Installing yum extender

The group view is selected from the main menu. The history view is selected from the main menu. The pending action view is selected from the main menu. Pending actions is exeucted by pressing the apply button. Yum Extender. There is 3 kind of available search types: prefix is searching for package names there is starting with the keyword in the search entry.

An installed package will be queued for removal An available package will be queued for installation. An available update will be queued for update. Provide at least the Extender Name. Address es and Subnets are optional, and should only be set after you have verified successful connections via the Extender. If you plan to set up multiple Extenders for high-availability HA , also specify the Routing prefix. Click Save to create the Extender, and to download the Extender configuration.

This file is later required for setting up the Extender host. Install from the SSH product repository. To do this, set up the repository and install the software package:. The PrivX Extender is now set up. Configure the target host s for access via Extenders. The high-level workflow involves:. To create the configurations, click Add Web-Access Gateway. Provide at least the Name and Proxy Address for the configuration. The Web Proxy address must be a valid IP or DNS address without schema headers and port numbers, pointing to the address of the server where the Web Proxy will be installed to.

Loopback addresses are not allowed. Download the configurations required later for setting up Carriers and Web Proxies. Ensure the machine has access to docker packages by enabling the required repositories:.

If the machine has internet access, we recommend setting up and installing packages from the PrivX repository:. Then install the package with:. Allow the Carrier host to access the Web-Proxy host ports and Make sure the Web-Proxy host is able to connect to port on the PrivX server.

The host running the PrivX Carrier must also be able to connect to ports and on the Web-Proxy host. After you have the required Carrier and Web-Proxy components, add target websites as known targets.

Extract and install the PrivX agents to the workstation. For example replace Agents. Enable PrivX agent to start automatically when the user logs into the workstation. You can do this by appending the following to the users'. You may have to adjust the agent-startup conditions to suit your environment. Do not change this path. Add PrivX servers to the agent.

Unless the PrivX server certificate is trusted on the workstation, you will be presented with additional information, such as the SHA checksums of the certificate. You may ensure that these match to the checksums of the PrivX server certificate, which you can obtain by running the following on the PrivX server:.

Once you have confirmed the server identity, enter Y to add the PrivX server. The example commands install the PrivX agent, the agent utility, the agent-startup script, and the agent proxy to:. The following steps assume the PrivX agent, the agent utility, and the agent-startup script to be in these locations.

To do this, first install the agent launcher with:. Extract the PrivX agents to the workstation. Navigate to the extracted folder, and in its windows folder, run the privx-agent-windows.

The PrivX agent may become blocked by other agent software such as pageant are running. In such cases, first close any blocking software, then try starting the PrivX agent. To verify the connection, click Test.

If native-client paths change after setup, the PrivX agent has to be restarted to apply these path changes. Ensure that you have a valid PrivX license code for taking PrivX into use. For license-subscription-related enquiries, please contact SSH Communications Security support at privx-sales ssh. Online licensing is the recommended way to license PrivX. This method is easy to set up, and after setup the license is automatically updated according to your subscription.

For online licensing to work, your PrivX servers must be able to connect to the licensing server at Upon license expiry: PrivX contacts license servers to fetch the grace period associated to your license. Under the License code section, enter your license code, and click Update License. PrivX automatically installs your license, which enables PrivX functionality according to your license subscription. In online licensing mode, PrivX checks for license updates every 12 hours and automatically installs any new licenses found for your subscription.

To trigger an immediate license-update check, click next to the Last refreshed section, then click Refresh. If you opt to not send product analytics, you may disable internet connectivity while no license updates are available. For more information about analytics, see "PrivX Analytics". Note that if PrivX servers do not have Internet access when their license expires, the license expires immediately without entering grace period. PrivX licenses can be activated only a limited number of times.

To free up activations you must first deactivate a license. Next to Status , click , then click Deactivate. Back up your PrivX deployment in case of failures. You should at least back up your PrivX deployment before notable maintenance actions such as system upgrades. The data on all PrivX servers should be identical, so you only need to do this on one PrivX server.

Optional In virtual environments, we recommend creating snapshots of the optional PrivX components as well, allowing you to restore them using snapshots instead of by reinstalling. If using snapshots, restore them now. Remember to ensure afterwards that the system times on your PrivX server s are correct.

Restore any other components in your deployment. Remember to ensure afterwards that the system times on these components is correct. Before upgrade, we strongly recommend you to create a backup of your PrivX server s , and of the PrivX database. If upgrade fails, you can restore your old PrivX version from these backups.

The system fetches and sets up the latest PrivX package. Upgrade is complete once the command completes. The typical workflow for upgrading any of these components is:. This section provides steps for completely removing PrivX from a machine.

These steps may be used in preparation for PrivX reinstallation. Before uninstalling PrivX, make sure to deactivate the license to free up activations.