Installation using Oreus PDA

                To deploy Business Insights Portal, please follow these steps:

 

1. Unzip the package (OreusPDA.zip) into a new or existing destination folder (local disk on target computer, i.e. c:\software).

2. If You didn't select "Show extracted files when complete", browse to the destination folder. In the destination folder, browse inside folder OreusPDA

3. Locate and run BIPDeploy.exe with elevated permissions (right click the file and select Run as Administrator)

4. Select installation plan:

 

4.1 Select deployment option:

- Press 1 if IIS is not installed on target computer. Internet Information Services 8 will be installed, along with ASP.NET 4.5 Framework

- Press 2 if You wish to deploy portal to already installed instance of IIS.

 

4.1.1 Insert administrator password

- you will be prompted to type administrator password for server (the one you used to log in). This is needed to set Application Pool Identity.

               

4.2 Select database deployment option:

- Press 1 to deploy databases to new instance of SQL Server Express. This portal uses databases to store application settings and document repository

- Press 2 to deploy databases to existing instance of SQL Server Express. You will be prompted to enter SQL Server instance name (i.e. SQLEXPRESS)

- Press 3 if You wish not to use local databases and use remote databases instead. You will be promped to enter Server name and SQL Server instance name (i.e. Server name: SHAREPOINT, SQL Server instance name: SQLEXPRESS)

 

NOTE: Portal Deployment Application will automatically detect host platform, and will use appropriate version(s) of installation packages.

 

IMPORTANT: Installation assumes that You have read and agreed to End-User Licnse Agreement(s) of the included software distribution packages, found in a document EULA.txt.

 

               

Installation will now begin and no more input will be required from the user. You will be able to observe installation progress, and it will take some time to complete, depending on the computer and internet connection speed.

 

All or some of the following steps (depending on options) will be executed:

 

- Internet Information Services installation (optional)

- Microsoft® Deploy 3.5 installation

- Microsoft® SQL Server Express 2012® installation (optional)

- Deployment of the application databases to Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012® (optional)

- Portal deployment to the IIS instance. Portal will be deployed to location http://[server]/BIP. Location on the file system will be c:\inetpub\wwwroot\BIP.

 

d) Post deployment actions

 

In Internet Explorer (or any other internet browser) navigate to http://['localhost' or server name]/BIP. On the first use only, You will be navigated to the page Admin.aspx where You will find various options for the deployed portal.

 

Following tests need to be marked as passed ('OK') in order to use Busines Insights Portal:

 

 - File write test - tests the write access to the web.config file

 - SQL server connectivity test - tests the access to the designated SQL Server

 - SQL database connectivity test - tests the access to the designated SQL Server database

 

In the section SQL Connection info You can configurate database options: Server name, Server instance name, Database name, Usage of the integrated security (if unchecked, You will also be required to enter administrator username and password). This section will be pre-populated with the options You have selected at the beginnig of the installation process. To test SQL Connection Info, click the button "Test", and the result need to be "OK". If not, please review the provided information and change it accordingly.

 

In the Repository section, you can test for existance of Repository Administrator, or create one if needed. At least one Repository Administrator is required for this portal.

 

In the respective sections You can insert locations for the Master Catalog and Default Control Panel Location. You can test inserted locations by clicking the buttons "Test". These locations will be pre-populated.

 

The last action you need to perform is inserting the license key provided. Insert license key and press "Validate", and you will be presented with the validation outcome.

 

Upon passing all above mentioned tests and settings (all of the panels need to me marked with "OK"), please click the button "Start application" at the bottom of the page. If button is disabled and cannot be clicked, please review information on every panel on the page, and correct it if needed.