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Before you begin the automated installer, be sure to:
Before installing or upgrading, shut down any Management and Security Server (or its predecessor, Reflection Security Gateway) component that is currently running. (If you installed an earlier version with an automated installer, the automated installer will close components for you.)
On Windows. If you install servers on a Windows workstation, the installer must be launched by a user who is an Administrator. Administrators have administrative privileges, but applications run by administrators are run with standard user permissions unless the user specifically authorizes the application to use more elevated privileges.
To configure the servers to run with administrative privileges, right-click the Start menu and click Properties. On the Compatibility tab, select the Run this program as an administrator check box, and then click OK.
On Linux or UNIX. If you are installing on a Linux or UNIX platform, the installer must be launched by a user with root privileges. If you cannot obtain elevated privileges, you may need to use a manual installation process. If you also require installation of the MSSData directory, which stores site-specific content, to a non-default location (/var/opt/microfocus/mss/mssdata), see Appendix B: Specifying the location of Configuration Information.
Make sure that you have the necessary account permissions to install components on the target server.
If you plan to use X.509 client certificates or secure LDAP access control, the account used to run the Administrative Server must have permission to write to the Java certificate authority certificates file (cacerts).
The default Windows location is
C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\ MSS\jre\lib\security
Note: If you are upgrading from version 12.1 or earlier, the location is
C:\Program Files\Attachmate\ReflectionServer\jre\lib\security