2.10 Installing a Remote Management Proxy

If a managed device is on a private network or is on the other side of a firewall or router that is using NAT (Network Address Translation), the remote management operation of the device can be routed through a remote management proxy. The proxy can be installed on a Windows managed device or a Linux device (Primary Server or Satellite Server). By default, the remote management proxy listens on port 5750.

For more information on Remote Management Proxy, see Section 1.4, Understanding Remote Management Proxy.

For information on the system requirements that a Windows managed device or a Linux device must meet to enable the proxy to be installed on the device, see System Requirements in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Installation Guide.

To install the proxy, perform the following steps:

On Windows:

  1. On the device, open a Web browser to the ZENworks download page:

    https://server/zenworks-setup

    where server is the DNS name or IP address of a ZENworks Server.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click Administrative Tools.

  3. Click novell-zenworks-rm-repeater-<version>.msi and save the file to a temporary location.

    version is the version of the ZENworks product.

  4. Install the proxy application by executing the following command:

    msiexec /i novell-zenworks-rm-repeater-<version>.msi TARGETDIR="ZENworks_Installation_directoryā€¯.

On Linux:

  1. On the device, open a Web browser to the ZENworks download page:

    https://server/zenworks-setup

    where server is the DNS name or IP address of a ZENworks Server.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click Administrative Tools.

  3. Click novell-zenworks-rm-repeater-<version>.noarch.rpm.

  4. Decide whether to immediately install the proxy or save the proxy RPM file to install it later.

    • To immediately install the proxy, click Open With to open the Remote Management Proxy with zen-installer, specify the root password, then click OK.

    • To save the proxy RPM file to the default download directory so that you can install it later, click Save to Disk. To install the RPM, do one of the following:

      • Click the proxy RPM file, specify the root password, then click OK.

      • Run the following command as a super user or root user:

        rpm -ivh novell-zenworks-rm-repeater-<version>.noarch.rpm

The Remote Management Proxy is designed to run automatically upon installation. You can choose to customize its behavior by modifying the default settings for the device. For more information on the Remote Management Proxy settings, see Section 2.11, Configuring a Remote Management Proxy.