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Install for Linux

Certify Management Hub​

If you just want to try out the Management Hub and easy way to do that is to use docker or other container tool. However if you want to install the Management Hub (or Management Agent) directly you can do that as well.

Scripted Install​

The following commands:

  • Download the latest version, ensuring any old download and old install files are removed if present
  • Extract the downloaded archive to the temporary ./certify-hub-install path
  • Runs the install script to install under /opt/certify-hub, and sets up the hub as a systemd service called certify-hub, running as user certify.
rm ./certify-hub-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz -f
wget https://downloads.certifytheweb.com/beta/latest/certify-mgmthub-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz
rm -rf ./certify-hub-install && mkdir -p ./certify-hub-install
tar -xvf certify-mgmthub-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz -C ./certify-hub-install
sudo ./certify-hub-install/scripts/install-hub.sh

Note: for arm64, replace x64 with arm64 in the above instructions.

This will configure/update a systemd service called certify-hub running as user certify, with the main installed files under /opt/certify-hub. Settings will be stored under /usr/share/certify, by default the UI will be available at http://localhost:8080

To then clean up the temporary install files:

rm -rf ./certify-hub*
Manual Install​

Alternatively, manually update and configure your install to your own preferences, you will need to run the executable <install location>/Certify.HubService to run the service and the user for the process will need to write to /usr/share/certify.

Post Install Steps​

The default configuration will make the service and UI available at http://localhost:8080, with the default username admin and default password changeme!.

To use the service with https you can either configure the service to use https or reverse proxy the service from a webserver of your choice (Caddy, IIS, nginx, Apache etc and administer https on those as normal).

note

Do not install the Hub service where you also want to use Certify Certificate Manager (or Certify Management Agent) as they will share the same settings/databases via different services which could create confusion or conflicts and is not a supported configuration.

Suggested Configuration for multi-user access:

  • Create an internal DNS hostname for the service e.g. certify-hub.yourowndomain.com and point it at the internal IP of your server hosting the hub.
  • Configure the service to use https
  • Setup individual user accounts under Settings > Security > Users, and assign the roles required for each user (e.g. Administrator).

Certify Management Agent​

The following commands:

  • Download the latest version, ensuring any old download and old install files are removed if present
  • Extract the downloaded archive to the temporary ./certify-agent-install path
  • Runs the install script to install under /opt/certify-agent, and sets up the agent as a systemd service running as user certify.
rm ./certify-agent-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz -f
wget https://downloads.certifytheweb.com/beta/latest/certify-agent-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz
rm -rf ./certify-agent-install && mkdir -p ./certify-agent-install
tar -xvf certify-agent-linux-x64-latest.tar.gz -C ./certify-agent-install
sudo ./certify-agent-install/scripts/install-agent.sh

To then clean up the temporary install files:

rm -rf ./certify-agent*