1.2 Installing and Configuring the Linux Access Gateway on RHEL

  1. Install Linux Access Gateway in the Advanced Installation mode.

  2. (Conditional) If you are installing Linux Access Gateway on an existing partition, other than the / (root) partition in RHEL, remove the existing partition.

  3. Create a new extended partition with the End Cylinder value as 100 GB. Create the following partitions:

    • / (root) partition with Ext3 File system and End cylinder value of 30 GB.

    • var partition with Ext3 file system and End Cylinder value of 20 GB.

    • COS partition that uses the remaining space (50GB) on the hard disk. Select 0x68 Novell COS as the File System ID.

    For more information on removing or creating partition, see Section 3.3, Installing the Linux Access Gateway.

  4. Complete the installation of Linux Access Gateway. For more information, see Section 3.3, Installing the Linux Access Gateway.

    When the installation is completed, the hard disk is formatted, removing all data, and the partitions are created. After all the packages are installed, the system reboots in SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9, and finishes the installation.

  5. The system reboots with SLES 9.

  6. Login to the Novell Access Manager Administration Console and verify that the Linux Access Gateway is imported. For more information, seeSection 3.5, Verifying the Linux Access Gateway Installation on RHEL.

  7. Complete the following hardware and system services configuration:

    • Network Interface Configuration: If you do not configure the network interface, the Linux Appliance setup fails. Make sure that Network configuration matches the RHEL configuration.

    • Administration Console Configuration: In the Administration Console Configuration screen, specify the IP address of the RHEL server as the Access Gateway IP address.

    For more information on configuring, see Section 3.4, Configuring Hardware and System Services.

  8. After the installation of Linux Access Gateway, the machine starts in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3. To boot the machine from Red Hat, copy boot entries for Red Hat to the Linux Access Gateway machine. For more information, see Section 3.6, Configuring the Linux Access Gateway to Boot from RHEL.

  9. To start the Linux Access Gateway in RHEL, login to RHEL machine as root, then do the following:

    1. Set SELinux to Permissive mode.

    2. Disable firewall.

    3. Copy the rhel-lag.tar.gz file to the RHEL machine.

    4. Untar the files and run the /opt/novell/access-gateway/scripts/configure-lag.sh script. This script mounts the partition and modifies fstab entry and syslog.

      For more information, see Section 3.7, Starting the Linux Access Gateway from RHEL. The Linux Access Gateway service is automatically started when the machine is rebooted.

    5. Specify the following command to start Linux Access Gateway:

      /etc/init.d/novell-am-gateway start

  10. Configure the Linux Access Gateway after it is installed on RHEL. For information on configuring the gateway, see the Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP1 Access Gateway Guide.

    NOTE:If you want to add or modify the network configuration for Linux Access Gateway installed on RHEL, the procedure is different from the Linux Access Gateway installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). For more information, see Section 3.8.1, Configuring the New Network Interface.