Install the Data Hub and Web Connector

The Data Hub is a communication channel based on Kafka technology that enables more robust communication between OpenText Professional Performance Engineering components.

If your components communicate over the web (for example, if a load generator is behind a firewall and communicates using a proxy), you need to install the Data Hub Web Connector, in addition to the Data Hub.

The Data Hub and Web Connector must be installed on Linux. They can communicate with other components running on Linux and Windows machines.

You can download the Data Hub installation package from Marketplace. The Web Connector installation package is included in the Data Hub installation package.

After you install the Data Hub and Web Connector, you configure the components to work with them. For details, see Data Hub and Web Connector setup.

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Installation process

The following procedure describes how to install using the Setup wizard. The Setup wizard is used for both Data Hub and Web Connector installations.

To perform a silent installation, see Silent install for the Data Hub and Web Connector.

To install the Data Hub/Web Connector:

  1. Prerequisites

    • Make sure that your system meets the requirements, as detailed in the Support Matrix.
    • The Data Hub requires the latest version of Java JRE to be installed.
  2. Switch to super user.
  3. Unpack the relevant installation package and open the location of the .bin file.
  4. Launch the Setup wizard: For [sh and bash shells], type ./inst64.bin

  5. Follow the online instructions to install the product.

    • For the Data Hub, the default installation path is: /opt/OT/OT_LoadRunner_Data_Hub/_OT_LoadRunner_Data_Hub_Installation

    • For the Web Connector, the default installation path is: /opt/OT/OT_LoadRunner_Data_Hub_Web_Connector/_OT_LoadRunner_Data_Hub_Web_Connector_Installation

    During installation, you have the option to install CA and TLS (SSL) certificates. For details and requirements for these certificates, see Secure communication with TLS (SSL).

  6. Exit super user or switch to another user.

  7. To verify successful installation, run the following commands to check the status of the relevant services. If these services are running, the installation was successful.

    • For Data Hub:

      service zookeeper status

      service kafka status

    • For Web Connector:

      service webconnector status

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