Installing SDL Tridion
This section describes how to install and configure the core software modules of SDL Tridion so that you can create, manage and publish content. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, you must perform all tasks in this section to get a basic SDL Tridion installation up and running.
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SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 Installation Manual
- Installing SDL Tridion core software modules
This section provides an overview of the installation procedure for installing and configuring the core software modules of SDL Tridion so that you can create, manage and publish content. - Using PowerShell database scripts
To install or upgrade SDL Tridion databases, use the PowerShell scripts provided on your SDL Tridion installation media. - Hardware prerequisites
Guidelines on selecting the correct hardware for your SDL Tridion implementation. The platform supports basic, single-machine implementations and elaborate, scaled-out implementations, each with different hardware requirements. - Creating the Content Manager database
The Content Manager requires a database. Create the Content Manager database by running a PowerShell script. - Installing the Content Manager server
Install the Content Manager Server using the installer so that users can create, manage and assemble the Building Blocks used in Web sites and other channels. Note that many features and options in the installer do not work without additional configuration and/or implementation. - Creating the Content Data Store for Content Delivery
This section explains how to install and configure the Content Data Store, the repository containing published content that the Content Delivery server uses. - Creating the Experience Manager database
This section explains how to install and configure the Experience Manager database, the repository containing published and edited content that Experience Manager uses. Note that the procedure for installing an Experience Manager database is identical to that for installing a Content Data Store as a database. - Installing core Content Delivery Server Roles
Content Delivery consists of Server Roles: features that work with content published from Content Manager. This section explains how to install each Server Role separately, but you can also combine Server Roles with each other, or with existing Web applications. A basic installation only requires some of these Server Roles to be installed. - Setting up Publishing (Content Distribution)
To be able to publish content from the Content Manager server to the Content Delivery server, on the Content Manager server you need to create and configure Publication Targets, Protocols, Target Types, and the Transport Service. (To enable Content Distribution on the Content Delivery Server you need to configure (or customize) your Content Deployer and Storage Layer (and optionally Caching). - Installing core Content Manager clients
For a basic SDL Tridion installation, install the Content Manager Explorer to manage your content; Template Builder, .NET assembly templating, and Dreamweaver templating to develop templates; and the Experience Manager to edit content. - Installing SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1
To install Hotfix rollup 1 for SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 on the Content Manager server, use the patch installer. On the Content Delivery side, perform manuals steps to apply the hotfix rollup. You can install the rollup on a working SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 installation, even if you have already installed one or more individual hotfixes yourself that are included in this rollup.