuleEngine. This file is used to automate startup and shutdown of the Unix Rule Engine.
If the Unix Rule Engine is used to monitor other systems, the file must be edited to provide the proper credentials for the su account. Change the line in the “start” section that reads /opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re -start to this:

su – USERNAME -c “/opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re -start”

Replace USERNAME with the su account name.
Move ArgentRuleEngine to /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S09ArgentRuleEngine. If /etc/rc.d/rc2.d does not exist, create the directory.
Start the Unix Rule Engine:
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S09ArgentRuleEngine start

If the Unix Rule Engine will only monitor itself, enter:

ag_re -start
Verify ag_re and ag_re_main start up by running:
ps -e | grep ag_re
Read the /opt/Argent/UNIX/logs/log.txt to verify the communication is successful.

If the Unix Rule Engine will be used to monitor other systems, this file must be edited prior to starting the Unix Rule Engine. See step 20 for details.

You need to ensure the AIX machine has the library libgcc_s.a in its LIBRARY.

In order to ensure the daemon starts automatically when the machine boots, the script file /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S09ArgentRuleEngine is used. If /etc/rc.d/rc2.d does not exist, create the directory.

Create a new entry in /etc/inittab to start the daemon automatically, using the mkitab command:

mkitab “ArgentRuleEng:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S09ArgentRuleEngine start # Start Argent Rule Engine”

When the production schedule permits, reboot the machine to verify that the Unix Rule Engine starts successfully.




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PATH="$PATH:/opt/Argent/UNIX"

export PATH



case "$1" in

'start')

        if [ -f  "/opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re" ]; then

                echo 'Argent Unix Rule Engine service starting.'

                su - USERNAME -c "/opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re -start"

        fi

        ;;

'stop')

        if [ -f  "/opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re" ]; then

                echo 'Argent Unix Rule Engine service stopping.'

                /opt/Argent/UNIX/ag_re -stop

        fi

        ;;

*)

        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"

        exit 1

        ;;

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