Install DSE OpsCenter with a tarball

You can install DSE OpsCenter 6.8 on any Linux distribution using the OpsCenter binary tarball.

For all supported platforms, see Supported platforms for DSE.

Prepare the infrastructure

Install OpsCenter on a separate machine from your intended DataStax Enterprise (DSE) nodes.

The OpsCenter machine must meet the following requirements:

At least 2 CPU cores
At least 2 GB of RAM available to OpsCenter
The latest build of Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) Certified OpenJDK version 8 or Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 8 (JRE or JDK). Other versions aren’t supported.

Although Oracle JRE/JDK 8 is supported, DataStax does more extensive testing on OpenJDK 8. This change is due to the end of public updates for Oracle JRE/JDK 8.

After installing OpsCenter, you can use Lifecycle Manager (LCM) to automatically manage Java and JCE installs for DSE clusters.
A recent version of a major web browser. OpsCenter doesn’t support Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.

Install OpsCenter 6.8

Find the latest release of OpsCenter 6.8 on IBM Fix Central:
1. Go to Fix Central.
2. In the Product selector field, begin typing IBM DataStax OpsCenter, and then select that option from the menu.
3. In the Release field, select the version that you want to install.
4. Click Continue.
5. On the Identify fixes page, click Continue to use the default Browse for fixes option.
6. On the Select fixes page, select the fix pack (OpsCenter version) you want to install, and then click Continue.
  
  Depending on the product and version, more fix packs might be available if you set the Platform filter to All, and then click Submit.
7. If prompted, sign in with your IBMid.
  
  An IBMid account with MFA enabled is required. If you don’t have one, create an IBMid account. If your organization uses Enterprise Federation (EF) for authentication with corporate credentials, see the IBMid EF documentation.
8. On the Download options page, select Download using your browser (HTTPS), and then click Continue.
9. Review the terms and conditions, and then click I agree to activate the download links.
Click the OpsCenter tarball link to download the file, for example, opscenter-6.8.47-bin.tar.gz.
Extract the tarball file into the directory where you want to install DSE:
```
tar -xzvf opscenter-6.8.47-bin.tar.gz -C INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY
```
The files expand into an INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY that contains the version number of the release, such as opscenter-6.8.47.

See the OpsCenter release notes for the latest release version.
Change to the directory that corresponds to the desired version number.
```
cd opscenter-VERSION_NUMBER
```
Start OpsCenter from the installation location:
```
bin/opscenter
```
Use bin/opscenter -f to start OpsCenter in the foreground.
Connect to OpsCenter in a web browser at http://opscenter-host:8888/.

Next steps

Add an existing cluster or use LCM to provision a new cluster.

Install DSE OpsCenter with a tarball

Prepare the infrastructure

Install OpsCenter 6.8

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