Install TeamForge 8.0 with all services on a single RHEL/CentOS 7.0 server

The easiest way to install TeamForge is to install it on a single server, dedicated to TeamForge taking the default configuration settings. We call this a "dedicated" install.

1. Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.0 or later versions and log in as root.
   • The host must be registered with the Red Hat Network if you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. See Platform specification for TeamForge 8.0 for the full platform requirements.
   • See the Red Hat installation guide for help.
   Important: Don't customize your installation. Select only the default packages list.
2. Check your basic networking setup. See Set up networking for your TeamForge server for details.
3. If the TeamForge server has SELinux enabled, disable it temporarily while installing or upgrading TeamForge.
   1. Verify if SELinux is running in enforcing mode.
      • getenforce
   2. If the output of the getenforce command is either "Disabled" or "Permissive", SELinux is already disabled.
   3. If not, run the following command to disable SELinux.
      • setenforce 0
   See Set up SELinux to have TeamForge run in SELinux mode after completing the installation or upgrade.
4. Upgrade the operating system packages.
   • yum upgrade
5. Reboot the server.
   • reboot
6. Disable postfix which is enabled by default on CentOS 7.0 profile.
   • systemctl stop postfix
   • systemctl disable postfix
7. Configure your TeamForge 8.0 installation repository. See TeamForge installation repository configuration for Red Hat/CentOS.
8. Install the following application packages.
   1. TeamForge: To install the TeamForge application packages run the following command:
      • yum install teamforge
   2. GIT: To install the GIT packages run the following command.
      • yum install teamforge-git
9. Set up your site's master configuration file.
   • vi /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/8.0.0.1/conf/site-options.conf
   1. Configure the HOST token.

      HOST_localhost=app database datamart etl indexer subversion cvs

      DOMAIN_localhost=my.app.domain.com

   2. Add 'gerrit' to the HOST_localhost token if you are installing Git.

      HOST_localhost=app database datamart etl indexer subversion cvs gerrit

   3. Add 'binary' to the HOST_localhost token if you are installing Nexus.

      HOST_localhost=app database datamart etl indexer subversion cvs gerrit binary

   4. Configure the database and datamart settings.
      Tip: For more information about configuring variables, see site-options.conf

      DATABASE_TYPE=postgresql

      DATABASE_USERNAME=ctfuser

      DATABASE_NAME=ctfdb

      DATABASE_READ_ONLY_USER=ctfrouser

      REPORTS_DATABASE_USERNAME=ctfrptuser

      REPORTS_DATABASE_NAME=ctfrptdb

      REPORTS_DATABASE_READ_ONLY_USER=ctfrptrouser

      REPORTS_DATABASE_MAX_POOL_SIZE=30

      Note: The database name and user name values are arbitrary alphanumeric strings.
   5. TeamForge 7.1 and later support automatic password creation. See AUTO_DATA for more information.
   6. Password Obfuscation
      

      The password obfuscation is enabled by default. As a result, all password-related tokens are encrypted in all the TeamForge configuration files.

      Restriction: The password-related tokens cannot contain the following characters in the site-options.conf file: $<>/\'"`
      • To disable password obfuscation, set OBFUSCATION_ENABLED=false.
      • To configure the obfuscation key, set OBFUSCATION_KEY=<Any AlphaNumeric value with length >= 8 bytes>. The default value of OBFUSCATION_KEY token is XSJt43wN.
   7. Turn on the SSL for your site by editing the relevant variables in the site-options.conf file. To generate the SSL certificates, see Generate SSL certificates.

      • SSL=on

      • SSL_CERT_FILE

      • SSL_KEY_FILE

      • SSL_CA_CERT_FILE

      • SSL_CHAIN_FILE

      Note: The SSL_CA_CERT_FILE and SSL_CHAIN_FILE are optional.
   8. If the token REQUIRE_PASSWORD_SECURITY is enabled, then set a value for the token, PASSWORD_CONTROL_EFFECTIVE_DATE.
      CAUTION:
      The Password Control Kit (PCK) disables, deletes or expires user accounts that don't meet the password security requirements starting from the date set for the PASSWORD_CONTROL_EFFECTIVE_DATE token. If a date is not set, the PCK disables, deletes or expires user accounts immediately. See PASSWORD_CONTROL_EFFECTIVE_DATE for more information.
   9. Include the SCM_DEFAULT_SHARED_SECRET token in the site-options.conf file of the primary TeamForge server and provide it with a value of 16-24 characters. Remember to use the same key in the external SCM integration server also.
   10. If the token REQUIRE_RANDOM_ADMIN_PASSWORD is already set to true, then set the token ADMIN_EMAIL with a valid email address. ADMIN_EMAIL=root@{__APPLICATION_HOST__}
   11. If you have LDAP set up for external authentication, you must set the “REQUIRE_USER_PASSWORD_CHANGE” site options token to false.
   12. Make sure that the following tokens have a value if ETL is enabled.

       SOAP_ANONYMOUS_SHARED_SECRET

       ETL_SOAP_SHARED_SECRET

   13. To enable the history protection feature of TeamForge Git integration, set the GERRIT_FORCE_HISTORY_PROTECTION=true. For more information, see GERRIT_FORCE_HISTORY_PROTECTION.
   14. If you are installing TeamForge through disconnected media, set the token HELP_AVAILABILITY=local.
   15. Ensure to set the token SELINUX_SETUP=false.
   16. Make sure the PostgreSQL tokens in the site-options.conf file are set as recommended in the following topic: What are the right PostgreSQL settings for my site?
   17. Save the site-options.conf file.
10. Recreate the runtime environment.
    • cd /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/8.0.0.1
    • ./install.sh -r -I -V
11. Set up the initial site data (bootstrap).
    • ./bootstrap-data.sh
12. Start TeamForge.
    • /etc/init.d/collabnet start
13. By default, firewall is enabled on CentOS 7.0 profile and needs to be configured, without which no external access is possible.
    • firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent
    • firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=https --permanent
    • firewall-cmd --reload
14. Note: If the token REQUIRE_USER_PASSWORD_CHANGE is set to true, login to TeamForge user interface, change the admin password and then run the post-install.py script.
    Run the TeamForge post installation script. For more information, see post-install.py.
    • /opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/scripts/post-install.py
15. Restart the collabnet services.
    • /etc/init.d/collabnet restart
16. Apply some finishing touches and make sure everything is running smoothly.
    1. Reboot the server and make sure all services come up automatically at startup.
    2. Log into your site as the administrator. The value of the DOMAIN variable in the site-options.conf file is the URL to log into.
    3. Create a sample project. See Create a TeamForge project.
    4. Write a welcome message to your site's users. See Create a site-wide broadcast.