When you install the Jive platform, you'll perform several steps in a specific sequence. Here is an overview of all the installation steps and the order in which you should perform them:
| Steps | Module | Required or Optional | Install Instructions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -- | Required | Review the System Architecture drawing and the System Requirements to understand a typical configuration, required components and sizes, and how to scale your system. See the Environmental Requirements for additional information. |
| 2 | -- | Required | Review the information in Connecting to Jive-Hosted Services to ensure your servers can communicate with the externally hosted components. If you use a proxy server, make sure it's configured correctly to access the required external resources. See Connecting Through a Proxy Server. |
| 3 | Activity Engine and Database | Required | Install the Jive Linux package on your Activity Engine node and its database. This node should be able to access the Recommender Service as described in Connecting to Jive-Hosted Services. |
| 4 | Jive Web App and Database | Required | Install the Jive Linux package on your web app node(s) and its database. Any web app nodes will need access to the domains for Apps Market, Recommender and Mobile Gateway, directly or through your proxy server, as described in Connecting to Jive-Hosted Services. |
| 5 | Cache Server(s) | Optional | Install the Jive Linux package on the cache server(s). This is an optional step, but typical for many configurations. See the System Architecture drawing to better understand a typical configuration and how to scale your system. |
| 6 | Doc Conversion Module | Optional | Install the Jive Linux package on the document conversion node. This is an optional module that controls document conversion. For more information, see Setting Up a Document Conversion Node. |
| 7 | Cluster Nodes | Optional | Configure your cluster. Not all configurations will require a clustered environment, so this is an optional step. For this, you will install the Jive Linux package on each node of the cluster, and configure it appropriately. |
| 8 | Final Setup | Required | With a supported web browser, navigate to http://<hostname>/, where hostname is the DNS-resolvable name of the server where you installed the Jive application on your primary web application node. There, you will be prompted to finish configuring the Jive application via the admin console setup wizard. If you plan to populate your community with users synchronized from your LDAP implementation, the setup screens are included in this wizard. |