Hi,
We currently have an internal user only Windchill PDMLink System and we now have a requirement to allow select customer users to securely access the system over the Internet. I intend to do this build building an additional Apache Server (Remote Apache Web Server) located in a secure DMZ on a hardened Linux server, with an updated Apache install.
For security reasons, I intend to build a minimal Redhat Linux server to host this Apache Server, but I know from previous experience that it can be difficult to install & administer such a system if you don't get the minimal OS build right in the first place - too few packages and nothing works, too many and it's a security risk.
Does anyone have any recommendations here - will the default Redhat Minimal Package Selection install be OK for what I need?
I would prefer not to install all the Redhat Graphical System environment for security reasons, but is it even possible to run the PTC installer(s) from the command line?
When it comes to Apache, is it best to manually "roll your own" Apache straight from apache.org and overlay the PTC Windchill Apache config and Ant installation onto it, or is it OK to use the (slightly older) "Early Release" version of Apache that is available for download from the PTC Website that already has the PTC Windchill Apache config applied to it and tested?
As I mentioned, I wanted as minimal a software Installation as possible on this server, so is it possible to just install Apache from the PTC supplied "Early Release" version of Apache, or do you need to first run the PSI that comes with the original Windchill release and install the original Apache (and I think Java might be necessary?), and then use the Apache "Early Release" download to replace the OOTB Apache version with the newer version?
Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to answer some/all of my questions, and if anyone has any other sage advice on building a secure Internet facing Apache server for Windchill, then I would welcome the advice.
Regards.
Gary