Znode 9 Installation Guide
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This document contains two parts: Installation Checklist and Znode Installer. These sections are a reference to install, configure, and deploy Znode 9.5.0.
- Before installing Znode. 9.5.0, please review the Znode 9 Pre-install Checklist.
Part 1: Installation Checklist
IIS and SQL To install Znode. on a server or local development environment as a localhost application, a working understanding of Internet Information Services (IIS) and SQL Server is required.
Znode. Requirements
Znode. requires the following components for installation:
- Visual Studio 2015 - used to review source code and customization
- SQL Server 2012 and above - Developer Edition works for evaluation
- IIS 7.5
- .NET Framework 4.5
- Microsoft Report Viewer 2012
- Mongo Database 3.0 (Included with Znode Installer per Step 1.1)
- Java 1.8 (Included with Znode Installer per Step 1.1)
Part 2: Znode Znode. Installer
| Step | Description |
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| 1 | Download and unzip the Znode. Installer file from the download link. Locate the .exe file and Run with Administrator access. |
| 1.1 | Before installation can begin, Znode. will attempt to download the following dependencies:
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| 1.2 | Click "Install" will download the required dependencies. Otherwise, click the "Next" button. |
| 2 | After Znode. Installer is completed, click "Next" to continue.
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| 3 | Read and Accept the License Agreement. Then to proceed, click "Next".
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| 4 | Complete database credential details and click "Next". This process may take several minutes to install. |
| Detail | Description |
| "Database server..." | Select SQL Server name / Host name / Instance name on your local machine with the drop-down.
To Install SQL Server to a network location, then click on the "Browse" button or manually enter Server name/Host name/ Instance name. |
| Login ID | Enter LoginID. Login ID should have Administrative privileges of SA user. |
| Password | Enter password |
| "Name of database catalog" | Enter database name, such as “Znode_9_0”.  |
| 5 | To select a specific installation location, use the "Change" button, then browse to the destination folder, and select "OK" to continue.  |
| 5.1 | To advance, click "Next".  |
| 6 | Click "Install" to begin the installation.  |
| 7 | Click on the “Launch Znode Znode.” checkbox to launch the Znode sites. Also, view the Windows log while click on “Show the Windows Installer Logs”. Click "Finish" to complete Znode 9 Installation.  |
| 8 | Installation is now complete. The following 4 applications should now be ready to launch:
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| Important: After the installation but before launching the Znode application, please use the Znode 9 Post-install Checklist to verify installation success. To install the Znode Payment Application, please use Steps 1-7 above as these processes are similar for reference. | |
Note:
- After the Znode 9 Installation Guide, you will also need to complete the Znode 9 Payment Installation Guide
- Znode is configured for local file storage by default. If you need to change this option--perhaps to an Azure or Amazon S3 server, check out Media Settings.
- To migrate from Znode Znode 9.0.0 to 9.0.1, run the upgrade script which is available in the "Znode Installation Package", called Znode_Znode_90TO901.sql
- For SQL Server 2014 and above, execute the SqlServer_2014&AboveCompatible.sql script from the Znode Znode Installer. This script can improve the performance of Import and Publish processes.
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