4. Start Services

By default the Apache HTTP Server is disabled. In this section we will enable the Apache service. Please see section Add LDAP Support for a more advanced and recommended authentication method after this.

1. Start the Apache HTTP Server:

   CentOS/RHEL 7

   sudo systemctl start httpd24-httpd
   sudo systemctl enable httpd24-httpd
   

   CentOS/RHEL 8

   sudo systemctl start httpd
   sudo systemctl enable httpd
   

   Warning

   If you access the OnDemand server that you just started, you will be presented with a username/password dialog box. The default user must exist on the system before login is possible.

2. (Optional) Start the Dex server

   If using the default OnDemand authentication mechanism, you must start the ondemand-dex service.

   CentOS/RHEL 7 & 8

   sudo systemctl start ondemand-dex
   sudo systemctl enable ondemand-dex
   

3. (Optional) Configure default user

   If you wish to use the default ood you must create that user on the OnDemand system.

   Warning

   Using the default ood user is not recommended for production and is intended only for evaluation and testing of OnDemand. The recommended approach is to configure LDAP, see Add LDAP Support, or some othe authentication mechanism in Apache such as OIDC or Shibboleth.

   sudo groupadd ood
   sudo useradd -d /home/ood -g ood -k /etc/skel -m ood
   

4. Browse to your OnDemand server and login the username ood@localhost and the password password. If everything worked you should be presented with the OnDemand Dashboard App.