Graphical User Interface Installation

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The graphical user interface installation method is supported by Windows platforms and Linux platforms running the X Window System.

  1. Double-click the following file to run the full installer.

    • Linux: CloudBeesFlowDevOpsForesightServer-x64-<version>

    • Windows: CloudBeesFlowDevOpsForesightServer-x64-<version>.exe

      Click Next to continue.

  2. As required, click Browse to specify different directory locations. Click Next to continue; the Service Account screen appears.

  3. Complete the information on the Service Account screen as follows.

    Windows systems: User Name —Name of the user who will run the CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server services. Password —Password of the user who will run the CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server services. Domain —Domain name information for the user. For example, electric-cloud.com. Leave this field blank if this is a local user. Use the local system account —Determines if the CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server services will run as the local Windows system account.

    + Linus systems:

    • User Name —Name of the user who owns the CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server processes.

    • Group Name —Name of the group who owns the CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server processes.

      Click Next to continue; the Configure Service screen appears.

  4. Complete the information on the Configure Service as follows:

    • Hostname or IP address —Name of the host that will be used to access the installed CloudBees CD DevOps Foresight server.

    • DevOps Foresight server port —Port number to be used to access the DevOps Foresight server.

    • The DevOps Foresight server uses the Elasticsearch search engine from the DevOps Insight Server to gather data from the CloudBees CD server for use in its various dashboards. Supply DevOps Insight Server hostname or IP and Elasticsearch port.

    • DevOps Insight Server Hostname or IP address —The DevOps Insight server host name or IP address that DevOps Foresight will access.

    • Elasticsearch port —Port number to be used to store information in Elasticsearch.

    • DevOps Insight Server allows unsecured access —Uncheck this field if you want to use a secure protocol and authentication when accessing the DevOps Insight server. If you do so, the User name and Password fields appear to let you enter DevOps Insight Server credentials:

    • Unsecured access is not recommended for use in a production environment.

    • User name —The user name for your DevOps Insight Server.

    • Password —The password for your DevOps Insight Server.

      Click Next to continue.

  5. The installer attempts to access the DevOps Insight Server with the credentials just provided.

  6. The CloudBees CD Server configures access to the DevOps Foresight server. Supply your CloudBees CD Server host name.

    • Server host name —CloudBees CD Server host name.

    • CloudBees CD user name —The user name for your CloudBees CD Server.

    • Password —The password for your CloudBees CD Server.

    • DevOps Foresight License —Enter, or browse to, the file name containing your DevOps Foresight license.

  7. Complete the information on the Remote CloudBees CD Server screen.

  8. Click Next to continue; the Ready to Install appears.

  9. Review this screen to verify your selections. Use the Back button to change any of your settings if needed.

  10. Click Begin Install.

  11. The installer displays a status bar to show the progress of the installation process, which can take a few minutes. When the installation process is complete, the Install Wizard Complete screen appears.

  12. Click Finish to close the wizard.