PingIntelligence automated deployment requires a RHEL 7.9 management host machine to start the deployment.

To set up the management machine:

  1. Sign on to the management machine as a root user.
  2. Download the Ansible deployment package and save it to the /opt directory.
  3. Untar the downloaded file: 
    #tar -xf /opt/pi-api-deployment-<version>.tar.gz

    Untarring the file creates the following subdirectories in the pi-api-deployment directory.

    Directory Description

    ansible

    Contains the different .yml files.

    bin

    Contains the start.sh and stop.sh scripts. Do not edit the contents of this directory.

    certs

    Contains API Security Enforcer (ASE), API Behavioral Security (ABS), Elasticsearch, Kibana, Dashboard, and MongoDB self-signed certificates and keys. Elasticsearch and Kibana certificates are in the Dashboard directory.

    Note:

    If you want to use your own certificates and keys, replace the default certificates and keys with your certificates. Use the same file names as that of the files present in the certs directory. Make sure that the keys are passwordless.

    config

    Contains the default settings file for ASE, ABS, and Dashboard. These files are used to configure the various variables for installing PingIntelligence components.

    data

    System directory. Do not edit the contents of this directory.

    util

    Contains utilities to run PingIntelligence components as a service.

    external

    The third-party components, such as MongoDB, are downloaded in the external directory.

    keys

    After the installation is complete, the master keys of all the components are saved here.

    license

    Contains the PingIntelligence for APIs license file.

    logs

    Contains the log files for automated installation.

    software

    Contains the binary files for PingIntelligence components:

    • ASE
    • ABS
    • Dashboard

    The directory also contains the updated_packages subdirectory that stores the PingIntelligence for APIs updated binaries with new master keys. You can use these binaries for future use.