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1. Log into SnapLogic Manager as an Org admin.
   
   
2. Navigate to the project where you want to create your Groundplex, then do one of the following:
   
   
   • Click the Snaplex tab, then click  to display the Snaplex dialogpopup.
     
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   • Click to display the Assets drop-down list, then select Snaplex; the Snaplex dialog popup appears.
     
     
     
     
3. Enter the required information on the Create Snaplex form. Once completed, the Downloads tab on the Snaplex popup appears. The Downloads tab has links to the installer and configuration files.
   
   
4. Download the RPM/DEB and the configuration file onto a Linux machine:
   
   

   • For CentOS (or Redhat) 6.3 or newer, run the following command:
     
     $ sudo rpm -i <filename>.rpm



   • For Ubuntu 14.04 or newer, run the following command: 
     
     $ sudo dpkg -i <filename>.deb
     
     Where <filename> is the name of the current installer file.
     
     
     

5. After the software is installed, place the downloaded configuration file in the /opt/snaplogic/etc directory and make sure the file name ends with .slpropz. Change the slpropz file so that snapuser owns it by running the following commands:

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   $ sudo chown snapuser:snapuser /opt/snaplogic/etc/myplex.slpropz $ sudo chmod 600 /opt/snaplogic/etc/myplex.slpropz

   
   

6. To start the Snaplex service for your Groundplex, run:
   
   $ sudo /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh start


7. To verify the Groundplex has the Snaplex has started, visit https://elastic.snaplogic.com/sl/dashboard.html#Health. The newly installed Groundplex Snaplex node should show up in the list of nodes in the Snaplex tab on the Dashboardfor the Snaplex.
   
   

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To generate and import a self-signed certificate on all the JCC nodes in the GroundplexSnaplex:

1. Obtain the certificate (.pem) file by using SSH.
   
   

2. Import the file by using the following command in the JCC node:
   

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   /opt/snaplogic/pkgs/jre1.8.0_45/bin/keytool -import -file <path_to_pem_file_from_step_1> -alias <alias_name_optional> -keystore /opt/snaplogic/pkgs/jre1.8.0_45/lib/security/cacerts -vEnter keystore password: changeit

   
   

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   This example is an excerpt from 1.8.0_45; the directory path might vary based on the Java installation directory.

   
   

3. Restart the JCC node process to confirm the import.
   
   

4. Run the following command to list certificates from the CAcerts file:

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   /opt/snaplogic/pkgs/jre1.8.0_45/bin/keytool -list --keystore /opt/snaplogic/pkgs/jre1.8.0_45/lib/security/cacerts -v+

   
   

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You can use either the systemd or init.d utility to start and stop the GroundplexSnaplex. Procedures for both are included below. The procedures vary depending on which Linux distribution is installed on the Groundplex Snaplex host.

Starting and Stopping the Groundplex by Using the Linux Systems Call

Use this procedure for Red Hat-like Linux distributions such as Red Hat, Fedora CoreOS, CentOS, and SuSE.

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1. Log into the Groundplex host as a root or sudo user.
   
   

2. Create the startup service file:
   

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   touch /etc/systemd/system/snaplogic.service

   
   

3. Change the permissions on the file:

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   chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/snaplogic.service

   This change provides read and write permissions for the owner and group, and read permission for others.
   
   

4. Open the file with a text editor. For example, the using a vim editor:

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   vim /etc/systemd/system/snaplogic.service

   
   

5. Add the following text to the file:

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   [Unit] Description=SnapLogic JVM After=network.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh start ExecReload=/opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh restart ExecStop=/opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh stop [Install] WantedBy=default.target

   
   

6. Save and exit the file.
   
   

7. Enable the service by running the following command:

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   systemctl enable snaplogic.service

   The service will start automatically when the host reboots.
   
   

8. Start the service:

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   systemctl start snaplogic.service

   
   

9. To stop the Groundplex Snaplex as a service, run the following command:
   

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   systemctl disable snaplogic.service

   
   

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rm /etc/init.d/snaplex
cp /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh /etc/init.d/snaplex
echo "export SL_ROOT=/opt/snaplogic" >> /etc/sysconfig/jcc

To delete the Snaplex as a service, remove the service from the chkconfig management:

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1. Log in to the Linux machine as root.
   
   

2. Change directories:

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   cd /etc/init.d/

   
   

3. Create a soft-link to the jcc.sh file: 

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   ln -s /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh snaplex

   
   

4. Install the service using update-rc.d. For example: 

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   sudo update-rc.d snaplex defaults 98 02

   
   

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   title Troubleshooting if the machine reboot fails
   We recommend that you reboot the machine to verify whether the Snaplex service is restarting automatically on machine reboot. Under some conditions, the symlink resolution might fail when the machine is starting up. In this case, you can change the Snaplex startup script to be a file instead of a symlink. Run the following commands a root user: Code Block rm /etc/init.d/snaplex cp /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh /etc/init.d/snaplex echo "export SL_ROOT=/opt/snaplogic" >> /etc/sysconfig/jcc On a Debian system, the /etc/sysconfig directory would need to be created if not already present.

   
   

5. To stop the Snaplex the Snaplex as a Service, remove the service from update-rc.d management:
   

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   update-rc.d -f snaplex remove

   
   

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1. Stop the existing JCC node by running the following command:
   $ sudo /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh stop
   
   
2. Download the new Snaplex installer and install the Groundplex, running the RPM, DEB, or Docker installers as appropriate.
   • For RPM systems, run the following command:
     $ rpm -U snaplogic-snaplex.rpm
   • For DEB systems, run  the following command:
     $ dpkg -i snaplogic-snaplex.deb
   • For Docker, stop the existing container and start a new container using the latest image.
     
     
3. Add the following entry to the /etc/sysconfig/jcc directory. You must create this directory and file if neither are present:. 
   export SL_JAVA_HOME=/opt/snaplogic/pkgs/openjdk-11.0.5+10-jre/


4. Start the JCC node by running the following command:
   $ sudo /opt/snaplogic/bin/jcc.sh start.

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If you want to use the/myopt/myroot instead of the /opt/snaplogic as the installation folder and myuser instead of snapuser, do the following steps:

1. Run the following commands after installing the RPM/DEB package:
   1. $ sudo mv /opt/snaplogic /myopt/myroot
   2. $ sudo chown -R myuser /myopt/myroot
2. Add the following properties in the /etc/sysconfig/jcc file. If this file does not exist, create it.
   1. export SL_USER=myuser
   2. export SL_ROOT=/myopt/myroot
3. Restart the service with the following command: 
   $ sudo /myopt/myroot/bin/jcc.sh restart
4. To make a service using init.d, make the /etc/init.d/snaplex file a symlink to the /myopt/myroot/bin/jcc.sh file.

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Some Linux installations have system ulimit settings that are set to low values. This low setting can cause errors when running higher Pipeline loads on the Groundplex JCC node, such as, java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread.

To fix this issue, you need to increase the system limits for the Snapuser user. You can add the following in the /etc/security/limits.conf folder to increase the file and process limits.

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