Console installation on Redhat

Before You Start

Before installing the dbWatch Control Center, note that the installer requires root privileges. For simplicity, this documentation demonstrates steps executed as the root user. You may use ‘sudo’ as an alternative.

This guide is for Redhat 9 with a minimal setup.

Adding Yum Repositories

Two trusted repositories must be added:

  1. dbWatch Release Repository: Provides the latest dbWatch Control Center.
  2. Bellsoft Repository: Hosts the required Java version.

Adding the Bellsoft Repository

Bellsoft’s installation guide is available here. For quick setup, do the following:

Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/bellsoft.repo
with the following content:

[BELLSOFT]
name=BELLSOFT Repository
baseurl=https://yum.bell-sw.com
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://download.bell-sw.com/pki/GPG-KEY-bellsoft
priority=1

Adding the dbWatch Release Repository

Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/dbwatch.repo
whith the following content:

[dbwatch-unstable2]
name=DbWatch Unstable Repository
baseurl=https://download.dbwatch.com/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://download.dbwatch.com/rpm/RPM-GPG-KEY-dbwatch

Installing the Software

Update packages and install the dbWatch Control Center:

sudo dnf clean all;
sudo dnf install dbwatch-controlcenter;

Starting the Service

Start the dbWatch Control Center service with:

sudo systemctl start dbwatch-controlcenter;

After installation, proceed to Initial Domain Setup