Before you install Collibra DGC

Before you start the installation of Collibra Data Governance Center, follow these steps:

  1. Download the installer from the Collibra Downloads page.
    • Linux: dgc-linux-5.7.10-0.sh
    • Windows: dgc-windows-5.7.10-0.zip
  2. Save the installer on each server that is used to run Collibra DGC.
  3. On Linux servers:
    1. Make the installer executable: chmod a+x dgc-linux-5.7.10-0.sh
    2. Set the locale to en_US.UTF8.
    3. Ensure that the user account that will perform the installation or upgrade has execute access on /tmp.
  4. On Windows Server 2012 R2, install all the latest updates and patches.
  5. On Windows, extract the installer ZIP archive.

    Important   The target directory to extract the ZIP archive cannot contain spaces.

Note   
On Linux systems without a graphical user interface, the installation wizard remains identical but you need your keyboard to make selections.

In the next image, you can see a snippet of the wizard: