Traffic Portal Installation / Configuration

1. Build Traffic Portal RPM w/ Docker or fetch Traffic Portal RPM from Jenkins

• Build instructions: https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/blob/master/BUILD.md

2. Install

• Install the Node.js JavaScript runtime

  $ curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
  $ sudo yum install -y nodejs
  

• Install the Traffic Portal RPM

  $ sudo yum install -y traffic_portal-[version]-[commits].[sha].x86_64.rpm
  

3. Configure

• Configure Traffic Portal

  $ sudo vim /etc/traffic_portal/conf/config.js (read the inline comments)
  

4. Run

• Start Traffic Portal

  $ sudo service traffic_portal start
  

• Navigate to Traffic Portal

  $ http(s)://ip-address:port
  

Notes

- Traffic Portal consumes the Traffic Ops API, therefore, an instance of Traffic Ops must be running.
- Traffic Portal and Traffic Ops must be running on the same protocol (http or https).
- This is known to work with CentOS 6.7 and Centos 7 as the host environment.