Phase 1 of Installation
Installing the Web Platform Installer (if ALL Prerequisites are Installed)
- Open the Internet Information Server (IIS). In the left tree, navigate to the Default web site.
- From the Default web site, select Web Platform Installer.
- IMPORTANT: You must open the Web Platform Installer from IIS Manager or the install will not work.
- After the Web Platform Installer opens, click on Options (at the bottom of the dialog). This action opens the Change Options dialog.
- Leave the Primary Feed as default.
- To the Custom Feed, type in: http://nuget.arellia.com/WebPlatformFeed. Select the Add Feed button.
- From Advanced web application support, enable configuration of all web application parameters.
- (optional) From Remote Database Support, click to enable remote database support.
- (optional) Enter the name of your SQL server in the Remote database server name.
- Not required if your database server has already been configured with a database and user for AMS to use
- To close the Change Options dialog, click OK. This action loads the Web Platform Installer.
2 Options for Completing the Installation of the Arellia Management Server
There are 2 options for completing the installation, if your database has already been configured with a database and user for Arellia to use, then follow option 1. Otherwise have your SA database account credentials ready and follow option 2.
Option 1: Database is already configured
- Before continuing make sure that the database pre-requisites have been followed, namely that the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator has been enabled (see Database Requirements)
- From the Web Platform Installer, go to the Arellia tab.
- From the Arellia tab, select the Arellia Web Platform Extensions 1.0, Arellia Management Server, and Arellia Diagnostics.
- After those items are selected, click the Install button. This action opens the Web Platform Installer Prerequisites dialog.
- Follow the prompts to setup the Arellia Management Server.
- If certain prerequisites aren't installed such as certain SQL plugins or WebDeploy 3.5, the Web Platform Installer and IIS will close and you will have to open them both again, and in some cases, a reboot of the computer is required. It is absolutely best to have all of the prerequisites installed beforehand.
- After the Web Platform Installer has completed go to the Arellia Administration Console to continue the installation.
Option 2: Database needs to be created
- Before continuing make sure that the database pre-requisites have been followed, namely that the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator has been enabled (see Database Requirements)
- From the Web Platform Installer, go to the Arellia tab.
- From the Arellia tab, select the Arellia Web Platform Extensions 1.0, Arellia Management Server(Database Wizard), and Arellia Diagnostics.
- After those items are selected, click the Install button. This action opens the Web Platform Installer Prerequisites dialog.
- From the drop-down box under "What type of database would you like to use?" Select the Remote SQL Server.
- Target the service account (sa) on that database server, then type in the password for that server. Click Continue. This action displays a screen detailing all of the items that I have chosen to install and all of the prerequisites that are necessary to install at this time.
- If certain prerequisites aren't installed such as certain SQL plugins or WebDeploy 3.5, the Web Platform Installer and IIS will close and you will have to open them both again, and in some cases, a reboot of the computer is required. It is absolutely best to have all of the prerequisites installed beforehand.
- To begin the Installation, click the I Agree button. This action begins the installation of all prerequisites that you are installing at this time.
- The Web Platform Installer Configure screen appears. Included in the Configure Screen are all options and fields for the database, with all field already filled in. At this time, you can create a new database password for the AMS user. Additionally a Database Name will be created, and later the Database Name, Database User, and Database Password can be randomized. Click Continue. This action installs the Arellia Management Server. A status bar appears, showing how long the installation is taking.
- When the Arellia Management Server is done installing continue to the Arellia Administration Console to finish the install.