Prerequisites for Installation

Before you begin your installation, ensure you have fulfilled these prerequisites:

  • Current SUSE Customer Center organization credentials

  • Access to installation media for your chosen operating system

  • Your environment meets the hardware and networking requirements

  • You understand the supported client operating systems

This section contains more information on each of these prerequisites.

SUSE Manager 4.0 is based on SLES 12 SP3 as the host operating system.

Obtaining your SUSE Customer Center Credentials

You will need to create an account with SUSE Customer Center before you install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Manager. To obtain your SUSE Customer Center credentials:

Procedure: Obtaining Your SCC Organization Credentials

  1. Open a browser and direct it to https://scc.suse.com/login.

  2. If you have not done so, create an account now.

  3. Log in to your new SCC account.

  4. Under the Management tools widget select Manage Users.

  5. Click the Organization Credentials tab.

  6. Record your login information for use during SUSE Manager setup.

Obtaining Installation Media

This book describes installation methods for both JeOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The JeOS image provides the quickest installation and setup, and is suitable for a test or proof of concept installation. Alternatively, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server provides a more robust installation, which requires a larger initial download. Choose your preferred operating system based on the type of environment you want to install, and the amount of bandwidth and time you have available.

You can find installation images for JeOS and SLES in your SUSE Customer Center account. Log in, then navigate to the URL for your chosen operating system: