These dependencies are required for both the netLD core server as well as the SmartBridge install.
See the Linux Installation Guide for more details about installing on Linux.
Package Name | Purpose |
unzip | Provides support for extracting zip files within system administrative tools. |
wget | Provides support for accessing HTTP servers from within system administrative tools. |
gmp | Provides encryption support for the device adapters. |
iptables | Used for port forwarding to allow netLD services to be accessible from well-known ports. |
iptables-ipv6 (CentOS 6 and RHEL 6) iptables-services (CentOS 7 and RHEL 7) |
Enables IPv6 support for port forwarding (in conjunction with iptables) *Please install this package if you do not use IPv6. |
openssh | Prerequisite for openssh-clients |
openssh-clients | Provides command line SSH and SCP clients |
shadow-utils | Linux User Management - Used internally for creating the netld service user |
sudo | Allows netld administrative tools to switch to the appropriate user when executing commands. |
compat-expat1 (CentOS 6 and RHEL 6) | Provides XML parsing support for the device adapters. (not required on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7) |
openssl098e-0.9.8e (CentOS 6 and RHEL 6) openssl098e (CentOS 7 and RHEL 7) |
Provides support for SSL encryption |
Offline RPM Download
For offline installs the various packages must be installed manually using the appropriate RPM files.
CentOS 6 |
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ |
CentOS 7 |
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/ |
RHEL 6 and 7 | Packages can be download from the Customer Portal (https://access.redhat.com/solutions/184433) |