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
- Ensure System Requirements are met, including updates and dependencies.
- Obtain the Installer
- Run the Installer
- Starting and Stopping FME Server
- Log on to the Web User Interface
- Request and Install a License
- 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
- Open a command prompt and changen to the following directory:
- Run the following command to connect to the FME Server Database:
- Once connected, enter the following command to change the password for your user:
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Use \q to quit psql.
- 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.
- (Recommended) Encrypt the FME Server Database password.
- Restart FME Server.
<FMEServerDir>/Utilities/pgsql/bin
./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> |
\password
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