RHEL

Installing Broker on RHEL systems

1. Make sure you have completed all generic prerequisites mentioned in the Prerequisites section.

2. Install OpenJDK 21 using the following command:

   • Older versions of RHEL:

     sudo yum install java-21-openjdk-devel

   • Newer versions of RHEL:

     sudo dnf install java-21-openjdk-devel

3. Verify the Java version:

   java --version

4. Install the broker using the downloaded package:

   sudo rpm -ivh britivrbroker.rpm

5. Change the directory to /opt:

   cd /opt

6. Verify if the owner of the folder britive-broker is britivebroker; if not, change the owner of the britive-broker directory:

   sudo chown -R britivebroker:britivebroker britive-broker

7. Change directory to broker's config file:

   cd /opt/britive-broker/config/

8. Rename the config file:

   mv broker-config-template.yml broker-config.yml

9. Open and edit the broker configuration file using vi:

   vi broker-config.yml

10. Start the broker service:

    sudo systemctl start britive-broker

Upgrading Access Broker

1. Uninstall the Britive package for the broker and install the desired version.

2. Ensure /opt/britive-broker/conf/broker-config.yml and /opt/britive-broker/conf/logback.xml have not been modified after the upgrade.