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NVIDIA UFM Enterprise User Manual v6.20.2

Installing UFM on Docker Container - Standalone Mode

  1. Copy only your UFM license file(s) to a temporary directory which we’re going to use in the installation command. For example: /tmp/license_file/

  2. Run the UFM installation command according to the following example which will also configure UFM fabric interface to be ib1:

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    docker run -it --name=ufm_installer --rm \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ -v /etc/systemd/system/:/etc/systemd_files/ \ -v /opt/ufm/files/:/installation/ufm_files/ \ -v /tmp/license_file/:/installation/ufm_licenses/ \ mellanox/ufm-enterprise:latest \ --install \ --fabric-interface ib1

  3. Reload systemd:

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    systemctl daemon-reload

  4. To Start UFM Enterprise service run:

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    systemctl start ufm-enterprise

  1. Copy only your UFM license file(s) to a temporary directory which we’re going to use in the installation command. For example: /tmp/license_file/

  2. Run the UFM installation command according to the following example which will also configure UFM fabric interface to be ib0:

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    sudo -u ufmadm podman run -it --rm --name=ufm_installer \ -v /run/podman-ufm/podman-ufm.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ -v /opt/ufm/:/installation/ufm_files/ \ -v /opt/ufm/systemd:/etc/systemd_files/ \ mellanox/ufm-enterprise:latest \ --install \ --fabric-interface ib0 \ --mgmt-interface enp1s0 \ --rootless \ --plugin-path /opt/ufm/ufm_plugins_data \ --ufm-user ufmadm \ --ufm-group ufmadm \ --local-certs-dir /ufm_certs

  3. Reload systemd on the host:

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    systemctl daemon-reload

  4. To start UFM Enterprise service on the host, run:

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    systemctl start ufm-enterprise

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