User guide

Installing the ViPR CLI on Linux

You can install the ViPR command line interface executable directly from ViPR appliance

onto a supported Linux host.

Before you begin

You need access to the ViPR appliance host.

You need root access to the Linux host.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Linux server as root.

2. Create a temporary directory to download the CLI installer.

mkdir cli/temp

cd cli/temp

3. Either point your browser to https://<FQDN>:4443/cli or run the wget

command to retrieve the ViPR CLI installation bundle:

wget https://<FQDN>:4443/cli

Note

For sites with self-signed certificates or where issues are detected, optionally use

http://<ViPR_virtual_IP>:9998/cli only when you are inside a trusted

network. <ViPR_virtual_IP> is the ViPR public virtual IP address, also known as the

network vip. The CLI installation bundle is downloaded to the current directory.

4. Use tar to extract the CLI and its support files from the installation bundle.

tar -xvzf <cli_install_bundle>

5. Run the CLI installation program.

./Installer_viprcli.linux

Change directory to /opt/vipr/cli or to the directory where the CLI is installed.

Note

Perform this step only when you have not provided the correct input in step 5.

Edit the file viprcli.profile using the vi command and set the VIPR_HOSTNAME to

the ViPR public virtual IP address and VIPR_PORT=4443 environment variable and

save the file.

# vi viprcli.profile

#!/usr/bin/sh

# Installation directory of ViPR CLI

ViPR_CLI_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/ViPR/cli

# Add the ViPR install directory to the PATH and PYTHONPATH env

variables

if [ -n $ViPR_CLI_INSTALL_DIR ]

then

export PATH=$ViPR_CLI_INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH

export PYTHONPATH=$ViPR_CLI_INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PYTHONPATH

# USER CONFIGURABLE ViPR VARIABLES

Deployment Steps

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