About this task

This document describes the procedure to install InfiniMetrics on a plain Ubuntu server.

Minimum system requirements

Requirements:

• 64bit Ubuntu 18.04 server
• At least 8GB of RAM
• At least 30GB of disk space
• At least 2 CPUs or cores

• Support for SSE 4.2. To verify that it is supported run the following command:

  grep -q sse4_2 /proc/cpuinfo && echo "SSE 4.2 supported" || echo "SSE 4.2 not supported"

If you are planning to monitor more than 4 systems please refer to InfiniMetrics Sizing Guide for additional guidelines.

Prerequisites

1. Install a 64bit Ubuntu 18.04 server.

2. Install the required packages:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y unzip curl tmux dpkg-dev

3. Configure the server:

   sudo timedatectl set-timezone UTC
   echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
   echo 'never' | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

Installation file download

1. Browse the InfiniMetrics section in the repository. 
2. Click on "Other versions and platforms".
3. Copy the x64_OVF10_UPDATE_ZIP download link of the latest InfiniMetrics version.

4. Download the installation file to your Ubuntu server using curl:

   curl -O <installation-file-url>

Installation steps

Extract the ZIP file and install all the required deb packages inside it:

unzip -j *OVF10_UPDATE_ZIP.zip -d /var/infinimetrics-repo
cd /var/infinimetrics-repo
sudo bash -c 'dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip > ./Packages.gz'
sudo echo "deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/infinimetrics-repo/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinimetrics-repo.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y infinimetrics

Upgrading the server

To upgrade to a newer version of InfiniMetrics, first delete the infinimetrics-repo directory:

rm -rf /var/infinimetrics-repo

Then, follow the instructions under Installation file download and Installation steps listed above.