Installation workflow on Linux

The following diagram shows the primary steps in installing the load generator on a Linux platform using the standard installation program.

For details on deploying a load generator on Linux using a Docker container, see Deploy Dockerized load generators on Linux.

  1. Prerequisites

    • Make sure that your system meets the requirements, as described in the Support Matrix.
    • If you are using a RHEL 8 operating system: By default, libnsl.so.1 is not installed with RHEL 8.0, so you need to manually install it before installing the load generator, or installation will fail. Install using the package manager: yum install libnsl.i686
    • If you plan to replay ODBC Protocol scripts on the Linux machines: Install unixODBC v.2.3.1 or higher.
    • The load generator for this version can be installed over any load generator installation from version 12.56 and later. If load generator version 12.55 or earlier is installed, you must first uninstall it. For details, see Uninstall the load generator from a Linux machine.

  2. Run the setup

  3. Configure your environment

    After the installation, before you can begin working with the load generator you need to configure your environment. This involves setting the appropriate environment variables, checking access to the load generator, and verifying the installation. See Configure the Linux environment.

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