2. Installing Connect iT Core #
Connect iT core is the control-plane of Connect iT and is the first component you will need to install. This section will help you install Connect iT core and start you with navigating the Network Manager, the Connect iT web interface.
In the previous section we installed the Connect iT CLI and its dependencies. In this section we will use that to install Connect iT Core.
Connect iT core has some additional requirements on the system:
- A CPU with SSE4.2 instructions
2.1 Install Connect iT Core #
There are two things needed in order to install Connect iT Core:
- The Connect iT license key
- TCP ports 80 and 443 accessible from the internet
When running the installer it will prompt you to select a password for the initial admin user. This will be used in the next step for the initial login once the installation is complete.
sudo ./connectit install core
During the installation a domain will be configured for the public IP of the system on which Connect iT core was installed. A certificate will also be provisioned for that domain to ensure all connections are secure.
2.2 Open Network Manager #
Network Manager is the web interface of Connect iT. It is the primary means with which to configure Connect iT and is where you will set up your video inputs and outputs (more on that in a later section).
Once Connect iT is installed the web interface should almost immediately be available. Try navigating to the domain you specified in the previous step in your browser. You should see the login screen:
Login with the admin user and the password you entered in the previous step.
Once logged in you should be presented with the Overview screen:
Explore the Network Manager and familiarize yourself with the interface. In a future section we will configure video and thumb appliances, before that there will not be many things to configure yet.