The primary tool for managing a STEP Application server, either a single server or within a clustered STEP environment, is the Stibo Patch Operations Tool (SPOT). The SPOT tool offers the following capabilities:
- Start and Stop Procedures here
- Verify the Installed STEP Version here
- Send a Diagnostic Snapshot to Stibo Systems here
- STEP System Configuration here
- Health Check Facility here
- Benchmark Facility here
- Patching STEP here
The majority of SPOT's capabilities require access to Stibo Systems' Updates Server (https://updates.stibosystems.com), either directly or via a SPOT mirror. Direct access via proxy is supported, but does require additional properties to be manually added to SPOT's properties file.
Configure SPOT to use a proxy server
- Go to the directory where STEP is installed. The default path is /opt/stibo/step
- Edit the file, spot.properties, and append the following properties with values that correspond to the proxy’s requirement:
Proxy.HTTP.Host=<PROXY_HOST>Proxy.HTTP.Port=<PROXY_PORT>Proxy.HTTP.User=<PROXY_USERNAME>Proxy.HTTP.Password=<PROXY_USERNAME_PASSWORD>
Test the connectivity to STEP's Updates Server
- Go to the directory where STEP is installed. The default path is /opt/stibo/step
- Run the SPOT command as follows:
./spot --ping