
Installing for RHEL 5 or CentOS 5
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2.3. Prerequisite Tasks
Before installing Resource Manager, you must:
• Configure your firewall
• Remove conflicting messaging systems
• Download the Resource Manager installation files
• Install and configure the software repository, prerequisite software, and additional packages, including:
• Oracle Java
• Zenoss dependencies repository
• RabbitMQ
• memcached and snmpd
• Zenoss DataStore
2.3.1. Configure Your Firewall
Resource Manager requires these ports be open in your firewall:
Port Protocol Direction to Resource
Manager Server
Description
11211 TCP | UDP Inbound memcached
8080 TCP Outbound Web interface
514 UDP Inbound syslog
162 UDP Inbound SNMP Traps
Table 2.1. Ports
Alternatively, you can disable your firewall:
• For IPv4, use these commands:
service iptables stop
chkconfig iptables off
• For IPv6, use these commands:
service ip6tables stop
chkconfig ip6tables off
2.3.2. Remove Conflicting Messaging Systems
Resource Manager relies on the RabbitMQ messaging system. Newer versions of CentOS include alternative
messaging systems (Matahari and Qpid). You must remove these messaging systems to run Resource Manager.
1. Use the following commands to determine if Matahari or Qpid packages are installed on your system:
rpm -qa | egrep -i "matahari|qpid"
2. Remove all listed packages:
yum erase Package1 Package2 ...
2.3.3. Download the Resource Manager Installation Files
1. Browse to the following URL:
https://support.zenoss.com
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