Preparing Amazon Linux 2 for UMS Installation
Overview
You can install the UMS on Amazon Linux 2, both in the cloud and on-premises.
If you want to use the UMS Console or the UMS Administrator on your Amazon Linux 2 machine, you must install and set up the Mate desktop environment. The procedure is described in this article.
Environment
This description is valid for the following environment:
- UMS 6.05 or higher
- Amazon Linux 2, cloud or on-premises
Instructions
- Log in to Amazon Linux 2 as a user with
sudo
permissions. - Update all package repositories:
sudo yum update
- Install the Mate desktop environment:
sudo amazon-linux-extras install mate-desktop1.x
- Go to
/etc/sysconfig/
and create a file nameddesktop
with a text editor. - Enter the following content into the
desktop
file:PREFERRED=/usr/bin/mate-session
- Save the file.
- Go to your home directory and create a file named
.Xclients
- Enter the following content into the
.Xclients
file:/usr/bin/mate-session
- Save the file.
- Make the
.Xclients
file executable:chmod +x ~/.Xclients
You can now install the UMS; for instructions, see IGEL UMS Installation under Linux.