Installing TIBCO Activation Service

Once you have determined where TIBCO Activation Service will be deployed in your IT infrastructure, download it from TIBCO Software Downloads site and install it on those systems or virtual machines. TIBCO Activation Service starts automatically as part of the installation using self-signed certificates. No manual steps are required to start TIBCO Activation Service.

When you use the tib-activate CLI for the first time, you are prompted to configure the CLI with TIBCO Activation Service and also change the administrator password. For more information, see First-time Usage of tib-activate.

Prerequisites

• A supported Linux distribution (RHEL or Ubuntu)
• Root or sudo access

Download and Extract the Installer

1. Download the TIBCO Activation Service installer from the TIBCO Software Downloads site. The file name of the installer is similar to TIB_tibco-activation_1.0.0_linux_x86_64.zip.

2. Upload the installer file to your target server.

3. Extract the installer file:
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   unzip -d TIB_tibco-activation_1.0.0_linux_x86_64 TIB_tibco-activation_1.0.0_linux_x86_64.zip

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   cd TIB_tibco-activation_1.0.0_linux_x86_64/TIB_tibco-activation_1.0.0/

Install using RPM (RHEL)

1. Navigate to the rpm directory:

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   cd rpm

2. Install TIBCO Activation Service: 
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   sudo yum -y install tibco-activation_1.0.0_x86_64-server.rpm

3. Install Activation Client:

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   sudo yum -y install tibco-activation_1.0.0_x86_64-util.rpm

Install using DEB (Ubuntu)

1. Navigate to the deb directory:

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   cd deb

2. Install TIBCO Activation Service:
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   sudo apt-get -y install ./tibco-activation_1.0.0_x86_64-server.deb

3. Install Activation Client:
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   sudo apt-get -y install ./tibco-activation_1.0.0_x86_64-util.deb

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