PeopleTools 8.57 installation on Linux Server through DPK
PeopleTools 8.57 has to be installed through DPK. Except PeopleTools everything else you can install manually in classic way. Following step will guide in details for PeopleTools 8.57 installation on Windows Server through DPK.
1. Extract first zip file of the linux DPK setup files inside DPK_INSTALL folder
2.Before you proceed for PeopleTools installation you will need to install Puppet software through admin user. If you wanted to installed PeopleTools through admin access then you don't need to install Puppet separately. Use following command if you wanted to install only Puppet using root user. Here we are proceeding to install puppet with PeopleTools installation.
3. Open the Windows Command prompt with admin rights. Change directory to DPK_INSTALL/setup
D:/DPK_INSTALL/setup>psft-dpk-setup.bat --env_type midtier --deploy_only --deploy_type tools_home
Starting the PeopleSoft Environment Setup Process:
Validating User Arguments:
[ OK ]
Validating PeopleSoft Supported Platform: [ OK ]
Extracting the Zip File
PEOPLETOOLS-WIN-8.57.03_2of4.zip:
[ OK ]
Extracting the Zip File
PEOPLETOOLS-WIN-8.57.03_3of4.zip:
[ OK ]
Extracting the Zip File PEOPLETOOLS-WIN-8.57.03_4of4.zip: [
OK ]
Verifying if Puppet Software is installed:
Puppet 5.3.5 is not installed on the Windows Host. If
PeopleSoft
environment needs to be set up on this host, Puppet 5.3.5
must be installed.
Do you want to proceed with the Puppet 5.3.5
Installation? [Y|n]: y
Installing Puppet Software on the Windows Host: [ OK ]
Installing eYAML Hiera Backend on the Windows Host: [ OK ]
Preparing the Windows 2012ServerR2 VM for PeopleSoft
Environment:
Checking if PeopleSoft DPKs are Present: [ OK ]
The base folder is used to extract the PeopleSoft DPKs.
It is also
used to deploy the PeopleSoft components. This folder
should be
accessible on the Windows VM, must have write permission
and should
have enough free space.
Enter the PeopleSoft Base Folder:
D:/PS/PT857Base
Are you happy with your answer? [Y|n|q]: y
Checking if the Base Folder has Enough Free Space:
The PeopleSoft base folder [D:/PS/PT857Base] has
only
X GB of disk space available. Please ensure
it has at least
25 GB of free space for midtier.
Validating the PeopleSoft DPKs in the Windows VM:
Validating the PeopleSoft PeopleTools Server DPK: [ OK ]
Validating the PeopleSoft PeopleTools Client DPK: [ OK ]
Validating the Manifest Information in PeopleSoft
DPKs: [ OK ]
Extracting the PeopleSoft DPK Archives in the Windows VM:
Extracting the PeopleSoft PeopleTools Server DPK
Archives: [ OK ]
Setting up Puppet on the Windows VM:
Generating eYAML Hiera Backend Encryption Keys: [ OK ]
Updating the Puppet Hiera YAML Files in the Windows
VM: [ OK ]
Updating the Role in Puppet Site File for the Windows
VM: [ OK ]
Enter the PeopleSoft database platform [ORACLE]: ORACLE
Is the PeopleSoft database unicode? [Y|n]: Y
Are you happy with your answers? [y|n]: y
Encrypting the Passwords in the User Data:
Updating the Puppet Hiera YAML Files with User Data: [ OK ]
The bootstrap script is ready to deploy and configure the
PeopleSoft
environment using the default configuration defined in
the Puppet
Hiera YAML files. You can proceed by answering 'y' at the
following
prompt. And, if you want to customize the environment by
overriding
the default configuration, you can answer 'n'. If you
answer 'n', you
should follow the instructions in the PeopleSoft
Installation Guide
for creating the customization Hiera YAML file and
running the Puppet
'apply' command directly to continue with the setup of
the PeopleSoft
environment.
Do you want to continue with the default initialization
process? [y|n]: n
You have decided not to continue with the default
PeopleSoft environment
setup process. Any customizations to the PeopleSoft
environment should be
done in the Hiera YAML file 'psft_customizations.yaml'
and place it under
[D:/PS/PT857Base\dpk\puppet\production\data]
folder. After making the
necessary customizations, run the following commands to
continue with the
setup of PeopleSoft environment.
1. cd /d
D:/PS/PT857Base\dpk\puppet\production\manifests
2. "C:\Program Files\Puppet
Labs\Puppet\bin\puppet.bat" apply --confdir=D:/PS/PT857Base\dpk\puppet site.pp --debug --trace
--detailed-exitcodes --logde
st /some_valid_path/to/log/psft_dpk_setup.log
Exiting the PeopleSoft environment setup process.
4. Created following psft_customizations.yaml file and placed in data folder
---
ps_home:
db_type: "%{hiera('db_platform')}"
unicode_db: "%{hiera('unicode_db')}"
location: "D:/PSHOME"
5. Run the following command and PeopleTools 8.57 with patch will get installed.
cd /d D:/PS/PT857Base\dpk\puppet\production\manifests
"C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin\puppet.bat" apply --confdir=D:/PS/PT857Base\dpk\puppet site.pp --debug --trace --detailed-exitcodes --logde
st d:/psft_dpk_setup.log
6. Next step is to configure the pscfg and attempt to connect target database through Application Designer.
