Before Installation Configuration
The following guide provides some configurations that may be required before proceeding with the installation of the Access Grid Software.
Hosts File
As part of the installation process where you may have selected to use Static Ip Address and entered the hostname manually, you will mostly likely have to edit your /etc/hosts file.
Note, you only have to edit this file if you are using a static ip address. If you are using DHCP (dynamically assigned IP address) you don't have to worry about editing this file.
It has been found that if you dont make the following changes to the hosts file, the multicast beacon and AGServiceManager will not work correctly.
To edit the file /etc/hosts, type vi /etc/hosts. Make sure you are the super-user while doing this.
If your hosts file looks similar to this:
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
Your IP Address machinename.domain.name machinename
Change it to read:
Your IP Address machinename.domain.name machinename
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost jastest
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
Save and exit by hitting the "esc" key then entering :wq.
Example file might look like:
111.222.111.222 jastest.cqu.edu.au jastest
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6