SELinux configuration

OpenText™ Analytics Database is supported to run on a server with SELinux in both permissive and enforcing modes. To run OpenText™ Analytics Database on a server with SELinux running in permissive mode, you only need to make sure that you have a dbadmin user and group with the correct permissions for the files that OpenText™ Analytics Database touches. To run OpenText™ Analytics Database on a server with SELinux running in enforcing mode, you also have the same requirements for the user and group, but must also use a different install method. For information about installing OpenText™ Analytics Database on SELinux in enforcing mode, see Installing OpenText Analytics Database on SELinux in Enforcing mode.

If you want to disable or run SELinux in permissive mode, use the section below.

Disabling SELinux

To disable SELinux on Red Hat and SUSE system:

1. Edit /etc/selinux/config and change setting for SELinux to disabled (SELINUX=disabled). This disables SELinux at boot time.

2. As root/sudo, type setenforce 0 to disable SELinux immediately.

To disable SELinux on Ubuntu or Debian systems:

1. Edit /selinux/config and change setting for SELinux to disabled (SELINUX=disabled). This disables SELinux at boot time.

2. As root/sudo, type setenforce 0 to disable SELinux immediately.

Running SELinux in permissive mode

To set permissive mode on Red Hat and SUSE systems:

1. Edit /etc/selinux/config and change setting for SELINUX to permissive (SELINUX=Permissive).

2. As root/sudo, type setenforce Permissive to switch to permissive mode immediately.

To set permissive mode on Ubutu or Debian systems:

To change SELinux to use permissive mode:

1. Edit /selinux/config and change setting for SELinux to permissive (SELINUX=Permissive).

2. As root/sudo, type setenforce Permissive to switch to permissive mode immediately.