Before installing NetVizura make sure to set the time on your server correctly. Time change after the installation will invalidate the license! |
Before installing NetVizura you will have to install: Oracle Java 1.7, Apache Tomcat 6 and PostgreSQL 9.2 or higher, in that order. The installation process has been tested on CentOS 6.6. |
To install NetVizura follow these steps:
Step 1: sudo command installation: yum install sudo
Step 2: Oracle Java 1.7 package installation:
Default Java implementation is OpenJDK. You need to install Oracle Java package. Java packages should be installed before the Tomcat6 packages, if not Tomcat will use OpenJDK. |
rpm -Uvh file_name.rpm
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/jre/bin/java 20000
alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/jre/bin/javaws 20000
alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin/javac 20000
alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin/jar 20000
check if Java is properly installed with command java -version
Step 3: Apache Tomcat 6 package installation:
yum install tomcat6
service tomcat6 start
verify that Tomcat is running properly with the command service tomcat6 status
add Tomcat service to system startup: chkconfig tomcat6 on
Step 4: PostgreSQL package installation:
edit file /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
in section [base] add line "exclude=postgresql*"
in section [updates] add line "exclude=postgresql*"
go to http://yum.postgresql.org/ and choose appropriate PostgreSQL package in regard to your CentOS version and architecture.
CentOS 6, 64 bit example: http://yum.postgresql.org/9.3/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos93-9.3-6.noarch.rpm
in the folder where the file is downloaded execute command yum localinstall pgdg-centos93-9.3-6.noarch.rpm
execute command yum install postgresql93-server
execute command service postgresql-9.3 initdb
execute command service postgresql-9.3 start
verify that PostgreSQL is running properly with the command service postgresql-9.3 status
add PostgreSQL service to system startup: chkconfig postgresql-9.3 on
Step 5: Installing NetVizura packages
rpm -ivh downloaded_file_name.rpm
To access the application, type http://myip:8080/netvizura in your browser. The default user account with administrator privileges is: username: admin, password: admin01
After installation it is needed to tweak the configuration files in order to utilize the installed RAM to the fullest extent. The main consumers of RAM are operating system, PostgreSQL database and Tomcat. A rule of thumb for distributing memory is to split it in ratio 2:1 between PostgreSQL and Tomcat with 1 GB or more reserved for operating system. For instance:
Installed RAM | PostgreSQL | Tomcat | OS |
---|---|---|---|
4 GB | 2 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB |
16 GB | 10 GB | 5 GB | 1 GB |
In the following example 1 GB of RAM is allocated for Tomcat process:
/etc/tomcat6/tomcat6.conf
JAVA_OPTS
environment variable that defines memory and uncomment it if it is
commented. This line looks something like the following:JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx128M"
If it is not present add this line to the end of tomcat6.conf
file.-Xmx
parameter to allocate additional memory to Tomcat. Additionally, set parameter -Xms
to the same amount. This should look something like:JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M"
service tomcat6 restart
Tweaking PostgreSQL for best performance is a topic on which many books were written, but the following are some common sense suggestions. In general there are two groups of PostgreSQL tweaks that are helpful for NetVizura performance - "safe" and "unsafe" tweaks. "Safe" tweaks are those which can be applied in all cases. "Unsafe" tweaks trade reliability for performance. For the curious ones recommended reads (among countless others) are PostgreSQL Optimization Guide, PostgreSQL Tuning Guide, this article and this book.
In order to apply following tweaks edit file /var/lib/pgsql/PG_VERSION_NUMBER/data/postgresql.conf
. You will need to restart the PostgreSQL service after done editing with command: service postgresql restart
. Almost all of the following parameters are commented with carron character (#
). Although these tweaks are considered "safe" do take notice of the default values. Usually you can comment out the parameter that has been changed and PostgreSQL will revert to the default value.
In the following example it is assumed that 4 GB of RAM is allocated for PostgreSQL.
parameter | recommended value | comment |
---|---|---|
max_connections | 30 | NetVizura rarely uses more than 10 connections simultaneously, but it is good to have some reserve |
shared_buffers | 1024MB | the recommended amount is RAM/4 |
effective_cache_size | 2048MB | the recommended amount is |
chekpoint_segments | 32 | for write intensive apps (as NetVizura) it should be at least 16, with 32 as safe maximum |
checkpoint_completion_target | 0.9 | |
default_statistics_target | 100 | |
work_mem | 8MB - 12MB | The formula used is max_connections*work_mem <= RAM/8 , but using a bit more is still "safe" |
parameter | recommended value | comment |
---|---|---|
maitenance_work_mem | 32MB | speeds up DB self clean process, not really important |
wal_buffers | 16MB | |
full_page_writes | off | |
fsync | off | don't wait for HDD to finish previous write operation. This brings the most benefit, but is considered potentially the most unsafe of all. If there is OS or HDD failure in exact instant when PSQL issues write command to HDD, that data will be lost and the DB itself could be corrupted. On the other hand, DB can issue several magnitude more write commands in the same time period and consider all these done, thus improving write performance immensely. |
synchronous_commit | off | similarly to "fsync" but less unsafe and with less benefit |
checkpoint_segments | 64 | how much is cached in temp files before it is issued to proper DB files. Issuing big chunks of data for write rarely is usually better for performance than issuing small chunks often |