System Administrators Guide

These chapters discuss various functions that a system administrator may need to perform for an enterprise Trovares site.

• 1. Installing xGT
  • 1.1. Supported Environments
    • 1.1.1. Linux Server Configuration
    • 1.1.2. Python Environment
    • 1.1.3. Assistance
  • 1.2. Licensing
  • 1.3. Site xGT Administration
• 2. Configuring the Server
  • 2.1. Configuring Groups and Labels
  • 2.2. Configuring Administrator Privileges
  • 2.3. Configuring the Locale
  • 2.4. Using an SSL Secure Channel
• 3. Enterprise Data Movement
  • 3.1. Common Usage Patterns
    • 3.1.1. Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
    • 3.1.2. Periodic Data Feed
  • 3.2. Configuring the Data Sandbox
  • 3.3. Granting Data Sandbox Access to Users
• 4. Memory and Compute Resources
  • 4.1. Monitoring Usage
  • 4.2. Setup and Configuration On-premises
  • 4.3. Using the Whole Server Platform
  • 4.4. Sharing the Server Platform
    • 4.4.1. Configuring xgtd.conf
    • 4.4.2. Configuring xgtd.service
  • 4.5. Running Multiple xgtd Instances
• 5. User Authentication
  • 5.1. Group Membership
  • 5.2. PAM Setup
    • 5.2.1. No Authentication
    • 5.2.2. UNIX User Password Authentication
    • 5.2.3. LDAP User Password Authentication
  • 5.3. GSSAPI Setup
    • 5.3.1. Kerberos Configuration
    • 5.3.2. xGT Server Configuration for Kerberos
  • 5.4. Encrypted Connections to xGT and PKI Authentication
• 6. Access Control
  • 6.1. Frame Access Control
  • 6.2. Row Access Control
  • 6.3. User Labels and Validation
  • 6.4. Inheriting Namespace Labels
  • 6.5. Per User Private Namespaces
  • 6.6. Allow Empty Labels
• 7. System Frames
• 8. Logging and Auditing
  • 8.1. General Logging
    • 8.1.1. Logging Components
  • 8.2. Security Audit Logging
    • 8.2.1. Appenders
    • 8.2.2. Sample log4cxx Configuration
• 9. License Management System
  • 9.1. xGT Licensing
    • 9.1.1. Socket and Core Based Licensing
  • 9.2. License Management System Components
    • 9.2.1. License File
    • 9.2.2. License Location Configuration
  • 9.3. Preparing to Install
    • 9.3.1. HostID
  • 9.4. Installing
    • 9.4.1. Install Software
    • 9.4.2. Install a License File
  • 9.5. License File Format
  • 9.6. LM-X Error Messages
• 10. Floating License Management System
  • 10.1. xGT Licensing
    • 10.1.1. Socket and Core Based Licensing
  • 10.2. License Management System Components
    • 10.2.1. LM-X License Server
    • 10.2.2. License Server Configuration File
    • 10.2.3. License File
    • 10.2.4. Using the LM-X License Manager
  • 10.3. Preparing to Install
    • 10.3.1. Download and Platforms
    • 10.3.2. Selecting a Server
    • 10.3.3. HostID
  • 10.4. Installing
    • 10.4.1. Install License Manager Software
    • 10.4.2. Install a License File
    • 10.4.3. Interacting with the License Daemon
  • 10.5. Operations and Maintenance
    • 10.5.1. lmx-serv
    • 10.5.2. lmxendutil
  • 10.6. Logging
  • 10.7. License File Format
  • 10.8. LM-X Error Messages
• 11. Custom PKI authentication