Deploying and Configuring the Filr Appliances

You deploy Filr, then Filrsearch, and finally MySQL. Then you configure them in reverse order, ending with Filr.

For details, including screen shots, see Large Deployment: Deploying and Configuring in the Filr 1.0.1 Hands-on Guide for Windows.

Deploying Filr

  1. In a location that is accessible from the vSphere client, unzip the three files that you downloaded in Downloading Filr Software.

  2. Using the vSphere client, attach to the VMware ESX server, click File > Deploy OVF Template, then select the Filr .ovf file and proceed through the dialogs until the appliance is deployed.

  3. Edit the virtual machine settings and add a 100 GB second disk to the appliance.

  4. Power on the virtual machine. When prompted accept the license, then fill in the required password and IP/network information and accept the defaults until you see a terminal screen with a message that the system is ready for appliance configuration.

Deploying Search

  1. Deploy the Filrsearch appliance in the same way, adding a 25 GB second disk, and entering the IP addresses and settings you identified for the search appliance.

Deploying MySQL

  1. Deploy the MySQL appliance in the same way, adding a 100 GB second disk, and entering the IP addresses and settings you identified for the MySQL appliance.

Configuring the MySQL Appliance

  1. Configure the MySQL appliance by launching a management browser and entering the following URL:

    https://MySQL-appliance-ip-address:9443

  2. Click the phpMyAdmin icon, type Username root and Password root, then click Go.

  3. Add a database user named filr for the Filr appliance and create a database with the same name and all privileges.

  4. Secure the MYSQL appliance by changing the root user password.

Configuring the Search Appliance

  1. Configure the Filrsearch appliance by entering the following URL in the management browser:

    https://Filrsearch-appliance-ip-address:9443

  2. Log in as the vaadmin user, using the password you specified in Step 1.

  3. Click the Filr Search Appliance Configuration icon, click Next, type and confirm a Password for the search service, then click Finish > Submit.

Configuring the Filr Appliance

  1. Configure the Filr appliance by entering the following URL in the management browser:

    https://Filr-appliance-ip-address:9443

  2. Log in as the vaadmin user, using the password you specified in Step 4.

  3. Click the Novell Filr Appliance Configuration icon, select Large Deployment, then click Next,

  4. In the Database dialog, specify the full DNS name for the MySQL appliance and the Password that you specified in Step 1, then click Next.

  5. In the Search Appliance dialog, specify the full DNS name of the Filrsearch appliance and the Password that you specified in Step 1, then click Next.

  6. Select a Locale, then click Finish.