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

  1. Open a command prompt and changen to the following directory:

    2. <FMEServerDir>/Utilities/pgsql/bin

  2. Run the following command to connect to the FME Server Database:

    3. ./psql -d <databaseName> -p <port> -U <username>

    To confirm the settings, check the Database Connection details in the fmeCommonConfig configuration file, for DB_TYPE=postgresql, as follows:

    Property

    Value from fmeCommonConfig.txt
    -d DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
    -h DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
    -p DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
    -U DB_USERNAME=<username>
    Password ( when prompted) DB_PASSWORD=<password>

  3. Once connected, enter the following command to change the password for your user:

    4. \password

  4. Use \q to quit psql.

  5. In the following configuration files, update the value of the DB_PASSWORD parameter that corresponds to DB_TYPE=postgresql with the new password specified above, and save the files.
  6. (Recommended) Encrypt the FME Server Database password.
  7. Restart FME Server.

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