2.9. Installing the Broker Network Components

After the base installation of your servers is completed, we can install the specific software for the components.

You can now choose the role you want to install (Broker, Gatekeeper or Lobby):

You can install the three [1] servers in any order, as we will configure them once they are all up and running.

Warning

The Broker Network needs a minimum version of 2.14.0 of the ASGARD Management Center. Please make sure you installed your Broker Network license in your ASGARD Management Center. If you still can't see the Broker Network tab in your Asset Management, restart the asgard2 service in Settings > System > Services.

[1]

This number may vary. In this example we went with the minimum of one Broker, one Lobby and one Gatekeeper.

2.9.1. Gatekeeper Installation

To install the Gatekeeper, run the following command on your newly installed system:

nextron@gatekeeper:~$ sudo nextronInstaller -gatekeeper

After the installation is done, you will see the following message:

You can now check if the service was installed successfully.

nextron@gatekeeper:~$ systemctl status asgard2-gatekeeper.service

You will see that the service is in a "failed/exited" state. This will change once we configured our ASGARD with the Gatekeeper.

To configure your Gatekeeper in the ASGARD Management Center, we will continue later in the chapter Gatekeeper Configuration.

2.9.2. Lobby Installation

To install the Lobby, run the following command on your newly installed system:

nextron@lobby:~$ sudo nextronInstaller -lobby

After a short while you will be prompted to enter a password for the admin user. This is the user for the web interface of the Lobby.

Note

The password has to be:

• A minimum of 12 characters long

• Contain at least one upper- and lowercase letter, one digit and one special character

After the installation is finished, you will see the following message:

You can check the service to see if everything is up and running.

nextron@lobby:~$ systemctl status asgard-lobby.service

You can now navigate to the web interface of the lobby https://<FQDN>:9443. Please log into the Lobby with the user admin and the password you chose during the installation:

To configure your Lobby in the ASGARD Management Center, we will continue later in the chapter Lobby Configuration.

2.9.3. Broker Installation

To install a Broker, run the following command on your newly installed system

nextron@broker:~$ sudo nextronInstaller -broker

After the installation is finished, you will see the following message:

You can now check if the service was installed successfully.

nextron@broker:~$ systemctl status asgard-broker.service

You will see that the service is in a "failed/exited" state. This will change once we configured our ASGARD with the Broker.

To configure your Broker in the ASGARD Management Center, we will continue later in the chapter Broker Configuration.