Chapter 1. Installing a sample instance of Red Hat Single Sign-On

Procedure

1. Go to the Red Hat customer portal.
2. Download the Red Hat Single Sign-On Server: rh-sso-7.5.zip
3. Place the file in a directory you choose.

4. Unpack the ZIP file using the appropriate unzip utility, such as unzip, tar, or Expand-Archive.

   Linux/Unix

   $ unzip rhsso-7.5.zip
   
   or
   
   $ tar -xvzf rh-sso-7.5.tar.gz

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   Windows

   > Expand-Archive -Path 'C:Downloads\rhsso-7.5.zip' -DestinationPath 'C:\Downloads'

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Procedure

1. Go to the bin directory of the server distribution.

2. Run the standalone boot script.

   Linux/Unix

   $ cd bin
   $ ./standalone.sh

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   Windows

   > ...\bin\standalone.bat

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Procedure

1. Open http://localhost:8080/auth in your web browser.

   The welcome page opens, confirming that the server is running.

   Welcome page

   

2. Enter a username and password to create an initial admin user.

Procedure

1. Click the Administration Console link on the Welcome page or go directly to http://localhost:8080/auth/admin/ (the console URL).

   Note

   The Administration Console is generally referred to as the admin console for short in Red Hat Single Sign-On documentation.

2. Enter the username and password you created on the Welcome page to open the admin console.

   Admin console login screen

   

   The initial screen for the admin console appears.

   Admin console