Follow these steps This topic describes how to install this version of the Aptify site on a web server so users with trusted accounts in Aptify can access the system using a supported web browser.
To do this, perform the following steps:
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- Confirm that the database server has Aptify 5.5.1 or higher installed. This is a pre-requisite before you can install the Aptify site.
- Identify the web server that will host Aptify. This server must meet the requirements specified in "Server Requirements " on page 5for the Aptify Web Interface.
- If the web server is installed on a different computer than the database server and you have chosen to use Windows Authentication, confirm that your network is configured to support delegation. See
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For web servers that will be available over the public Internet, you should install and test the Aptify site within the firewall first before moving the web server outside your organization's firewall.
Info For web servers that will be available on the public Internet, you must secure the site using HTTP over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to create an HTTPS site. The default installation of the Aptify site requires SSL. The site will not load successfully unless the site is configured to use SSL. See
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- Create a new domain account or identify an existing domain with a valid license account to use on the Aptify web server.
- This is the user account that Aptify (SOA layer) will use to communicate with the Aptify database server.
The account must be a trusted user with a valid license on the Aptify database server with the appropriate privileges to conduct Aptify activity.
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Per packaging requirements for this version, the Application Pool Identity used by the Aptify web site is set to LocalSystem and the identity used by the AptifyServiceAPI (SOA layer) site is set to run as the user specified in the setup program.
Log into the web server using an account with administrative privileges.
- Determine whether the web server has the following software installed:
- Aptify 5.0 Desktop client
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
- ASP .NET MVC 4
- If the Aptify 5.0 Desktop client is not installed on the web server, install it.
- The client application provides the active Aptify Object Repository service used during the installation process.
- The client application provides the active Aptify Object Repository service used during the installation process.
- If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is not installed on the web server, download and install it from the following URL:
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- If ASP.NET MVC 4 is not installed on the web server, download and install it from the following URL:
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- Download the Aptify installation ZIP file to a folder on the web server and unzip its contents.
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- Specify the trusted user account that you want to use for the Aptify web site in the SOA Pool User Name field.
- Enter the password for this user in the Password field.
- Specify the location where the Aptify web site files should be installed on the web server in the Website Location field.
The default installation path is c:\inetpub\wwwroot and the Aptify folder is created automatically.
Note Concerning Aptify SOA Site: The default installation path of the Aptify SOA layer is _c:\inetpub\wwwroot_ and the web folder is AptifyServicesAPI. The path and location can be modified manually once the Aptify web site is installed.
For example, if you want to use the location aptify1 rather than aptify, in the default location, you will need to create a folder called aptify1 under c:\inetpub\wwwroot.
- Select the location in which the Aptify Desktop client is installed in the Object Cache Path field.
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