TVIP Middleware require Ubuntu 14.04.x (LTS) OS

The requirements for hardware depend on the total number of client’s applications (STB and SmartOS apps) and the interval of set-top boxes polling. For example, 2x Intel XEON E5440, 8Gb process about 8000 units with a 20-minute polling interval.

PostgreSql uses the system locale when creating cluster, the locale should support UTF-8 for database correct operation.

Checking the OS local

cat /etc/default/locale 

The example of correct output in Russian Locale

#  File generated by update-locale
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8

If UTF-8 suffix is not contained in the LANG value – the correct locale should be installed. Example of Russian locale with UTF-8 support To be run from the account root:

Run as root:

locale-gen ru_RU
locale-gen ru_RU.UTF-8
update-locale 
update-locale LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8

To be run from the fresh installed UBUNTU 16.04:

Run as root:

wget -O - http://deb.packages.tvip.ru/deploy/install-tvip-middleware.sh | sh

To be run from root:

#make file where we save paths to repositories
touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tvip-middleware.list

#add main repo
echo "deb http://deb.packages.tvip.ru/ trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tvip-middleware.list

#add key to OS
wget --quiet -O - http://deb.packages.tvip.ru/deploy/key.asc | apt-key add -

#update package information
apt-get update

#install TMS
apt-get install -y tvip-middleware

cat /usr/local/etc/tvipmw.yml

parameters:
 database_host: 127.0.0.1
 database_port: 5432
 memcached_servers: [ {host: 127.0.0.1, port: 11211} ]
 database_name: tvip_middleware
 database_user: tvip_middleware
 database_password: <password>
 locale: en

For English and Russian language locale may be set as en or ru in admin interface, by default - en. After a configuration file is changed - cache of application should be flushed.

Run as root:

/opt/tvipmw/app/console cache:clear

Admin interface located at:

http://<host>/admin

Default login is admin and password is admin; at first entry, it is recommended to add personal accounts and disable user access to admin.

• Poll interval setting located at Settings → Configuration → Device poll interval, by default - 60 sec.