Installing the DMS server

When you have installed the following prerequisites:

you can continue installing the DMS Server itself. Run the installer: DMS Server <version number>.exe

Follow the installation screens, nothing special needs to be setup until after the installation, when the administration console is started. The administration console will automatically start in wizard mode. You can also always start the wizard manually by clicking on the wizard button on the bottom left corner of the admin console:

The wizard will guide you through the following topics of the installation of DMS Server.

Database deployment

First select the correct MongoDB instance you want to use and select the MongoDB authentication type that should be used to deploy the database. The account that you use to deploy the database needs permission to create a new database and setup security for it. When the database is already setup to use SSL or force only use SSL you should check the SSL checkbox here to use it.

In the Database deployment section, fill in a host name and a database name which is by default DMS.

Click Deploy. The database should get deployed successfully now, a message box will pop up informing you. When it is done, click Next or Apply at the bottom of the DMS Server Setup Wizard form.

If you select an existing database here it will upgrade your database to the latest schema.

Deploying the database using scripting

Deployment of the database can also be performed with the dmsservermanager tool, which is supplied with the DMS server installer. The call would typically look like this:

Dmssermanager.exe deploydb

• Using MongoDB server name and database name:
  Dmsservermanager.exe deploydb -s “localhost:27017” -d “DMS”

All parameters listed in the table below are optional (using scripting, there are more options then when you are using the DMS administration Console)

Short Name	Long Name	Default Value	Required	Description
-s	--server	localhost:27017	False	Mongo server name.
-d	--db	DMS	False	Mongo database name.
-m	--auth-method	None	False	Mongo authentication method.
-u	--username	<Blank>	False	Mongo database username.
-p	--password	<Blank>	False	Mongo database password.
-c	--disable-content	False	False	Disable collection creation for content chunks and content files.
-a	--admin	<Blank>	False	Default admin user.
-t	--tls	False	False	Enable ssl connection.
-e	--self-signed	False	False	Use self-signed certificate. No certificate validation will be performed.
-i	--ignore-dpapi	False	False	Ignore use of Windows DPAPI for encryption of the database password.

Starting the server, standalone or via IIS

Next, you will setup the DMS server.

Database configuration  This section is taken from step 1, Database deployment. If the server name and repository database are filled in correctly, you do not have to select anything in this section.

Use secure connection (SSL)  Here, you set up SSL. More information is explained in the chapter about security, see DMS security.

Service Account  It is recommend using a service account for the DMS server and IIS unless you use the local machine setup.

Server Mode  Here you install the DMS windows service and setup IIS. IIS setup is disabled when IIS is not installed.

For IIS install, make sure that the settings on this form are selected properly:

Prefix  Here you can add a prefix to the URL so you can create dmsentry/name where 'name' is the prefix. This field can (and will almost always) be empty.

DNS FQDN fields  In the three DNS fields you need to fill in the DNS entries that you requested for IIS, see Installing IIS > Prerequisites.

When all check marks are green, the DMS server is running fine and you can click Finish. The normal view of the administration console is opened. When all is successful, the project management page is enabled and working. Here you can create your initial top level project setup.

All these windows are also found inside the normal pages of the administration console, see the administration console.