FIXEdge C++ with FIXICC H2: Deployment Guide with Consul

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PostgreSQL installation and configuration

NOTE!

- in case you already have postgres setup in your network, you can skip this part

- installation should be performed under the root user.

  1. Install PostgreSQL from yum repository

    yum install -y postgresql postgresql-server

  2. Initialize a new PostgreSQL installation

    postgresql-setup initdb

  3. By default PostgreSQL server is only accessible via Unix Domain Sockets or loopback IP interface (127.0.0.1) to the local users, the users are authenticated by the operating system, i.e. the OS user postgres can connect as PostreSQL user postgres without any additional authentication from the PostgreSQL server side. To allow PgAdmin4 and FIXICC H2 to work we need to enable access via a network

    To enable network access to PostgreSQL server edit file /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf and add the following lines:

    host    all     all     0.0.0.0/0       md5
host    all     all     ::0/0           md5

    It allows all users to connect from any host via TCP or SSL socket using hashed passwords.

    Remove lines that enable ident connection to localhost:

    # IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32         ident
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128              ident

    To enable listening of all network interfaces edit file /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf , replace line:

    # listen_addresses = 'localhost'

    with

    listen_addresses = '*'

  4. Enable auto-start and start postgresql server (check service status)

    systemctl enable --now postgresql
systemctl status postgresql

Consul installation and configuration

  1. Add HashiCorp repository:

    yum install -y yum-utils
yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo

  2. Install consul from yum repository

    yum install -y consul

  3. Generate Consul certificate and private key

    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -keyout /etc/consul.d/consul.key -out /etc/consul.d/consul.crt -subj '/C=RU/L=Saratov/O=EPAM/OU=BFIX/CN=fixicch2.consul'
chown consul:consul /etc/consul.d/*

    NOTE!

    - replace '/C=RU/L=Saratov/O=EPAM/OU=BFIX/CN=fixicch2.consul' with your company identity

  4. Configure consul as follows (/etc/consul.d/consul.json)

    NOTE!

    Create consul.json file if missing in the directory.
    {
    "bind_addr": "{{GetInterfaceIP \"ens5\"}}",
    "bootstrap": true,
    "server": true,
    "addresses": {
        "https": "0.0.0.0"
    },
    "ports": {
        "http": -1,
        "https": 8501
    },
    "auto_encrypt": {
        "allow_tls": true,
        "tls": true
    },
    "client_addr": "0.0.0.0",
    "ui": true,
    "data_dir": "/var/lib/consul",
    "log_level": "INFO",
    "disable_update_check": true,
    "disable_anonymous_signature": true,
    "verify_server_hostname": false,
    "cert_file": "/etc/consul.d/consul.crt",
    "key_file": "/etc/consul.d/consul.key",
    "auto_encrypt": {
        "allow_tls": true
    }
}



    NOTE!

    - replace ens5 with your server's network interface
    - you can find your network interface id with `ifconfig` command



  5. Remove or backup /etc/consul.d/consul.hcl

  6. Create consul data directory

    mkdir /var/lib/consul
chown consul:consul /var/lib/consul

  7. Remove ConditionFileNotEmpty in /usr/lib/systemd/system/consul.service

    ConditionFileNotEmpty=/etc/consul.d/consul.hcl

  8. Enable auto-start and start consul server (check service status)

    systemctl enable --now consul
systemctl status consul

  9. Consul UI should be available on https://server_ip:8501/ui/

FIXICC-H2 installation and configuration

  1. Install dependencies

    yum install -y java-1.8.0-openjdk
  2. Download latest package from https://clientspace.b2bits.com/product-58 (fixicc-h2-*.el7.x86_64.rpm)

  3. Install rpm package fixicc-h2-*.el7.x86_64.rpm
        

    rpm -i fixicc-h2-*.el7.x86_64.rpm

  4. Login into postgres server

    sudo -u postgres psql

  5. Create a user and a database for FIXICC H2 in postgresql

    CREATE USER fixicch2 WITH CREATEDB PASSWORD 'fixicch2';
CREATE DATABASE fixicch2;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE fixicch2 TO fixicch2;

  6. Exit psql console

    postgres=# \q

  7. Generate keystore for FIXICC-H2

    keytool -genkey -noprompt -alias jetty -keyalg RSA -dname 'CN=admin, OU=EPM-BFIX, O=EPAM Systems, L=Unknown, S=Unknown, C=Unknown' -keystore /etc/fixicc-h2/keystore.jks -storepass fixicch2 -keypass fixicch2
chown fixicc-h2:fixicc-h2 /etc/fixicc-h2/keystore.jks

  8. Edit /etc/fixicc-h2/local.app.properties and set properties as follows

    cuba.rest.anonymousEnabled = true
cuba.anonymousLogin = anonymous

cuba.dbmsType = postgres
cuba.dataSourceProvider = application
cuba.dataSource.username = fixicch2
cuba.dataSource.password = fixicch2
cuba.dataSource.dbName = fixicch2
cuba.dataSource.host = 127.0.0.1
cuba.dataSource.port = 5432

fixicch2.consul.encrypted_connection = true
fixicch2.consul.host = 127.0.0.1
fixicch2.consul.port = 8501
fixicch2.consul.insecure_connection_enabled = true
fixicch2.fixServerType = all
fixicch2.consul.check.tls_skip_verify=true

fixicch2.secure_http_port = 8443
fixicch2.key_store_path = keystore.jks
fixicch2.trust_store_path = keystore.jks

  9. Edit /usr/lib/systemd/system/fixicc-h2.service as follows

    [Unit]
Description=FIXICC-H2
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=fixicc-h2
Group=fixicc-h2
SuccessExitStatus=143
Environment=FIXICC_H2_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD=fixicch2 FIXICC_H2_KEY_MANAGER_PASSWORD=fixicch2 FIXICC_H2_TRUST_STORE_PASSWORD=fixicch2
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/java -Dapp.home=/etc/fixicc-h2/ -Dfixicch2.secure_http_port=8443 -Dfixicch2.key_store_path=/etc/fixicc-h2/keystore.jks -Dfixicch2.trust_store_path=/etc/fixicc-h2/keystore.jks -jar /usr/lib64/fixicc-h2/22H1/app.jar'
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  10. Enable auto-start and start FIXICC-H2 server (check service status)

    systemctl enable --now fixicc-h2
systemctl status fixicc-h2

  11. FIXICC-H2 UI should be available on https://server_ip:8443/app/

    default user:password is admin:admin

FIXEdge installation and configuration

  1. Install dependencies

    yum install -y libtool-ltdl

    NOTE for RHEL systems!

    - check whether /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.1 exists on your system (create symlink if needed `ln -s /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2 /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.1`)
  2. Download latest package from https://clientspace.b2bits.com/product-30 (fixedge-*.el7.x86_64.rpm)

  3. Install rpm package fixedge-*.el7.x86_64.rpm

    rpm -i fixedge-*.el7.x86_64.rpm

  4. Copy your engine.license file into /etc/fixedge/ directory

    cp ./engine.license /etc/fixedge/

  5. Add below config at the end of /etc/fixedge/FIXEdge.properties

    # FIXICC-H2 Integration
AdminRESTAPI.Enabled = true
AdminRESTAPI.Port = 8903
AdminRESTAPI.HTTPSServer.PrivateKey = AdminRESTAPI.key
AdminRESTAPI.HTTPSServer.Certificate = AdminRESTAPI.crt
Components.Service.ConsulAPI = Consul
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.Checks =
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.Host = localhost
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.Port = 8501
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.SSL = true
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.SSL.CertificateAuthority = /etc/fixedge/consul.crt
Components.Service.ConsulAPI.Services.Host = localhost
Components.Component.ServiceDiscovery = ConsulAPI
Components.Service.FIXICCH2 = configuration-service
Components.Service.FIXICCH2.Host = 127.0.0.1
Components.Service.FIXICCH2.Port = 8443
Components.Service.FIXICCH2.SSL = true
Components.Service.FIXICCH2.SSL.CertificateAuthority = /etc/fixedge/fixicc-h2.crt
Components.Service.FIXICCH2.ReconnectInterval = 1000
Components.Component.Configuration = FIXICCH2

  6. Copy consul certificate

    cp /etc/consul.d/consul.crt /etc/fixedge/consul.crt
chown fixedge:fixedge /etc/fixedge/consul.crt

  7. Extract fixicc-h2 certificate

    keytool -export -alias jetty -file /etc/fixicc-h2/fixicc-h2.der -keystore /etc/fixicc-h2/keystore.jks -storepass fixicch2 -keypass fixicch2
openssl x509 -inform der -in /etc/fixicc-h2/fixicc-h2.der -out /etc/fixicc-h2/fixicc-h2.crt
cp /etc/fixicc-h2/fixicc-h2.crt /etc/fixedge/fixicc-h2.crt
chown fixedge:fixedge /etc/fixedge/fixicc-h2.crt

  8. Enable auto-start and start FIXEdge server (check service status)

    systemctl enable --now fixedge
systemctl status fixedge
  9. After startup fixedge server should appear in fixicc-h2 UI

FIXEye Agent installation and configuration

FIXEye Agent installation instruction mentioned below is not applicable for RHEL systems.

  1. Download latest package from https://clientspace.b2bits.com/product-36 (fixeye-agent-*.el7.x86_64.rpm)

  2. Install rpm package fixeye-agent-*.el7.x86_64.rpm
       

    rpm -i fixeye-agent-*.el7.x86_64.rpm

  3. Copy your fixeye-agent.license file into /etc/fixeye/ directory

    cp ./fixeye-agent.license /etc/fixeye/

  4. Edit /etc/fixeye/fixeye-agent.config as follows

    -rest-port 8882 -rest-pkey "/etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.key" -rest-cert "/etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.crt" --propfile "/etc/fixeye/fixeye-agent.properties" -f "/var/lib/fixedge/*.in" "/var/lib/fixedge/*.out" --pidfile "/var/log/fixeye/fixeye-agent.pid" -licfile "/etc/fixeye/fixeye-agent.license"

  5. Replace corresponding properties in /etc/fixeye/fixeye-agent.properties with the following

    Consul.Enabled=true
Consul.Host=localhost
Consul.Port=8501
Consul.ReconnectInterval=1000
Consul.ServerName=FIXEdge1
Consul.Services.Host=localhost
Consul.Services.HealthChecks.Interval=5
Consul.Services.HealthChecks.Timeout=5
Consul.SSL=true
Consul.SSL.CertificateAuthority=/etc/fixeye/consul.crt

  6. Copy consul certificate for fixeye

    cp /etc/consul.d/consul.crt /etc/fixeye/consul.crt
chown fixeye:fixeye /etc/fixeye/consul.crt

  7. Copy RESTAPI certificate for fixeye

    cp /etc/fixedge/AdminRESTAPI.crt /etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.crt
cp /etc/fixedge/AdminRESTAPI.key /etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.key
chown fixeye:fixeye /etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.crt
chown fixeye:fixeye /etc/fixeye/AdminRESTAPI.key

  8. Add fixeye user to the fixedge group

    usermod -a -G fixedge fixeye

  9. Enable auto-start and start fixeye-agent server (check service status)

    systemctl enable --now fixeye-agent
systemctl start fixeye-agent