Installation Guide

This installation guide will help you complete the installation of ManageEngine Analytics Plus.

• Analytics Plus Editions
• Prerequisites
• System requirements
• Installation procedure
• Windows
• Linux
• Getting started with Analytics Plus

Analytics Plus Editions

Analytics Plus is available in three editions, Personal, Standard, and Professional.

• Personal edition: This is a single user version. This edition does not offer collaboration capabilities. The personal edition only supports data import from files/feeds, local and cloud databases. Users can analyze a total data volume of 10K rows from the supported data sources.
• Standard edition: This is a multi-user version that offers complete collaboration capabilities. It supports all available data sources, but users are limited to using only one of them.
• Professional edition: This is a multi-user version with no limitation on the volume of data that can be imported. It supports all available data sources and users can choose from any of them. The professional edition allows users to blend data from two or more data sources.

To learn more about managing your Analytics Plus license, or applying a new one, refer the License Management documentation. 

Prerequisites

• Exclude anti-virus scan for the folder where ManageEngine Analytics Plus is installed (eg. C:/ManageEngine/AnalyticsPlus) 
• The hostname of the server where ManageEngine Analytics Plus is to be installed should not contain the underscore ( _ ) symbol in it. The underscore may affect the application startup and make certain services inaccessible on TCP/IP networks. For example, use the server hostname: https://manageengine-analyticsplus:8443 instead of https://manageengine_analyticsplus:8443 
• The default port used by the application is 8443. 8443 (configurable at the time of installation) is the web server port, on which the web client will be accessible. This port should be open on your firewall in order to access the application from other workstations on your network. 
• Analytics Plus can be installed on virtual servers. In such cases, Dynamic Resource Balancing should be turned off by configuring Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) at the ESX/VMlevel. 
• Please make sure that the installation directory name or its parent directory names do not have any space character. 

Prerequisites for Windows:

• If you wish to run the ManageEngine Analytics Plus batch files on Windows Server 2008, make sure that you have 'Edit' permission for ManageEngine Analytics Plus folders (even if you are an administrator). 
• To run the installation, right click the installation file and choose the option "Run as administrator".

Prerequisites for Linux:

• Please do not install the application logged in as a root user. Installation should be done as a regular user. 
• Ensure that the application is not installed in the root directory.
• Make sure you add the installation path to your antivirus exclusion list before you proceed.  

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for effectively running ManageEngine Analytics Plus are given below.

Professional Edition 

*For higher volumes of data, please contact analyticsplus-support@manageengine.com to know about the exact system requirements.

Personal Edition

Installation procedure

Windows Installation

Follow the steps below to install ManageEngine Analytics Plus on a Windows machine:

• Download the Analytics Plus application from this page.
• Double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation process.
• There are two ways to install Analytics Plus
  • One-Click Install: This option automatically selects the installation directory and the application port numbers, and the entire installation process will be completed within minutes. Note: Users who wish to install the application with High Availability mode should not choose this option.

    

  • Advanced Install: This option allows you to customize the application's configuration.

    

Follow the steps below to install Analytics Plus using the Advanced installation option: 

• Please read the license agreement carefully, and accept it to proceed with the installation.

  

• Analytics Plus offers a high availability mode of installation, to facilitate uninterrupted services by configuring multiple instances of the application that run in tandem. To set up a high availability cluster, select the Yes radio button. Please note that the high availability cluster configuration will require two servers. To learn more about the steps involved in configuring high availability in Analytics Plus, click here.
• To install Analytics Plus without the high availability configuration, choose the No option. Click Next to proceed.

  

• Choose the installation directory where ManageEngine Analytics Plus is to be installed. By default, the application is installed in the C:\ManageEngine\AnalyticsPlus directory. Use the Browse section to change the default directory, and click Next to proceed.

  

• Enter the web server port number. The default port number provided is 8443. You can specify an alternate port number if 8443 is being used by a different application. Click Next to proceed.

  

• Verify your specifications, and click Next.

  

• The installation process will take a few minutes to complete. On successful installation, the Installation Completed screen will be displayed. Click Finish to exit the installation wizard.

  

• The application launches in a browser automatically. The default username is admin and the default password is admin.

Linux installation 

Graphical mode

Follow the steps below to install ManageEngine Analytics Plus on a Linux machine, 

• Download the Analytics Plus application from this page.
• Change the access permissions of the installation file using the following command chmod a+x ManageEngine_Analytics_Plus_x_Linux.bin

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• Execute the installation file ./ManageEngine_AnalyticsPlus_64bit.bin 

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• Click Next in the installation wizard to begin the installation process.

  

• Please read the license agreement carefully, and accept it to proceed with the installation.

  

• Analytics Plus offers a high availability mode of installation, to facilitate uninterrupted services by configuring multiple instances of the application that run in tandem. To set up a high availability cluster, select the Yes radio button. Please note that the high availability cluster configuration will require two servers. To learn more about the steps involved in configuring high availability in Analytics Plus, click here.
• To install Analytics Plus without the high availability configuration, choose the No option. Click Next to proceed.

  

• Choose the installation directory where ManageEngine Analytics Plus is to be installed. By default, the application is installed in the home/<user>/ManageEngine/AnalyticsPlus directory. Use the Choose section to change the default directory, and click Next to proceed.

  

• Enter the web server port number. The default port number provided is 8443. You can specify an alternate port number if 8443 is being used by a different application. Click Next to proceed.

  

• Verify your specifications, and click Install.

  

• The installation process will take a few minutes to complete. Click Next to proceed.

  

• On successful installation, the Installation Completed screen will be displayed. Click Done to exit the installation wizard.

  

Linux installation

Console mode

To install ManageEngine Analytics Plus on a Linux machine, 

• Download Analytics Plus from here. 
• Change the access permissions of the installation file using the following command chmod a+x ManageEngine_Analytics_Plus_64bit.bin

  

• Execute the installation file ./ManageEngine_AnalyticsPlus_64bit.bin -i console in the command prompt.

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• Carefully read and accept the license agreement.

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• The next step in the Installation process is choosing the installation directory. By default, the application is installed in home/<user>/ManageEngine/AnalyticsPlus directory. If you wish to pick a different installation directory, enter the absolute directory path and press Enter.

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• Enter the Web Server Port Number. This will be the port on which the application will be accessible. The default port number is 8443. Choose an alternate port number if 8443 is being used by a different application. Press Enter to continue with the installation process.

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• Verify your inputs on the Pre-installation summary page and press Enter to proceed with the installation.

  

• Press Enter in the Ready to Install page to proceed with the installation.

  

• The installation process takes a few minutes to complete. On successful installation, the Installation Complete screen is displayed. Press Enter to continue.

  

• Navigate to the <Analytics Plus Home>/bin folder and run app_ctl.sh run command to start the application. For headless mode, run the nohup sh app_ctl.sh run command.
  
  It will take a few seconds to start all the modules. Once the startup is complete, you'll see the the start up sequence as shown below. You can now access the application using the following URL: https://<Hostname>:<Web server port> (Hostname represents the hostname or the IP address of the server and the Web server port is the server port chosen at the time of installation), For example: https://bi-server:8443.

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Getting started with Analytics Plus

On successful installation, the Analytics Plus application will be launched in the browser. Provide the default username (admin) and password (admin), and click Sign In.

In the initial configuration window that appears, provide the following information.

• Enter the email address and phone number that should be associated with the administrator account.
• Choose the required language from the Language drop-down.
• In the Additional Info section, add the following information. Please note this is optional.
  • Data sources you will connect: Enter the list of data sources with which you wish to connect Analytics Plus.
  • No. of employees who will create reports: Choose the number of users who will ideally use Analytics Plus for report creation in your organization.
  • No. of employees who will view reports: Select the number of users who will ideally use Analytics Plus only to view reports.
• Click Save And Next.

  

• Configure the email server. Analytics Plus supports Basic SMTP authentication, OAuth SMTP authentication, or Microsoft's Exchange Web Services. Click here to learn more about each configuration in detail.
• Click Save.

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After configuring the required information, Analytics Plus offers a guided evaluation to help you import data, create reports and dashboards, and share the created visualizations. To begin this, click the Getting started button.

You can also choose to access the guided evaluation process later by clicking the View link on the top panel of the Analytics Plus application. In the popup that appears, navigate to the required section, and click Start.

To watch video tutorials, or schedule a personalized demo of the Analytics Plus application, click the corresponding links in the evaluation pop-up.