Workflow: Manual TAS server preparation (TAS 8)

Follow the steps in the workflow to manually prepare the TAS servers in your deployment.

Workflow 

  1. Enable and configure IPv6 on TAS servers

    Enable IPv6 on all TAS servers, and configure the required settings for the network interface used for external communication.Enable and configure IPv6 on TAS servers

  2. Mount RPM ISO and install Verint repository

    Optional. Mount the RPM ISO and install the Verint repository on all TAS servers in your deployment, including the Management server. Alternatively, you can install the required third-party products on your own.

  3. Install RPMs for TAS servers (TAS 8)

    Install the appropriate RPM on each of the TAS servers in your deployment: Management, Application, and Datastore servers. Alternatively, you can install the required third-party products on your own.

  4. Create TAS user group and TAS user accounts (TAS 8)

    Create a TAS user group, and add the three types of TAS users, the Installation, Application, and Maintenance users.

  5. Prepare TAS Management server

    Prepare the TAS server designated as the Management server. The Management server holds the repositories with the Docker images to be deployed on the TAS Application and Datastore servers. The Management server has additional requirements compared to the TAS Application and Datastore servers.

  6. Prepare TAS Application server (TAS 8)

    Prepare the TAS Application server to provide text ingestion, processing, and application services, including analytics insights.Prepare TAS Application server

  7. Prepare TAS Datastore server (TAS 8)

    Prepare the TAS Datastore server to host the customer index and data. Prepare TAS Datastore server

  8. Configure TAS Datastore servers for high availability

    Configure the GlusterFS service on each of the TAS Datastore servers in high-availability environments. Typically, you can have from three up to five Datastore servers.

  9. Configure TLS for TAS servers

    Configure TLS for all TAS servers by creating and installing the required SSL certificates on the TAS servers.

  10. Configure TAS server hosts

    Configure the Docker engine on all the TAS servers — Management, Application, and Datastore servers. Configure Docker engine on TAS servers

  11. Unmount and delete RPM ISO file

    Unmount and delete the RPM ISO from every TAS server in your deployment.

  12. Download and mount install ISO package

    After completing the server preparation, download and mount the ISO package for TAS installation on the TAS Management server.