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Set up ServAssure Collection Platform
Last Updated: June 30, 2026

This section describes how to perform the initial pre-installation setup on all ServAssure Collection Platform servers:

  1. Create "arris" user (All Servers).
  2. Create /opt/arris directory, and chown it to "arris" user/group (all servers).

    • Location of all software installed for ServAssure Collection Platform

  3. Verify and/or install required third-party software packages (all servers). Refer to Third-party packages for a complete list.

    • wget

    • yum-utils

    • nc

    • ngrep

    • unzip

    • dstat

    • openssl

    • screen

    • python-setuptools

    • jq

      CAUTION: This procedure will reboot all ServAssure Collection Platform nodes, as some of the system settings take effect only on reboot. Be sure to run this procedure before proceeding with the rest of the ServAssure Collection Platform installation.