Argus: Quick Start: Manual Installation

Prerequisites

In order to run the Argus service you will need the following:

• a working Java 5 or better installation. Use java -version to determine your Java version.
• a recent version of openssl (>0.9.7) installed on your system
• LCG trusted Certificate Autorities certificates installed. In SL4 and SL5, the lcg-CA package provides those certificates.
• a valid, PEM encoded X509 server certificate issued by a trusted CA.

Installation

The Argus service is composed of three components, the PAP, PDP, and PEPd. The following steps provide instructions for installing each component.

PAP Installation

1. Download the latest version version of the software.
2. Expand the downloaded archive to the /opt/argus directory.
   • This resulting installation directory /opt/argus/pap will be referred to, in the documentation, as PAP_HOME
3. Export the environment variable PAP_HOME=/opt/argus/pap
4. Add the /opt/argus/pap/bin to your PATH in order to use the PAP pap-admin command

PDP Installation

1. Download the latest version version of the software.
2. Expand the downloaded archive in to the /opt/argus directory.
   • This resulting installation directory /opt/argus/pdp will be referred to, in documentation, as PDP_HOME

PEPd Installation

1. Download the latest version version of the software.
2. Expand the downloaded archive in to the /opt/argus directory.
   • The resulting installation directory /opt/argus/pepd will be referred to, in documentation, as PEPD_HOME

Starting/Stop the Services

To start/stop the PAP you can use the command /opt/argus/pap/bin/pap-standalone start|stop.

To start/stop the PDP you can use the command /opt/argus/pdp/bin/pdpctl.sh start|stop.

To start/stop the PEPd you can use the command /opt/argus/pepd/bin/pepdctl.sh start|stop.

You should always start the PAP before the PDP or else the PDP will not be to retrieve its policy from the PAP.

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Installation is now complete, proceed to configuring the Argus service.