Identify the target systems
Take an inventory of the systems where you plan to deploy Connect:Direct®.
You must identify the operating system and hardware because each platform has a different installation program that requires a unique deployment package.
Refer to the following table for an example of how you might organize
attribute information.
Attribute | System 1 | System 2 | System 3 | System 4 | System 5 | System 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Owning organization | IT | IT | DEV | TEST | APPDEV | APPDEV |
Hardware architecture | x86 | x86 | Sparc | x86 | x86 | x86 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows | Microsoft Windows | Solaris | Linux | Linux | Linux |
Ports | 11363, 11364 | 11363, 11364 | default (1363, 1364) | default (1363, 1364) | default (1363, 1364) | default (1363, 1364) |
Initparm | Win-Std-Init | Win-Std-Init | Dev-Init | Test-Init | APP1_Init | APP1_Init |
Netmap | Win-Std-Net | Win-Std-Net | Dev-Net | Test-Net | APP1_Net | APP1_Net |
Userfile | IT-General-User | IT-General-User | Dev-User | Test-User | APP1_User | APP1_User |
Xlate tables | na | na | na | na | APP1_XLATE | APP1_XLATE |
Installation directory | default | default | /development/cdu/cdu001 | /test/cdu/test001 | /appdev/cdu/app1 | /appdev/cdu/app1 |
Authorization type | ID and password | ID and password | Secure Point of Entry | Secure Point of Entry | Secure Point of Entry | Secure Point of Entry |
Certificates | Single keycert for all nodes | Single keycert for all nodes | Single keycert for all nodes | Single keycert for all nodes | Unique keycert for each node | Unique keycert for each node |
Connect:Direct administrator user ID | cdadmin | cdadmin | cdadmin | cdadmin | cdadmin | cdadmin |