Getting Started with Quick Installation Guide

This section provides an overview of the steps involved in the installation of AE RPA 19.1/Engage2.1. To begin with the installation, save the AE-RPA_19.1-Engage_2.1_ Install.zip  product package on your system. 

Prerequisites and Requirements

This section explains the following:

• Verify Hardware Prerequisites
• Verify Software Prerequisites
• Verifying Port Numbers
• User Access and Configuration Prerequisites
• SSL Certificates Requirements
• License Management

Verify Hardware Prerequisites

Configure the machine as per the product guidelines document shared along with the AE-RPA_19.1-Engage_2.1_Install.zip product package. For more information about hardware prerequisites, see AE-RPA-Engage Hardware Sizing document. 

Verify Software Prerequisites

The prerequisites differ depending on the Windows and Linux based system used for the installation. Below is the list of prerequisites required for the server-side configuration and installation. 

 

Requirements	For Windows	For Linux
Operating System	Windows 2012 (R2), 2016 and 2019	RHEL 7.6 and RHEL 8.4
Database Setup	SQL server 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019,  Oracle server 18c and Oracle server 19cS
File Archiver	7-zip (any other archiver which supports extraction of long file paths) Caution:  7-zip or similar archiver is required to perform extraction of installation folder on the Windows system as default decompression of Windows fails to properly unzip the files. Incorrect extraction leads to failure of installation.	NA
Low Code	Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server, Oracle JDBC Driver NOTE:  Refer AE-Engage Client Downloadable Software document (Automation use case specific pre-requisites section) for related details.	NA

 

Verifying Port Numbers

Following table explains about the default port numbers used while installing the server-side components.

 

Component	Port	Description
UI/Backend	8443	Used for communication with UI-backend server.
Database	1433	Used for communication from UI-backend server to Database server
Messaging	5672	Used for communication between UI-backend server and Robot Farm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are doing a cluster setup you need to enable 25672, 4369, 9300 and 9200 port.

User Access and Configuration Prerequisites

• Database
  
  Ensure to get the System Admin Privileges access for the user performing database creation. 
• Windows
  
  Ensure to get the Administrator access rights for the given system on which server-side components are to be installed. For admin rights privileges, contact your administrator. For more information see the User Access and Configuration Prerequisites section in the AE-RPA-Engage Installation Guide.
   
• Linux
  • System Configuration
    • In the /etc/security/limits.conf file add the entry as assistEdge – nofile 65535
       

      NOTE:

      You can set a higher nofile number based on your requirement.

    • In the /etc/sysctl.conf file add/update the entry as vm.max_map_count=262144
  • Installation Configuration
    • Create new group – assistEdge:
      
      sudo groupadd assistEdge
       

      NOTE:

      assistEdge is case sensitive and must be used as mentioned in this document.

    • Assign the AssistEdge group to the user “sudo usermod -a -G assistEdge <username>”
    • Change the installation directory group to chgrp -R assistEdge <Installation Directory> 
    • Create ae alias:
      • Create a file ae.sh (provide execute permission to this file) in the /etc/profile.d folder and add the entry  as alias ae=<Installation Dir>/scripts/ae.sh

SSL Certificates Requirements

If you are proceeding with the SSL installation setup, ensure to get the required SSL Certificates for installation. For more information see the SSL Certificates section in AE-RPA-Engage Installation Guide.

License Management

Ensure to get Server license from your administrator. For more information see the Licensing section in the AE-RPA-Engage Installation Guide.