Step 4 - Installing e-Business

For this step, install e-Business on the web server. If feasible, Aptify recommends that you have the web server on the same domain as the database server during installation and initial testing. This helps eliminate the DMZ as a variable if you encounter any problems launching the site after initial installation.

Follow these instructions:

1. Log in to the web server that will host the e-Business site.
2. Install the Aptify Desktop client on the e-Business server. See Installing the Aptify Desktop Client.
3. Download the e-Business installation ZIP file to a folder on the computer and unzip its contents.
   • You need to run the installation program locally on the computer; you should not run it over the network.
      
4. Review the installation models described earlier in this chapter and select the model that is appropriate to your installation. See Installing Aptify e-Business for links to different installation models).
   • Aptify e-Business supports several installation options, such as installing e-Business to a new Sitefinity site, installing e-Business to an existing Sitefinity site, and installing e-Business for another Content Management System (CMS), such as Ektron CMS400.NET.
   • The specific instructions you need to follow vary depending on where you want to install e-Business.
      

5. Follow the instructions for the installation model you selected. When specifying the e-Business user, enter the local database user you created earlier (that is, database_server\ebizuser).
   
   

   You must enter (and re-enter) the correct password for the e-Business user. Aptify uses this password to create the mirrored account on the web server. If the passwords do not match, parts of the site may load, but the site will be unable to communicate with the Aptify database.

   
   
   

6. Configure the remaining installation options as required by your selected installation model, following the instructions in that topic.

During installation, the e-Business setup program does the following:

• Creates a local machine user on the web server (such as, web_server\ebizuser) that uses the password you provided for the database_server\ebizuser. Aptify automatically assigns the necessary permissions for this user to run the e-Business site.
• Creates a Microsoft IIS Application Pool on the web server. This application pool is run by the web_server\ebizuser account.
• Configures the website's web.config file to use the database_server\ebizuser account to enable access to the Aptify database.
• Assigns the database_server\ebizuser account to the e-Business Security Key, which is used for encrypting/decrypting web user passwords.