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## Before You Install

We recommend that you read through these prerequisites prior to installing the Opsview Monitor software. We also recommend that you use the automated installation method to install Opsview Monitor. When installing the Opsview Monitor software additional third-party software will be installed automatically, although some of the processes in this document may require that such software be installed first.

## Opsview Monitor Subscription

A valid Opsview Monitor subscription is required before you can complete the installation of the Opsview Monitor software, which will provide you with a Software Key.

## Before moving to Opsview Monitor 6.3

Please carefully read the documentation associated with the version of Opsview you are currently running and the methods available to start using Opsview Monitor 6.3.

  • [Supported Operating Systems](🔗)

  • [Hardware requirements](🔗)

#### First Installation

If this is the **first time you are installing Opsview Monitor**, please follow the steps in the [New Installation](🔗) pages.

#### Fully Qualified Domain Name required

To install Opsview version 6.x your server must have a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

  • if not, you may receive the error "msg: '''opsview_host_domain'' cannot be empty!'"

#### Upgrade or Migration

If you need assistance with this process please contact the Opsview Customer Success team.

If you have customized your Apache configuration, you will need to convert and rewrite rules as part of the upgrade. See more information about converting Apache Rewrite Rules to Nginx Rewrite Rules, [here](🔗).

If your current version of Opsview Monitor is:

  • **Opsview Monitor 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.1 or 6.2 **, you can choose to:

    • run an in-place upgrade, go to [Upgrade from Opsview Monitor 6.x](🔗)

    • or proceed with a manual [Migration from Opsview Monitor 6.x](🔗)

  • **Opsview Monitor 6.0 Early Adopter (EA)** - single box installation, then

    • we recommend that you first upgrade to 6.0, please follow the update steps on the [Upgrading from Opsview Monitor 6.0 Early Adopter](🔗) page, and then proceed to an in-place upgrade as documented above. **NOTE:** if you are running Opsview Monitor 6.0 EA where you have manually moved Components to a different server than the Master server, please contact our [Customer Success Team](🔗) for assistance

  • **Opsview Monitor 5.4.2**, you can choose to:

    • run an in-place upgrade, therefore go to [Upgrade from Opsview Monitor 5.4.2](🔗)

    • or proceed with a manual [Migration from Opsview Monitor 5.x](🔗)

  • A version **older than** Opsview Monitor 5.4.2, then

    • we recommend that you first upgrade to 5.4.2 and then proceed to an in-place upgrade or migration as documented above.