Quick Installation Guide
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ManageEngine DDI Central is designed to operate only on Linux platforms. However, ManageEngine DDI Central can be deployed as an overlay for your existing Linux DNS and DHCP clusters that runs on Internet Systems Consortium : ISC DHCP and ISC BIND9 DNS software. DDI Central can also be deployed as an overlay for your existing Windows DNS and DHCP clusters that run on Microsoft Windows Server OS. For this download the live iso image available in our downloads page. With this iso image you can operate DDI Central on any platform and manage your ISC and Windows based DNS and DHCP clusters.
Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen to successfully install DDINode Agent on to your machine.
This is a quick walk-through of the console mode installation of DDI on a Linux box - an easy thing to do if you are working on a Windows box and want to install on a remote Linux system.
Step 1: Execute the binary with administrator privileges (sudo) and -i console option.
Step 2: Go through the license agreement and enter 'Y' to proceed. You can register for technical support by providing the required details. (Name, E-mail ID, Phone, Company Name)
Step 3: Select the location
Step 4: Choose the installation directory
Step 5: Configure the Webserver and Listener Ports.
Step 6: Verify the installation details and press 'Enter' to complete the installation.
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During installation if you get an error message stating that the temp folder does not have enough space, try executing this command with the -is:tempdiroption, where is the absolute path of an existing directory.
./ManageEngine_DDI_xxxx.bin -is:tempdir
For non-x11 machines, use the following command:
./ManageEngine_DDIr_xxxx.bin -i console
Once the ManageEngine DDI Central installation is completed, you can start the service by executing following command on your linux box
systemctl start DDI
To check whether service is started, execute the following command:
systemctl status DDI
After ensuring service is started successfully, you can connect the web client using both http and https as follows
http://server_ip:9090
https://server_ip:9443
Once the service has successfully started, follow the steps below to access DDI Central.
Clusters in ManageEngine DDI Central
Clusters are logical groupings of servers - DNS, DHCP or both organized for identification and administrative purposes. These clusters operate independently of other clusters configured within DDI Central. Each cluster you add has its own internalized IP address plans, IP inventory, IP Address Manager, DNS manager and DHCP manager.
A single cluster can accommodate any number of DNS servers and DHCP servers. However, ManageEngine DDI Central enables you to add only one Primary DHCP server for each cluster and the rest of DHCP servers act secondary servers configured under DHCP failover configurations.
Essential Plan:
The Essential plan includes one DNS cluster and one DHCP cluster. With the single DNS cluster, you can add up to three DNS servers into the DDI Central console. Similarly, the single DHCP cluster allows for the addition of up to two DHCP servers.
These servers can be grouped together within a single cluster or distributed across multiple clusters in any combination as per your preference. There is no restriction on the number of clusters you can create.
Professional Plan:
The Professional plan provides two DNS clusters and two DHCP clusters. This way you can add up to six DNS servers and four DHCP servers in total. You have the flexibility to organize these servers by grouping them into a single cluster or by creating multiple clusters. You can configure the clusters in any combination that suits your needs, with no limit on the number of clusters.
You can also purchase additional DNS clusters, DHCP clusters, subnets, zones, and users as add-ons. Please refer the ManageEngine Store page to check the prices of DDI Central add-ons.
Once installed, DDI Central runs in evaluation mode for 30 days. You can obtain a registered license for DDI Central at any time during the evaluation period by contacting DDI Central Support. If you have not upgraded to the Licensed Edition by the end of the evaluation period, DDI Central evaluation license expires and you will have only read-only access.
After obtaining the new license from ZOHO Corp, save it on your computer, and follow the steps below to upgrade your DDI Central installation:
Note : The new license is applied with immediate effect. You do not have to shut down or restart the DDI Central server after the license is applied.