Installation checklist
Applies to the following products:
Questionmark Perception
Applies to the following Perception versions:
Perception 5.7
The following checklist allows administrators to mark off completed installation steps for a basic install and see which follow after.
| Step | Title | Description | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Install and configure the prerequisites on your Perception server | Install and configure IIS | |
| Install and configure .NET 4.0 Framework | |||
| Install and configure .NET 3.5 Framework | |||
| Install and configure .NET 2.0 Framework | |||
| Install and configure ASP.NET MVC 2 | |||
| Install and configure Windows Server AppFabric | |||
| Install PHP | |||
| 2.0 | Configure PHP | Enable the relevant PHP extensions | |
| Configure the FastCGI instances | |||
| 3.0 | Install the prerequisites and a database system to handle the ETL_Temp database on your ETL server | SQL Server 2008 | |
| 4.0 | Install the ETL service on your ETL server | Install the ETL Services Server portion of Perception on your ETL server | |
| 5.0 | Configure AppFabric | Set the security mode and create your AppFabric cache | |
| Set up scheduled task to start AppFabric. See How can I automatically start the Windows Server AppFabric Caching Service? | |||
| 6.0 | Create the shared repository database on your database server | Create database in SQL Server 2008 | |
| Create User for database | |||
| Configure permissions for database | |||
| 7.0 | Create ODBC connection to your database on your database server | The ODBC connection needs to be created on the same server on which you plan to install Perception | |
| 8.0 | Run the Perception installer on your Perception server | Enter the installer password | |
| Agree to the license agreement(s) | |||
| Select Typical install type | |||
| 8.1 | Set installation folders | Define where to install Questionmark Perception | |
| Define where to install the repository files | |||
| 8.2 | Set URL | Apply an external facing URL that will be associated with this server or use the server name to form the URL | |
| 8.3 | Virtual directories | Allow the installer to automatically create the necessary virtual directories | |
| 8.4 | Authoring Manager upgrade options | Enable/Disable the option to upgrade Authoring Manager users that connect to the shared repository | |
| 8.5 | Install files and launch the configuration application | Let the installer unpack and install the necessary files. Ensure that the Launch Questionmark Configuration Application checkbox is selected. | |
| 9.0 | Set up the database servers/Create the Main and Results Warehouse (RW) databases | Select Automatic | |
| Select SQL Server | |||
| Enter the name for the database server (remember to use a fully-qualified name) | |||
| If using SQL Server, choose how you would like the configuration application to connect to your database and install the necessary databases | |||
| Insert the necessary username and password | |||
| 9.1 | Adding details for the new databases |
For SQL Server, enter the login name and password you want to create for the user of the databases |
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| For SQL Server, enter database names for the Perception Main and Result Warehouse (RW) databases | |||
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Click Create and wait for databases to be created |
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| 10.0 | Create the temporary ETL database (ETL_Temp) on your ETL server | Select Automatic | |
| Choose a database type. You need to select the same database type as selected in the steps above. | |||
| Enter the name of the database that will hold the ETL_Temp database. Remember, this needs to be on the same machine that has the ETL server running, i.e., your ETL server. | |||
| For SQL Server, choose which credentials you use to connect to the database server | |||
| Enter the connection username and password | |||
| Add a name for the temporary ETL database | |||
| Click Create and wait for databases to be created | |||
| 11.0 | Configure your environment | Enter the address for the portal. This is the domain name that administrators use to connect to the application. If you are installing on a single machine, this may be the same as the External Facing URL you entered during the installer. If you are installing in a load-balanced environment, this will be the load balancer. | |
| Enter the service layer address. This may be on the same server as the administrative components. | |||
| Enter your AppFabric servers address and port number. This may be on the same server as the administrative components, or it may be several servers (separated by a semi-colon [;]). | |||
| Click Continue, and wait for your environment to be configured | |||
| 12.0 | Create a shared repository |
Now, you will need to populate the shared repository database your created previously. You will be asked to launch Shared Repository Manager. If you are accessing the configuration application on the computer where you installed it (i.e., locally), click Launch SRM. |
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| Create a shared repository | |||
| 13.0 | Create the database links | You can configure these links automatically through the configuration application or manually | |
| 14.0 | Migrate settings from your Perception server to your ETL server | After Perception has been installed and configured, you will need to copy the relevant configuration settings from your Perception server to your ETL server | |
| 15.0 | Enter Enterprise Manager for the first time and start the ETL service | Enter the Enterprise Manager portal and start the ETL service |