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

1. Log in to Amazon Linux 2 as a user with sudo permissions.
2. Update all package repositories:
   sudo yum update
3. Install the Mate desktop environment:
   sudo amazon-linux-extras install mate-desktop1.x
4. Go to /etc/sysconfig/ and create a file named desktop with a text editor.
5. Enter the following content into the desktop file:
   PREFERRED=/usr/bin/mate-session
6. Save the file.
7. Go to your home directory and create a file named .Xclients
8. Enter the following content into the .Xclients file:
   /usr/bin/mate-session
9. Save the file.
10. Make the .Xclients file executable:
    chmod +x ~/.Xclients
    You can now install the UMS; for instructions, see IGEL UMS Installation under Linux.