Dell Technologies InsightIQ Installation Guide

Install InsightIQ on a Physical Linux Machine

1. Log in to the Linux system as the 'administrator' user with sudo privileges. If you must create the 'administrator' user, follow these substeps:
   1. Log in to a Linux system through a user account with sudo access or the root user account.
   2. Create a user account with 'administrator' as the name.

      sudo useradd administrator

   3. Create a password for the user.

      sudo passwd administrator

   4. Grant the user membership to a privileged group.

      sudo usermod -aG wheel administrator

2. Install InsightIQ by running the following command, where <path> is the file path of the .sh installation script:

   sudo sh <path>

   1. Select how InsightIQ is installed and press Enter:
      • Option 1 - Offline. InsightIQ is installed using the bundled packages.
      • Option 2 - Online. InsightIQ is installed using yum mirrors. (Recommended)

      NOTE:

      • Confirm that the correct repos are enabled for your OS version. For more information about enabling repos, see the documentation for your OS.

      • For offline installations, open the file: /etc/resolv.conf. If there is no entry in the nameserver, add the following:

        nameserver 127.0.0.1

      • Do not modify files in the /opt folder.

   2. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
   3. If you use the offline method, it is recommended you run the sudo yum update command after InsightIQ is finished installing.
3. For CentOS systems: Enable access to HTTP ports.

   The default firewall settings of CentOS prevent access through ports 80 and 443. To enable access to ports 80 and 443, you can choose either of these options:

   • Disable the firewall:

     sudo systemctl disable firewalld
     sudo systemctl stop firewalld

   • Or, enable these ports without disabling the firewall. For instructions, see the CentOS documentation.

   NOTE: Some commands, such as iiq_restart, iiq_start, and iiq_stop, only work when the firewall is disabled.
4. (Optional) If more than one NIC is detected, you are prompted to select which NIC to use.
   NOTE: If a single NIC is detected, that NIC is selected automatically.
5. Log into the InsightIQ application.