Extracting the package

Extract the contents of the installation package to access the configurator script. This script generates the required files to install the Big Data Protector.

To extract the files from the installation package:

1. Log in to the Linux machine that has connectivity to ESA.

2. Download the Big Data Protector package BigDataProtector_Linux-ALL-64_x86-64_AWS.Generic.CDP-Datahub-7.3-64_<BDP_version>.tgz to any local directory.

3. To extract the files from the installation pacakage, run the following command:

   tar -xvf BigDataProtector_Linux-ALL-64_x86-64_AWS.Generic.CDP-Datahub-7.3-64_<BDP_version>.tgz
   

4. Press ENTER. The command extracts the installation package and the GPG signature files.

   BigDataProtector_Linux-ALL-64_x86-64_AWS.Generic.CDP-Datahub-7.3-64_<BDP_version>.tgz
   signatures/
   signatures/BigDataProtector_Linux-ALL-64_x86-64_AWS.Generic.CDP-Datahub-7.3-64_<BDP_version>.tgz_10.0.sig
   

   Verify the authenticity of the build using the signatures folder. For more information, refer Verification of Signed Protector Build.

5. To extract the configurator script, run the following command:

   tar -xvf BigDataProtector_Linux-ALL-64_x86-64_AWS.Generic.CDP-Datahub-7.3-64_<BDP_version>.tgz
   

6. Press ENTER. The command extracts the configurator script.

   BDPConfigurator_CDP-AWS-DataHub-7.3_<BDP_version>.sh