[DEPRECATED] Install Datafari 4.x CE on Debian/Ubuntu

Owned by Cedric
Last updated: 12 Mar, 2024
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Valid starting from v4.1 of Datafari !

Ensure that :

  • the required packages are installed via apt-get

  • Java 8 JRE (or JDK) is installed

  • Java Home variable is setted

  • Python is installed

  • the time and date of the server is uptodate

  • increase the default value of Open Files Limit

Check the related documentation for detailed information  : Software requirements

To install Datafari you need to be root :

dpkg -i datafari.deb

Start Datafari (needs non root account but must be in sudo group) :

cd /opt/datafari/bin bash start-datafari.sh

If you want to index fileshares

If you want to use the jcifs connector in ManifoldCF, follow our dedicated documentation: [DEPRECATED] Add the JCIFS Connector to Datafari - Community Edition

Step by step install for Datafari 4.1 on AWS tx2.large instance (4 vcpu, 16 GB RAM) :

#!/bin/bash ssh -i keys.pem ubuntu@PUBLIC_IP sudo -i apt-get update # Download Datafari wget https://www.datafari.com/files/debian/datafari.deb # install the packages required by Datafari apt-get install curl debconf unzip sudo libc6-dev jq lsof python-minimal -y # install Java apt-get install openjdk-8-jre -y # set Java Home nano /etc/profile export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64 # load the file source /etc/profile # check java java -version # Displays openjdk version "1.8.0_171" # Check java home echo $JAVA_HOME # displays /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64 # check Python version python -V # add the non-root user to visudo visudo # add the line below root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # non necessary for AWS because ubuntu is in the sudo group ubuntu ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL # Python 2.7.12 #install Datafari dpkg -i datafari.deb # specify current host address 52.47.174.76 # Datafari password admin #PGSQL super user admin # change user exit # check user connected whoami # load profile file source /etc/profile # ubuntu here # For AWS only sed -i "/server.host:/c\server.host: 0.0.0.0" /opt/datafari/elk/kibana/config/kibana.yml cd /opt/datafari/bin bash start-datafari.sh # Go to the Datafari URL

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