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SDL Contenta S1000D Installation Overview

This table lists the tasks you must perform for each component of your SDL Contenta S1000D system.

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Contenta Application Server

You install SDL Contenta S1000D on the Contenta Application Server.

If Contenta Application server and Contenta Web server are on the same system, you only need to install SDL Contenta S1000D once.

Contenta Web Server

You install SDL Contenta S1000D on the Contenta Web server.

If the Contenta Application Server and Contenta Web Server are on the same system, you only need to install SDL Contenta S1000D once.

S1000D Database

Once you have installed SDL Contenta S1000D on your servers, you must import the base S1000D database.

Now that you have a Contenta S1000D database, you must review the default AppData values and modify them as needed. See the Modifying AppData settings after installing or upgrading Contenta S1000D topic in the Configuring SDL Contenta S1000D section of this documentation.

Publishing PDFs

You must configure SDL XPP to publish PDFs from SDL Contenta S1000D. If you have not previously installed SDL XPP, first install SDL XPP and XPP Web Services, then configure SDL XPP as described in the Configuring a new SDL XPP installation to publish PDFs topic in the Configuring SDL Contenta S1000D section of this documentation.

If you have previously installed SDL XPP and used it for other purposes, first install XPP Web Services (unless you have already installed it), then configure SDL XPP as described in the Configuring an existing SDL XPP installation to publish PDFs topic in the Configuring SDL Contenta S1000D section of this documentation..

See the XPP Installation and Upgrade Guide and XPP Web Services Installation Guide.

Contenta Explorer Clients

For clients that will use Contenta Explorer to work with SDL Contenta S1000D, you must install SDL Contenta S1000D.

If you install Arbortext Editor before you install Contenta S1000D on your clients, the Contenta S1000D installer automatically configures Arbortext to work with Contenta S1000D. Otherwise, you must configure Contenta Explorer clients manually.

Contenta Web Clients

If using Arbortext Editor: Contenta Web clients must use the Contenta editor extensions and the Contenta S1000D editor plug-in to edit content in Arbortext Editor. First install Arbortext Editor on your Contenta Web clients, then configure the web clients to run Arbortext Editor.