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Install Innowera Dashboard

This section contains the steps to install Innowera Dashboard.

Prerequisites

  • Review the system requirements in System Requirements for Innowera Dashboard, and make sure that your setup meets the minimum requirements.
  • Make sure that you have configured the required settings to enable 32-bit applications to run on 64-bit Internet Information Services (IIS).
  • Verify that the following options are selected in Server Manager for your version of IIS.  If other IIS components are enabled, you do not have to disable them.
    • Common HTTP Features: Default Document, Directory Browsing, HTTP Errors, Static Content
    • Health and Diagnostics: HTTP Logging
    • Performance: Static Content Compression
    • Security: Request Filtering, Windows Authentication
    • Application Development: .NET Extensibility 4.7 for 2019 (.NET Extensibility 4.6 for 2016 and .NET Extensibility 4.5 for 2012 or 2012 R2), ASP .NET 4.7 (ASP .NET 4.6 for 2016, and ASP .NET 4.5 for 2012 or 2012 R2), ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters
    • Management Tools: Internet Information Services (IIS) Management Console
    • IIS 6 Management Compatibility: IIS 6 Metabase compatibility

    For more information about how to enable and configure IIS, see Configure IIS.

Note: After installing Microsoft SQL Server, see Configure SQL server for EShare-Dashboard.pdf to configure SQL Server.

To install Innowera Dashboard,

  1. Run InnoweraDashboardSetup.exe. The Welcome to the Innowera Dashboard Setup Wizard page appears.
  2. Select Next. The Select Installation Address page appears.
  3. Select any Site and Virtual directory. However, we recommend Default Web Site and Innowera Dashboard. Select ASP.Net 4.0 for Application Pool.

    Note: The Application Pool you select during installation is ignored because a new application pool is created with the required settings if it does not already exist, and then set for Innowera Dashboard.

  4. Select Next to continue.
  5. After the successful installation of Innowera Dashboard, select Close to exit the wizard. Alternatively, once the installation process is complete, select the Launch Innowera Database Configuration Tool check box to configure the database details. The Innowera Dashboard Database Configuration window appears.

  6. Select Innowera Dashboard Server Database Settings, and in the Innowera Dashboard Database Setup window, enter the following details:
    • Server: Indicates the IP address or the server name where the database is present.
    • Database: Indicates the name of the database.
    • Authentication: Indicates the authentication method that will be used to connect to the SQL Server instance. If you select SQL Server Authentication, you must provide a valid user name and password in the Username and Password fields to connect to the SQL Server. The user name and password information is not required in Windows Authentication mode. If you are using Windows Authentication, you must have the environment set up accordingly.
    • Connection Timeout: Indicates the connection timeout after which the trial session of trying to connect to the database will expire. For example, if Connection Timeout option is enabled and set to 30 seconds, Innowera Dashboard tries to establish the connection with the configured database for 30 seconds only.
    • Command Timeout: Indicates the time to wait while trying to run a command before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
    • Archive Database: Indicates that the database will be archived. When this option is selected, you can also specify the name of the archive database.
    • Map Database: Indicates that the existing database will be mapped to the Innowera Dashboard web application.

  7. Optionally, select Test Connection. The connection to the database is tested.

    8. Note: For information about the required permissions, see Permissions Required for SQL Server Users.

  8. Select Create/ Upgrade Database. The information dialog box appears with a message stating that Innowera Dashboard database has been created or updated successfully.

  9. Select Ok to close the dialog box, and select Exit to exit the wizard.
  10. To access Innowera Dashboard web application, open a web browser, and type http://<localhost>/InnoweraDashboard/Login.aspx, and enter the Innowera Dashboard logon credentials. The default credentials are as follows:
    • Username: admin
    • Password: admin

    Note: You can change the password from Manage Site User in Innowera Dashboard. For more information about managing user settings, see Innowera Dashboard Help.

  11. Optionally, you can sign in to Innowera Dashboard as a Windows-authenticated user by using your Window's domain credentials, if the Windows Authentication is enabled at the authentication settings of Innowera Dashboard in IIS.

Important: To access Innowera Dashboard, change the local host to server name or IP address of the server where Innowera Dashboard is installed. See the Configure SQL Server with Windows Authentication for Innowera EShare/Dashboard.pdf for SQL configuration.

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