Installation

In this article:

Requirements

  1. For general information on system requirements see Requirements.
  2. SQL Service Account for accessing SIM SQL DB (in this article sim-svc-sql)

Important

Please install all requirements before beginning with this guide!

IIS Features

Execute the following command to enable IIS features on the application server:

CMD.EXE /C DISM.EXE /enable-feature /all /online /featureName:IIS-WebServerRole /featureName:IIS-WebServer /featureName:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featureName:IIS-StaticContent /featureName:IIS-DefaultDocument /featureName:IIS-DirectoryBrowsing /featureName:IIS-HttpErrors /featureName:IIS-HttpRedirect /featureName:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /featureName:IIS-ASPNET /featureName:IIS-NetFxExtensibility /featureName:IIS-ASPNET45 /featureName:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 /featureName:IIS-ASP /featureName:IIS-CGI /featureName:IIS-ISAPIExtensions /featureName:IIS-ISAPIFilter /featureName:IIS-ServerSideIncludes /featureName:IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics /featureName:IIS-HttpLogging /featureName:IIS-LoggingLibraries /featureName:IIS-RequestMonitor /featureName:IIS-HttpTracing /featureName:IIS-CustomLogging /featureName:IIS-ODBCLogging /featureName:IIS-Security /featureName:IIS-BasicAuthentication /featureName:IIS-WindowsAuthentication /featureName:IIS-DigestAuthentication /featureName:IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication /featureName:IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication /featureName:IIS-URLAuthorization /featureName:IIS-RequestFiltering /featureName:IIS-IPSecurity /featureName:IIS-Performance /featureName:IIS-HttpCompressionStatic /featureName:IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic /featureName:IIS-WebDAV /featureName:IIS-WebServerManagementTools /featureName:IIS-ManagementScriptingTools /featureName:IIS-ManagementService /featureName:IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility /featureName:IIS-Metabase /featureName:IIS-WMICompatibility /featureName:IIS-LegacyScripts /featureName:IIS-FTPServer /featureName:IIS-FTPSvc /featureName:IIS-FTPExtensibility /featureName:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45 /featureName:IIS-ApplicationInit /featureName:IIS-WebSockets /featureName:IIS-CertProvider /featureName:IIS-ManagementConsole /featureName:IIS-LegacySnapIn /norestart

For easy deploymnet: Download the script.

Microsoft SQL Server

For information about supported SQL Server versions see Supported configurations

The installation of the SQL Server will be described in the following steps.

Installation Setup

Start the SQL Server installation setup. Choose the “New SQL Server stand-alone installation...”-Option in the follwing Window:

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Throughout the installation, please choose the same features as shown below:

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Name the instance SIM or choose another name:

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Configure the server as follows:

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Customize the Database Engine

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Choose the Database Engine called ‘SQL_Latin_General_CP1_CI_AS’:

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Select the ‘mixed mode’-authentification and add your AD service account for SQL (sim-svc-sql) as SQL Server administrator:

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You have completed the setup!

SQL Server TCP/IP Configuration

Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager, choose ‘SQL Server Network Configuration’ and then ‘Protocols for [Database Name]’. Change the TCP/IP Status to Enabled:

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Right-click the TCP/IP line and choose ‘Properties’:

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Choose the tab “IP Adresses” and change the ‘TCP Port’-entry to 1433:

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Afterwards, navigate to the SQL Server Services and restart the ‘SQL Server ([Database Name]):

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SIM SQL DB Installation

  1. Create database SIM_v60_R001
  2. Grant SilverMonkey Service Account (sim-svc-sql) “db_owner” rights for the corresponding database
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  1. Import .SQL file from installation media (.\Database) into SQL Management Studio
  2. Make sure the USE command aims to the correct database created above and execute script

Configure IIS

Create IIS App Pool

  1. Go to IIS Manager and create an AppPool with .NET CLR version set to v4.0*` :
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Create SilverMonkey folder

  1. Create C:\SilverMonkey
  2. Copy files from installation media to C:\SilverMonkey\v60\

Create IIS Application

  1. Add application (e.g. to DefaultWebSite), choose SIM AppPool (created above) and target to C:\SilverMonkey\v60\Web\R001.

Hint

The alias defines the later URL: http://HOSTNAME/ALIAS

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  1. Change value databaseConnectionString to SIM v60 DB in file C:\SilverMonkey\v60\R001\Web.Config

Install Windows Service

  1. Go to C:\SilverMonkey\v60\WinService
  2. Change value databaseConnectionString to SIM v60 DB in file C:\SilverMonkey\v60\WinService\SilverMonkeyService.exe.config
  3. Execute Install.cmd with administrative rights
  4. Open services.msc and make sure that the Windows Service SIMv60Service is installed
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