Installing and Hosting Shares and Console on the Same Host

Download the following products from Aspera:
Important: You must install IBM Aspera Console before you install IBM Aspera Shares. For more information on installing Console, see the IBM Aspera Console Admin Guide.
  1. Install the shares.rpm, but do not run the install script.
  2. Edit the my.cnf.setup file located at:
    /opt/aspera/shares/etc/my.cnf.setup
    Insert the MySQL username and password that you used during the install of Console.
    [client]
    user     = mysql_username
    password = mysql_password
    host     = 127.0.0.1
    port     = 4406
                       
  3. Run the Shares installer.
    # /opt/aspera/shares/u/setup/bin/install
  4. Disable the Apache Web Server.
    # asctl apache:stop
    # chkconfig aspera_httpd off
  5. Create a symlink to a file located at /opt/aspera/shares/etc/nginx/locations-enabled/console.
    # ln -s ../locations-available/console /opt/aspera/shares/etc/nginx/locations-enabled/
  6. Restart the Nginx service.
    # service aspera-shares restart