Setup scenarios
This chapter describes the installation processes of ARIS products using different database management systems on Linux operating systems. By default, these installations will create an unprivileged and locked user aris10 which uses /home/ARIS10 to install ARIS itself. If you want to use different settings, make sure to change them before installing the first rpm file.
From ARIS 10.0.12.0, ARIS Risk and Compliance and ARIS server use the same external database management system if configured. When you update your ARIS server, ARIS Risk and Compliance still uses the database connection as configured for ARIS Risk and Compliance. If you want ARIS server and ARIS Risk and Compliance to use the same connection, you must first update ARIS server. Then configure the database connection manually, as described in the ARIS Risk and Compliance Installation Guide.
If you currently run ARIS in version 10.0.18 or lower, you must update to version 10.0.21 first and then update to ARIS in the current version. The direct update to the current version is blocked in server setup, the agent setup, and via ACC update command. The ARIS Risk and Compliance installation procedure is described in the ARIS Risk and Compliance Installation and Upgrade Help. Documents are available in the Documents folder. Read the documents on the ARIS Documentation website or download them from the ARIS Download Center.
Before installing an ARIS server on a Linux operating system, you must provide the ARIS agent to your Linux Red Hat or SUSE system. To allow customizing activities additionally provide the command-line tools ARIS Server Administrator and ARIS Scriptrunner. Use the *.rpm files for Red Hat or SUSE systems.
After you have copied and installed the files, you must start the remote installation from a Windows system. If you do not want to run the setup remotely from a Windows machine, you must execute all required steps manually using ARIS Cloud Controller. For more information on manual setup, refer to the ARIS Distributed Installation Cookbook.
All required rpm files are available in the downloaded <ARIS_Installation_and_Documentation-<version>>\Linux setup folder. You find all setup programs within the Windows setups\ARIS_Server folder. Copy the whole content to a directory of your choice. This will make available all documents needed to setup ARIS as well as the database scripts. These scripts are needed to setup your external database management system for the use of ARIS. If you only copy a single ARIS setup, make sure to copy the content of the folder containing the setup.exe file as well as the Setup_Data folder.
<ARIS_Installation_and_Documentation-<version>>
Get an overview of the content of the downloaded installation directory:
Folder | Content |
Add-ons | Required files needed to connect third-party tools, for example, Microsoft SQL server, Oracle databases or SAP tools. |
Content | The Content folder contains ARIS databases, method filters and templates, the system database and queries, report scripts and macros that can be imported. |
Documents | The Documents folder contains all required documents and guides (pdf) in different languages. Legal information documents are available in English. Read the documents on the ARIS Documentation website or download them from the ARIS Download Center. |
Linux setups | Contains all required files to be executed on a Linux operating system. |
Linux <system> | Required files to install the ARIS agent and several tools for administration on SUSE and RedHat Linux systems. |
ARIS_Admin | Provides ARIS Server Administrator on a Linux system (see ARIS Server Administrator Command-line Tool.pdf). |
ARIS_Agent | Provides the ARIS agent. After the ARIS agent is provided, you can install an ARIS server remotely from a Windows machine. |
ARIS_Scriptrunner | Provides ARIS Scriptrunner on a Linux system (see ARIS Architect online help). |
Windows setups | All required setup programs to be run on Windows machines. Files required for Linux installations are available in the Linux setups folder. |
ARIS_Agent | Installs the ARIS agent. The ARIS agent will be installed on all Windows machines that will have an ARIS server. It provides basic components, for example, ARIS Cloud Controller (ACC) and handles internal communication processes. If you are about to install an ARIS server remotely, please make sure to first install the ARIS agent locally on that machine. |
ARIS_Client | Installs an ARIS client. |
ARIS_Server | Installs ARIS. This setup will install ARIS agent, ARIS server comprises of 100% of ARIS, standard database system (optional), ARIS Viewer, ARIS Designer and ARIS download clients. It provides the default tenant for all user data. The functionalities ARIS workflows‚ Share model, Change request and Approve model are available using an ARIS server license. For full ARIS Process Governance functionality, you need to purchase and import an ARIS Process Governance license. ARIS Risk and Compliance server can be installed optionally. The ARIS Risk and Compliance server installation procedure is described in the ARIS Risk and Compliance Installation Guide (see installation package). You can optionally install ARIS Aware. ARIS Aware provides dashboards. This setup can be run on Windows operating systems using the standard database system, your Microsoft SQL Server or your Oracle database. You can also install it on a Linux operating system. |
Setup_Data | Folder content is needed for all setups. If you only copy one ARIS server setup, please make sure to copy the content of the folder containing the setup.exe file as well as the Setup_Data folder. |