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Install FME Server: Express Installation for Linux

This chapter provides information for an Express installation FME Server for Linux. Before getting started, take a few minutes to review Planning an FME Server Installation.

To Perform an Express Installation for Linux

  1. Ensure System Requirements are met, including updates and dependencies.
  2. Obtain the Installer
  3. Run the Installer
  4. Starting and Stopping FME Server
  5. Log on to the Web User Interface
  6. Request and Install a License
  7. Verify the Installation

Following Installation (Recommended)

As a security precaution, we recommend updating the password for the FME Server Database following installation. If the password is not updated, a user with knowledge of the default settings for connecting to the FME Server Database may log in and make changes.

To update the FME Server Database password

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  1. Start pgAdmin3.exe from <FMEServerDir>\Utilities\pgsql\bin\.
  2. If pgAdmin III auto-connects to the FME Server Database, an entry appears in the Object browser, under Server Groups > Servers, similar to the following:

    3. fmeserver (<hostname>:7082)

    If pgAdmin III does not auto-connect to the FME Server Database, add a new Server for it. To add a New Server:

    1. Select File > Add Server.
    2. In the Properties tab of the New Server Registration dialog, specify the server properties, using the Database Connection details in the fmeCommonConfig configuration file, for DB_TYPE=postgresql, as follows:

      3. Property

      Value from fmeCommonConfig.txt
      Name DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Host DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Port DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Username DB_USERNAME=<username>
      Password DB_PASSWORD=<password>

    3. Click OK.
  3. In the Object browser, select the FME Server Database server, and select File > Change Password.
  4. In the Change Password dialog, provide the Current Password and specify a New Password, and click OK.
  5. In the fmeCommonConfig configuration file, update the value of the DB_PASSWORD parameter that corresponds to DB_TYPE=postgresql with the new password specified above, and save the file.
  6. (Recommended) Encrypt the FME Server Database password.
  7. Restart FME Server.

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