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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 named desktop 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.