Installing Failover Manager on a Debian or Ubuntu Host

To install Failover Manager, you must have credentials that allow access to the EnterpriseDB repository. To request credentials for the repository, visit the EnterpriseDB website at:

https://www.enterprisedb.com/user/login

The following steps will walk you through using the EnterpriseDB apt repository to install Failover Manager.

Installing on a Debian 9 or Debian 10 Host

1. Assume superuser privileges:

sudo su –

2. Configure the EnterpriseDB repository by substituting your EnterpriseDB credentials for the username and password placeholders in the following commands:

On Debian 9

sh -c 'echo "deb https://username:password@apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

On Debian 10

sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

sh -c 'echo "machine apt.enterprisedb.com login <username> password <password>" > /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/edb.conf'

3. Add support to your system for secure APT repositories:

apt-get install apt-transport-https

4. Add the EDB signing key:

wget -q -O - https://<username>:<password>@apt.enterprisedb.com/edb-deb.gpg.key | apt-key add -

5. Update the repository meta data:

apt-get update

6. Install Failover Manager:

apt-get -y install edb-efm41

Installing on an Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 Host

1. Assume superuser privileges:

sudo su –

2. Configure the EnterpriseDB repository by substituting your EnterpriseDB credentials for the username and password placeholders in the following commands:

On Ubuntu 18.04

sh -c 'echo "deb https://username:password@apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

On Ubuntu 20.04

sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

sh -c 'echo "machine apt.enterprisedb.com login <username> password <password>" > /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/edb.conf'

4. Add support to your system for secure APT repositories:

apt-get install apt-transport-https

4. Add the EDB signing key:

wget -q -O - https://<username>:<password>@apt.enterprisedb.com/edb-deb.gpg.key | apt-key add -

5. Update the repository meta data:

apt-get update

6. Install Failover Manager:

apt-get -y install edb-efm41