Installing Sicura Console

The Sicura Console can be added to your environment as a Docker container or installed as a service on a Red Hat (or derivative) server or virtual machine. In either case, a PostgreSQL database server is also required. We recommend installing the Console on Red Hat 8 (or deriviative) to simplify database connectivity with current versions of PostgreSQL.

Prerequisites

Install and Configure PostgreSQL

Skip this section if you already have a production PostgreSQL server available in your environment.

Follow the instructions below to configure a PostgreSQL database server to host a database for the Console.

Install PostgreSQL.
```
 yum -y install postgresql-server
```
Initialize the database.
```
 postgresql-setup initdb
```
Enable password authentication for localhost.

This is only necessary if running PostgreSQL on the same system as the Console service.
```
 sed -i \
     -e '/^host\s*all\s*all\s*[0-9:./]*\s*ident$/ s|ident|md5|' \
     /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
```
Enable and start the database service.
```
 systemctl enable postgresql --now
```

Create and configure a user and database for Sicura Console.

In the example below, we’re connecting to a local installation of PostgreSQL and using sicura_console for both the database name and the user name. Replace the string REPLACE_ME below with a password generated for the sicura_console database user.

```bash
runuser -l postgres -c "psql" <<END
create database sicura_console;
create user sicura_console with encrypted password 'REPLACE_ME';
grant all privileges on database sicura_console to sicura_console;
END
```

Console Installation

Install from RPM

Detailed instructions for installing from RPM on a server or virtual machine can be found here.

Install as a Container

Detailed instructions for running the Console Docker container can be found here.