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1 Installation 2
2 First boot 9
2.1 Find the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Perform a "Publication" 13
5 Launch a session 15
6 System information 17
6.1 Session Manager administration access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.2 MySQL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
If you haven’t yet an Ulteo OVD DVD-ROM, please donwload the corresponding ISO file from
http://www.ulteo.com and burn it to a fresh DVD.
Insert the Ulteo OVD DVD-ROM into your computer and restart it. If you selected the DVD-ROM as
• Install Ulteo Application Server will only install the OVD Application Server.
This documentation is only about the first case: Install Ulteo SM and ApS.
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1 Installation
Select Install Ulteo SM and ApS and press Enter. The system is now going to boot. It may take some time.
• The first step is used to select the system language. Choose your language from the list and click
on Forward.
• In the second step, the system asks you to define your location. Either select a point on the map or
choose one from the Selected city form and click on Forward.
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• The third step is used to define the keyboard layout. Select yours and click on Forward.
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• Then, you have to select the partitioning method. We suggest the automatic method: Guided - use
entire disk.
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• The last questions are about the system itself. Administrator account name and password in addi-
tion to the hostname of the machine.
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2 FIRST BOOT
2 First boot
At first boot, the system is going to automatically self-configure.
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2 FIRST BOOT 2.1 Find the IP address
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3 CONFIGURE YOUR APPLICATION SERVER
I MPORTANT
By using a web browser and entering the correct IP address, you should see this kind of page:
I MPORTANT
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3 CONFIGURE YOUR APPLICATION SERVER 3.1 Register the server
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4 PERFORM A "PUBLICATION" 3.2 Set a redirection name
Click on register.
• Then, click on Switch to production to switch it to Production mode.
The redirection name is used to launch session. When you launch a session, you are redirected to an
Application server using the redirection name as redirection. In some cases the default redirection name
(the FQDN you gave at the ApS installation) is not valid. For instance, if you setup an private IP address
and you want to connect from Internet.
4 Perform a "Publication"
A publication is an association between a users group and an applications group. It’s an authorization
for a users group to launch the applications include in the group.
By default, there is no users or applications group installed so you have to create it to launch sessions
(it’s not possible to launch session without application in the default configuration).
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4 PERFORM A "PUBLICATION"
To simplify the process, you can use the Publication wizard by going on Applications page.
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5 LAUNCH A SESSION
5 Launch a session
• Back to http://sm.ulteo.com/sessionmanager/ with your browser, you should see a login
page:
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5 LAUNCH A SESSION
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6 SYSTEM INFORMATION
• The session is launched and is ready to use with applications that have been published for the
user:
6 System information
6.1 Session Manager administration access
The administrator login and password on the Session Manager are both admin.
It can be changed by editing the /etc/ulteo/sessionmanager/config.inc.php file.
The SESSIONMANAGER_ADMIN_PASSWORD is a MD5 hash of the password. In order to gener-
ate the MD5 hash of a password, use the following command:
# echo -n test_password | md5sum
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