How To: Install Titan NextGen on Linux

Question

How can I install Titan NextGen on Linux server?

Reasoning

We have a requirement to install a Managed File Transfer (MFT) server on a Linux platform.

Answer

You can install Titan NextGen easily in your Linux environment in a few easy steps.

Pre-requisites

Steps

1. Login to your Linux server (in this example, an Ubuntu server).
2. Make sure that your server is up to date.
3. Download the correct Titan NextGen installer:

1. Titan SFTP:wget https://www.southrivertech.com/software/nextgen/titansftp/titansftp-linux-x64.run
2. Titan MFT:wget https://www.southrivertech.com/software/nextgen/titanmft/titanmft-linux-x64.run
3. Titan DMZ:wget https://www.southrivertech.com/software/nextgen/titandmz/titandmz-linux-x64.run

4. Modify the permission of the file for it to be executable using the chmod +x <filename> command. In this case, it would be chmod +x titanmft-linux-x64.run.
   
   

5. Verify that the file is now executable using the ls -la command.
   
   

6. Install the Titan MFT using the sudo ./titanmft-linux-x64.run command.

7. Follow the installation wizard.

1. Choose option 1 for English:

2. Specify the path of the configuration, press Enter for default:

3. Enter Y to continue the installation:

8. Once the installation is complete, please make sure that the following ports are allowed on the server:

1. SFTP (default port 22): Do not use port 22 as it will conflict with shell access. We recommend using port 2200 
2. Remote Administration Server (default port 41443): To allow an administrator secure access to Titan NextGen’s Admin UI externally
3. Local Administration Server (default port 31443): To allow an administrator secure access to Titan NextGen’s Admin UI within the LAN
4. HTTPS (default port 443): To allow for secure file transfer using the HTTPS protocol
5. HTTP (default port 80): To allow for file transfer using the HTTP protocol
6. FTPS Implicit (default port 990): To allow for secure file transfer using the FTPS Implicit protocol
7. FTPS Explicit (default port 21): To allow for secure file transfer using the FTPS Explicit protocol

9. If the above ports are not open, you can open them on the local firewall using the sudo ufw allow 22, 41443, 31443, 443, 80, 990, 21/tcp command:

Note: If your VM is hosted in the Cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP), you will need to add the same ports on your Cloud Firewall too.

10. Please note that the Titan NextGen server runs as a service under the name TitanMFT, TitanSFTP or TitanDMZ.

11. Next, we need to create the Master Admin account to access Titan NextGen's Admin UI. To do this, please use the following command and replace the username and password values with your desired Admin username and password:

           

sudo /opt/southriver/srxserver/srxserver /LASINIT /username=<admin-username> /password=<admin-password>

12. Using a supported web browser, please access the Titan Admin UI from a client machine using one of the below URLs specific to your product AND the admin username and password created in the prior step:

1. Titan MFT or SFTP Admin UI: https://IPAddressOrMachineName:41443
2. Titan DMZ Admin UI: https://IPAddressOrMachineName:42443

 

13. Once successfully logged in, you are good to go: