Installing the Traffic Manager Software
The Traffic Manager software must be installed, configured and started as root. Root privileges are necessary to bind to ports lower than 1024 (for example, port 80 for HTTP) and to provide front-end fault tolerance.
To install the Traffic Manager software
- Become the system superuser (also known as the "root" user). For instructions on how to become the superuser, see your host operating system documentation.
- Change directories to the directory to where the tar archive was extracted (for example, ZeusTM_ProductVersion_OS).
- Start the installation program (zinstall) by using the following command:
# ./zinstall
You are installing a package built for Linux-x86_64
Ivanti Installation Program - Copyright (C) 2026, Ivanti, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Checking distribution ... all packages match checksumsInstalling the software on an EC2-based Linux machine sends a request to the host instance for the EC2-specific parameters.
- Read the Ivanti End User License Agreement. If you agree with these terms, type accept at the prompt.
- When prompted, specify a destination directory for the Traffic Manager software or use the default destination directory (/usr/local/zeus).
You can install the Traffic Manager software anywhere on your file system, but you must not install it in the same directory as any other Traffic Manager products. The Traffic Manager software installation directory is called $ZEUSHOME.
The Traffic Manager Admin UI accesses the configuration and stores state information and lock files under the $ZEUSHOME directory. Ivanti strongly recommends that you locate $ZEUSHOME on a local file system with sufficient disk space, or on a fast, reliable, shared file system. The Traffic Manager Admin UI might be slow or unresponsive if the file system it uses is slow or unresponsive.
After you specify the destination directory, the following messages appear:
Virtual Traffic Manager is now installed in /usr/local/zeus.
Are you ready to perform the initial configuration now ? (Y/N) [Y]:- Type Y to run the configuration script now, or type N to run it later.
- Press Enter.