Deploying SAS Visual Analytics
Overview of Deploying SAS Visual Analytics
The following
list summarizes the steps required to install and configure SAS Visual
Analytics:
The following sections
provide a brief description of each of these steps. Subsequent chapters
in the guide provide step-by-step instructions.
Step 1: Create a SAS Software Depot
Create a SAS Software Depot, which enables you to install SAS software over your site’s network rather than from
the installation media.
Note: If you chose to receive SAS
through Electronic Software Delivery, a SAS Software Depot is automatically
created for you.
For more information,
see Pre-Installation: Creating a SAS Software Depot.
Step 2: Check for Documentation Updates
It
is very important to check for late-breaking installation information
in SAS Notes and to review the system requirements for your SAS software.
Step 3: Deploy the SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure
Note: SAS Visual Analytics 7.2
requires that you use SAS High-Performance Analytics environment 2.9
or higher.
The SAS High-Performance
Analytics infrastructure consists of the following:
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SAS High-Performance Computing Management Console (optional)is a web application tool that eases the administrative burden on multiple machines in a distributed computing environment.
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SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop (optional)is a group of JAR files and executables that enable SAS LASR Analytic Server to work with SASHDAT files in a co-located HDFS.
For information about
deploying the SAS High-Performance Analytics infrastructure, see the SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure documentation website.
Step 4: Create Operating System Users and Groups and Designate Ports
Create a set of operating
system users and groups that are required during the installation
and configuration of your system. Designate a set of ports to use.
SAS Visual Analytics
users must have an operating system account. For distributed environments,
users must have passwordless SSH on all machines in the cluster or
on blades across the appliance. SAS High-Performance Computing Management
Console enables you to perform these two tasks from one location.
For more information,
see Pre-Installation: Setting Up Users, Groups, and Ports.
Step 5: Deploy Required Third-Party Software
Install any required
third-party products, such as Python. These
products are identified in your deployment
plan.
For more information,
see Installing Third-Party Software.
Step 6: Deploy the Servers and Middle Tier
Install and configure your SAS LASR Analytic Server, SAS Visual Analytics server,
and SAS Visual Analytics middle-tier software using the SAS Deployment Wizard. The wizard is an installation and configuration tool that is supplied by SAS.
For more information,
see Deploying the SAS Visual Analytics Server and Middle Tier.
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Last updated: August 1, 2017