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Installing and configuring the .NET Web service

This section describes how to install the .NET Web service using the installer and configure it to locate the Archiver database.

Procedure

  1. Start the Archive Manager installer by double-clicking the shortcut called Install SDL Archive Manager 1.0 SP3.
  2. Follow the instructions on the screen, selecting to install only the Archive Manager .NET Web service.
  3. In the root of your Archive Manager Web Service Web application directory, open the Web.Config file in a text editor.
  4. In the <appSettings> section, specify the connection details of your Archiver database:
    • Comment out the database you are not using
    • Make sure the database you are using is not commented out
    The following is an example configuration for Oracle:
    <add key="providerstring" value="System.Data.OracleClient"/>
    <add key="connectionstring" value="Data Source=10.100.100.102;User Id=TridionArchiver;Password=tridion;"/>
    <add key="bindvariablecharacter" value=":"/>
    The following is an example configuration for Microsoft SQL Server:
    <add key="providerstring" value="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
    <add key="connectionstring" value="Data Source=10.100.100.102;User Id=TridionArchiver;Password=tridion;Database=MyDatabase"/>
    <add key="bindvariablecharacter" value="@"/>
  5. Save and close the file.
  6. Encrypt passwords using the aspnet_regiis.exe tool—for more information, see Encrypting the web.config password.
  7. If you have integrated authentication with SQL Server set up, you can remove the User Id and Password properties and their values from the connectionstring key and replace them with Integrated Security=true; instead. For example, in the example configuration for Microsoft SQL Server above, you would replace this line:
    <add key="connectionstring" value="Data Source=10.100.100.102;User Id=TridionArchiver;Password=tridion;Database=MyDatabase"/>

    with this line:

    <add key="connectionstring" value="Data Source=10.100.100.102;Integrated Security=true;Database=MyDatabase"/>

What to do next

The next step is to configure the Archive Manager Explorer to connect to the Web service. For more information, see Accessing the Archive Manager Web Service.