Installing the IBM Security Verify Gateway for Linux PAM and AIX PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
The Verify Gateway for PAM. is installed from RPM.
Procedure
- Locate and Download the latest IBM® Security Verify Gateway for Linux PAM or IBM Security Verify Gateway for AIX PAM application
from the App Exchange. The Linux application consists of a licence folder, a README.txt file, and .zip files that contains the installer executables for the supported versions of Linux.
The AIX application consists of a licence folder, a README.txt file and the pam_ibvm_auth.rte.1.0.4.0.bff file.
- Go to https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/hub.
- Log in to the App Exchange.
- Search for IBM Security Verify Gateway.
- Select IBM Security Gateway for Gateway for Linux PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) or IBM Security Gateway for Gateway for AIX PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules).
- Download the application.
- To install on Linux, follow these steps.
- Decompress the ISVGForLinuxPAM107.zip file
- Select the .zip file for your operating system and extract the files.
- To install by using the .rpm files, do the following steps.
- Install the IBM
Auth API for Verify. Issue the following
command.
rpm -i ibm-auth-api-1.0.7-0.x86_64.rpm
- Install the IBM PAM module for Verify. Issue the following
command.
rpm -i pam-ibm-auth-1.0.7-0.x86_64.rpm
Note: Use therpm -U
command to upgrade to newer versions of the packages.
- Install the IBM
Auth API for Verify. Issue the following
command.
- To install or upgrade by using the .deb files, do the following
steps.
- Install the IBM
Auth API for Verify. Issue the following
command.
dpkg -i ibm-auth-api-1.0.7-0.x86_64.deb
- Install the IBM PAM module for Verify. Issue the following
command.
dpkg -i pam-ibm-auth-1.0.7-0.x86_64.deb
- Install the IBM
Auth API for Verify. Issue the following
command.
- To install on IBM AIX, do the following steps.
- Decompress the IBMSecurityVerifyGatewayForAIXPAM_v1.0.4.zip file.
- Extract the files.
- Ensure that OpenSSL is installed on your system. The minimum level of OpenSSL is 1.0.2.2100 (1.0.2u). 3.0.10.1000
- Run smitty installp.
- Tell smitty to use the directory that contains the pam_ibvm_auth.rte.1.0.4.0.bff file.
- Select the pam_ibm_auth fileset and install it.
- Edit /etc/pam_ibm_auth.json file and enter the Verify server connection details.