Linux
Unzip files
Navigate to the directory where the WriteBackExtreme installation files have been uploaded.
cd /path/to/upload/folderUnzip the downloaded package.
unzip writebackextreme-linux-<version>.zip
Ensure you are in the correct upload folder location before proceeding with the unzip operation.
Installation procedure
The installation procedure for linux consists out of the following steps:
Run the installer
During the installation, the application asks to start the installer. Executing this command starts a webserver which exposes an endpoint for the user to open in a web-browser. user needs to complete this installation in his web browser. See our documentation about this installer
After the web installer is finished, the application needs to be installed as a service.
Starting the installer
Run `dpkg -i writebackextreme_6.0.0_amd64.deb`
Run `yum -y -v --allowerasing install writebackextreme_6.0.0_x86_64.rpm`
The example below shows what the linux installation looks like:
The script will prompt on which port to expose the endpoint. Port 8080 is the default.
Follow any on-screen prompts in yellow as needed.
The installer tries to automatically determine the ip address of the machine, but that could be different depending on your network.
After the installation is completed in the browser it will automatically show the configure window which can be used to adjust configuration. After exiting the command by pressing Ctrl+C, the configuration panel is automatically disabled.
Enable configurer
There are cases when temporary access to the configuration panel is needed to change configuration like SSL certificates, Update license, of other configuration. In this case we have two commands:
Enable the configuration panel
The following command will enable the configurer for 15 minutes. It will expose the https://your-writebackextreme-domain.com/installer route.
It will automatically stop after 15 minutes, when you are done and want it to be disabled, you could call this:
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