AnsweredAssumed Answered

Setting up AFX

Question asked by Louise Van Alstyne on Oct 11, 2018
Latest reply on Oct 12, 2018 by Mostafa Helmy
  • Comment • 3

Hello after patching my system, AFX stopped working. I created a new AFX server and followed this instructions here:

000035603 - How to install or reinstall the Access Fulfillment Express (AFX) server on an RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle hardware or software appliance 

 

But when it comes time to start AFX, I cannot. Logged in as root, I get a permissions error. Logged in as oracle, it appears to not know what the afx service is at all. The instruyc

 

As root:

aveksa-pno:/home/oracle # afx start
Successful connection detected to RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle
Starting AFX Server: Setting MULE_HOME to /home/oracle/AFX/esb...
Permissions error! Current user does not own all AFX directories and files.
User must be the owner of /home/oracle/AFX and all its contents in order to administer AFX.
done

 

 

As oracle:

oracle@aveksa-pno:~> afx start
If 'afx' is not a typo you can run the following command to lookup the package that contains the binary:
    command-not-found afx
bash: afx: command not found

 

oracle@aveksa-pno:~> /home/oracle/AFX/bin/afx_server start
Password:
Successful connection detected to RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle
Starting AFX Server: Password:
Setting MULE_HOME to /home/oracle/AFX/esb...
Permissions error! Current user does not own all AFX directories and files.
User must be the owner of /home/oracle/AFX and all its contents in order to administer AFX.
done

Mostafa Helmy
Mostafa Helmy Employee Oct 12, 2018 10:36 AM
Correct Answer

Hi Louise, I would recommend opening a support case for this as it sounds like you would better benefit from a live session where someone can figure out exactly what the problem is. Having that said, from the above details please try the following:

 

  1. To prevent this from happening again, please do not attempt to start/stop AFX as any other user except the AFX user (oracle in your case).
  2. Make sure that there is a link from the afx_server script to /etc/init.d. Generally re-visit the steps in this article to make sure other parts are fine as well. 000035603 - How to install or reinstall the Access Fulfillment Express (AFX) server on an RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle hardware or software appliance  
    ln -s afx_server /etc/init.d/afx_server
  3. As root, run the following command to change all file ownerships to oracle, then fix any bad permissions
    chown -R oracle: /home/oracle/AFX 
    sh /home/oracle/AFX/bin/setPerms.sh
  4. Always when you log back in as oracle, use the - in su to make sure Linux sets up the user's environmental variables correctly.
    su - oracle
  5. You can use the script directly /home/oracle/AFX to stop and start the services.
    cd /home/oracle/AFX 
    ./afx stop 
    ./afx start
See the reply in context
No one else had this question

Outcomes

    Visibility: RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle371 Views
    Last modified on Oct 11, 2018 4:43 PM
    Ratings: