Manual Setup

Suppose you prefer to do a manual Installation or the Setup throws an unexpected error. Here is a Step-by-Step Guide to installing au2mator manually.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Prerequisites
• Install and prepare IIS
• Install .Net Core
• Application Pool
• Website
• Copy Files
• Configure
• Restart the Server
• Admin Group
• Finish
• Error Handling

Prerequisites

Please check our Prerequisites and prepare accordingly.

See our Prerequisites for Details

Install and prepare IIS.

• Run the following PowerShell command to install the needed IIS Web Server Role and depending Features.

            Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server,Web-Windows-Auth  -IncludeManagementTools

Install .Net Core

We have to remove all existing .Net Core Hosting Bundles from the server and ensure the needed ones are installed after IIS is installed.

• Uninstall all existing .Net Core Hosting Bundles if they are installed on the server.
• Install the related .Net Core HostingBundle.

You can check the needed Version on our Setup Page related to your au2mator Version.

See our Install and Upgrade for more Details

Application Pool

We need to configure an IIS Application Pool for our au2mator Self-Service Portal.

• Open IIS Management and create an Application Pool with the following Details

Name: au2mator

.Net CLR version: No Managed Code

Managed pipeline mode: Integrated

• Now open the "Advanced Settings" from the newly created Application Pool and change the identity to the Service User you made in the Prerequisites.

• Start the Application Pool and check if it starts successfully.

Website

Now, we are creating the au2mato Website in IIS.

• Navigate to  "Sites" in IIS and "Add a Website" with the following Settings

Site Name: au2mator

Application Pool: Select "au2mator"

Physical Path: C:\inetpub\au2mator

            Binding: Configure the Binding Options as you prefer.

• Navigate to the newly created Website and enable the "Windows Authentication." 

Copy Files

Now, we copy the needed files from the downloaded Soruces to the Web Directory.

• Extract the downloaded Sources and copy the Content of the Folder "Sources" to the Directory "C:\inetpub\au2mator."

Configure

Let's connect the Website to the SQL Server.

• Navigate to the "C:\inetpub\au2mator" and open the "Appsettings.json"

• Copy the following content and adopt the Settings for DomainSearchRoot (your Active Directory) and DefautltConnection (Your SQL Server Connection) and paste in "Appsettings,json" 

• Save the File

{
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Debug",
      "Microsoft": "Warning",
      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
    }
  },
  "AllowedHosts": "*",
  "AutomationSettings": {
    "DomainSearchRoot": "DC=au2mator,DC=local",
    "DefaultConnection": "Data Source='localhost,1433';Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog='au2mator';",
    "InstallationState": 2,
    "MenuItems": null
  }
}

• Restart the Server

• Open the Web Page after the Reboot is done.

• au2mator Self-Service Portal should show up

Admin Group

We need to configure the Admin Group via an SQL Query, as this is typically done via the Setup.

• So please execute the following Query against the newly created au2mator Database.

Change the Admin Group "dc=au2mator,dc=local\au2mator Admin" to fit your Domain and Admin Group.

update Settings
set Label = 'dc=au2mator,dc=local\au2mator Admin'
where Type = '35'

Finish

• Restart IIS andr eopüen the Borwser.

The manual Configuration should now be completed, and you can continue with Configuration.

Error Handling

If you experience any errors, please follow the Steps.

• Check the Event Log on the Server
• Check au2mator Logs in C:\inetpub\au2mator\logs"
• explain your problem here: https://support.au2mator.com/discussions/forums/103000488761