Installing Contenta Server and third-party components
Complete these steps to install Contenta Server and related third-party components.
Procedure
- Log in as a user with administrative privileges.
- Back up your system.
SDL recommends that you back up your system before installing SDL Contenta or any software.
- Remove earlier versions of Perl.
Refer to the platform requirements document to determine the version of Perl required for the version of Contenta that you are installing.Note: Contenta 5.6 installs Strawberry Perl in its own install location and does not support ActiveState Perl. Before removing ActiveState Perl, make sure no other Software is dependent on it, for example, SDL XPP.
- Stop all SDL Services (such as those installed and running for XPP).
- To prevent the installer from complaining that another install is going on, before beginning the installation, stop the Windows Installer service, reboot, and restart this service as follows:
- Display the services: Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
- Right click on the Windows Installer service then click Properties. Stop.
- Click Manual in the Startup type field, and then click
- Click OK in the services window, and then reboot the system.
- After rebooting, login as a user with administrator privileges and display the services from the Control Panel again.
- Right click on the Windows Installer service, and then click Properties.
- Click Automatic in the Startup type field, and then click Start.
- Check the directory into which you are installing to be certain that ownership and permissions settings allow you to install into that directory. To check:
- Right‐click the installation directory, for example, C:\Program Files (x86), then click Properties.
- On the Security tab, click Advanced.
- Ensure that your user account has read and execute permission for this directory.
- Ensure that Include inheritable permissions from this objectʹs parent is selected and that the permission applies to this folder, subfolders, and files.
- Click OK to exit the various dialog boxes.
- Use Windows to mount the ISO installation file or use a third-party tool to mount the ISO as a disk.
If prompted to verify that you want to run the file, click Run.Note: If the installer does not automatically start, right‐click the
setup.exefile from the ISO file and Run as Administrator. - Click Next in the Welcome window to begin the installation.
The installation program displays the License Agreement window.
- Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
- Click Next to accept the default installation path, and then click Next.
To change the default path, click Browse to select a new location.Note: If you are installing Contenta Server and Contenta Client software on the same machine, install both under the same directory.
If you use the browse button to locate a directory, be certain to add a folder name into which you want to install the software—that is, if you choose C:/Program Files (x86) add Contenta to the path so it reads: C:/Program Files (x86)/Contenta The installer creates the folder if it does not exist.
- If installing a combined Contenta and License Server, select all the features. This installs the following components.
- Strawberry Perl
- License Manager
- Contenta Server
- Search Service
Important: If you want to spread search services over multiple servers, you can run the Contenta Server installer on each server and enable only the Search Services option. You do not have to install the License Manager. You will also need to specify the Contenta Server Name, Socket, Database Names (comma‐separated), and SID.If Contenta Server is configured for ODBC, make sure to enter the correct ODBC DSN when prompted for it.
After you have made your selections, click Next to continue. The installation program displays the Contenta Database Settings window.
- Select the type and version of the database you have installed for use with SDL Contenta.
- Oracle 12c
- Oracle 11g Release 2
- Microsoft SQL Server
After you have selected the database type and version, click Next to continue. The installation program displays the Oracle Home Directory window. - In the window, select the directory where Oracle is installed, and then click OK. The installation program displays the Contenta Database Information window.
- Complete the database setting fields as follows.
Server Socket PcmPortal number running on your Contenta server. The default is 6050.
ODBC DSN Data Source Name as specified for Oracle or for Microsoft SQL Server. See the information in the Installation Information Prompts.
Oracle SID Applies only to Oracle databases. Name of the Contenta Oracle instance or service (SID).
After you have entered the appropriate information, click Next to continue. The installation program displays the Contenta Solr Settings window.
- In the window, enter the name of each database that you want indexed (in comma-delimited list) in the Database Names field.
- Click Next.
- In the License server window, do one of the following.
- If this is not a License Server (License Manager was not installed in step 11), you are prompted for:
- Server Name: enter the name or IP address of the server where the license file resides.
- Server Socket: Enter the port number. This is not the PcmPortal number.
The default port number is 5053. Unless it is explicitly changed, enter accept,which is the default.
If you do not use the default port number, after installing see Alternate Reprise License Socket Number.
- If this is a License Server (License Manager was installed in step 11), you will be prompted for a license file, click Yes or No.
If you click No, the installer provides information about obtaining a license file.
The license information is saved in the System environment variablesdl_xysoft_LICENSEas<port_no>@<server_name>. For example, assuming the license server is named sdlsv1:5053@sdlsv1 - If this is not a License Server (License Manager was not installed in step 11), you are prompted for:
- Click Next.
The installer begins the installation. Be patient, response from the installer while setting up to install may take a few minutes.
When the Contenta Server installation is complete, the installer displays the InstallShield Wizard Complete window.
- Click Finish.
- Grant full permissions to all users who will be using Contenta to the Contenta_home directory and its subdirectories.
- Optionally, enable debugging for initial troubleshooting or set additional logging options. See the SDL Contenta Administration User Guide for more information.
- Reboot the system.
Note: After the Contenta installation is complete, you must restart your system even if the installer does not prompt you to do so.
- Click Finish.