Install AEN Gateway (AEN 4.1.2)#

The Gateway is a reverse proxy server that authenticates users and automatically directs them to the proper AEN Compute Node for their project. Users will not notice the Gateway as it automatically routes them.

These procedures assume that you have already performed the Installation preparation and Install AEN Server procedures.

Set variables and change permissions¶

In the script below, change <FQDN HOSTNAME OR IP ADDRESS> to the actual fully qualified domain hostname or IP address.

export AEN_SERVER=<FQDN HOSTNAME OR IP ADDRESS> # Use the real FQDN
export AEN_GATEWAY_PORT=8089
export AEN_GATEWAY=<FQDN HOSTNAME OR IP ADDRESS> # will be needed shortly
chmod a+x aen-*.sh                # Set installer to be executable

NOTE: You must perform the entire procedure before closing the terminal to ensure the variable export persists. If the terminal is closed before successful installation, export the variables to continue with the installation.

Run Gateway installer¶

sudo -E ./aen-gateway-4.1.2-Linux-x86_64.sh -w $AEN_SERVER
<license text>
...
...

PREFIX=/opt/wakari/wakari-gateway
Logging to /tmp/wakari_gateway.log
...
...
Checking server name
Please restart the Gateway after running the following command
to connect this Gateway to the AEN Server
...

Register the AEN Gateway¶

The AEN Gateway needs to register with the AEN Server. This needs to be authenticated, so the AEN_SRVC_ACCT user’s credentials created during the AEN Server install need to be used. This needs to be run as sudo or root to write the configuration file: /opt/wakari/wakari-gateway/etc/wakari/wk-gateway-config.json

sudo /opt/wakari/wakari-gateway/bin/wk-gateway-configure \
--server http://$AEN_SERVER --host $AEN_GATEWAY \
--port $AEN_GATEWAY_PORT --name Gateway --protocol http \
--summary Gateway --username $AEN_SRVC_ACCT \
--password '<NFI USER PASSWORD>'

Note: replace <NFI USER PASSWORD> with the password of the NFI user that was generated during server installation above.

Ensure proper permissions¶

sudo chown $AEN_SRVC_ACCT /opt/wakari/wakari-gateway/etc/wakari/wk-gateway-config.json

Start the Gateway¶

sudo service wakari-gateway start

Verify the AEN Gateway registration¶

Login to the AEN Server using Chrome or Firefox browser using the AEN_SRVC_ACCT user.
Click the Admin link in the toolbar
Click the Data Centers subsection, then click your Data Center:
Verify that your Data Center is registered and status is {"status": "ok", "messages": []}

Next steps¶

See the next step needed for full AEN install below:

Install AEN Compute

The following optional install procedures may need to be performed, depending on how you set up your data center:

Additional post-install information: