Installation Wizard
Starting the PlanetPress Connect
installer
The PlanetPress Connect installer
may be supplied as an ISO image or on a DVD:
- If an ISO image, either burn the ISO onto a DVD or unzip the contents
to a folder (keeping the folder structure)
- If on a DVD, either insert the DVD and initiate the installation
from there or copy the contents to a folder (keeping the folder structure)
Navigate to the PlanetPress_Connect_Setup_x64.exe
or and double-click on it. After a short while the Setup Wizard will appear
as a guide through the installation steps.
Selecting the required components
After clicking the Next button, the component selection page appears, where
the different components of PlanetPress Connect
can be selected for installation. Currently, the following are available:
- PlanetPress Connect
Designer: The Designer module.
It may be used as a standalone with no other installed modules, but
it will not have certain capabilities such as automation and commingling.
-
PlanetPress Connect Server: The Server
back-end giving capabilities such as automation, commingling, picking.
It saves all entities generated from the Automation module into a
database for future use.
-
MySQL Product: The database
used by the PlanetPress Connect
Engine to save its items. This item is optional if an existing MySQL
server, either on the same computer or a separate server, is to be
used.
- Installation Path: This
is the location where modules are to be installed.
The installer can also calculate how much disk space is required
for installing the selected components as well as how much space is available:
- Disk space required: Displays
the amount of space required on the disk by the selected components.
- Disk space available on drive:
Displays the amount of space available for installation on the drive
currently in the Installation Path.
- Recalculate disk space:
Click to re-check available disk space. This is useful if space has
been made available for the installation while the installer was open.
- Source repository location:
Displays the path where the installation files are located. This can
be a local drive, installation , or a network path.
Selection Confirmation
The next page confirms the installation selections made. Click Next
to start the installation itself.
End User License Agreement
The next page displays the End
User License Agreement, which needs to be read and accepted
before clicking Next.
MySQL Configuration
The Default Database Configuration
page only appears if the MySQL Product
module was selected in the Product Selection
screen. It defines the administrative password for the MySQL server as
well as which port it uses for communication. Note that the installer
will automatically configure the Server
to use the supplied password and port.
- MySQL user 'root' Password:
Enter the password for the 'root', or administration account, for
the MySQL server. The
password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one
of each of the following:
- a lower case character (a, b, c ... )
- an upper case character (A, B, C ...)
-
a numeric digit (1, 2, 3 ...)
- a punctuation character (@, $, ~ ...)
For example: "Th1sIs@K" When updating from
an earlier Connect version, the appropriate MySQL password must
be entered or the update will fail. If the
password is subsequently forgotten, then the MySQL product must be uninstalled and its
database deleted from disk before attempting to reinstall.
- Confirm 'root' Password:
Re-enter to confirm the password. Both passwords must match for installation
to continue.
- TCP/IP Port Number: The port on which MySQL will expect, and respond to, requests. A check
is run to confirm whether the specified TCP\IP Port Number is available
on the local machine. If it is already being used by another service
(generally, an existing MySQL installation), the number is highlighted
in red and a warning message is displayed at the top of the dialog.
The MySQL Product controlled by the OLConnect_MySQL service communicates through port 3306 by default.
- Allow
MySQL Server to accept non-local TCP connections: Click to
enable external access to the MySQL server.
This option is required if
MySQL Server will need to be accessed from any other machine.
It is also required if the MySQL database
is on a separate machine to PlanetPress Connect. This option may represent a security risk if the machine is open to the internet.
It is heavily recommended that your firewall is set to block access to port 3306 from external requests.
The Database Connection page
appears if the MySQL Product module was not selected. It defines the necessary
information required to connect to an existing database.
PlanetPress Connect
Server
Configuration
The Server
Configuration page is where the Connect Server
component
is configured.
The Connect Server settings are as follows:.
- Run Server as: Defines
the machine username and password that thePlanetPress Connect Server
module's service uses.
- Username: The account that the service uses to login. If the machine is on a domain, use
the format domain\username.
This account must be an existing Windows profile with local administrator rights.
- Password: The password
associated with the selected user.
- Validate user button: Click
to verify that the entered username and password combination is correct and that the service is able to login.
This button must
be clicked and the user validated before the Next
button becomes available.
Click Next to start the actual
installation process. This process can take several minutes.
Completing the installation
This screen describes a summary of the components that have been installed.
- Configure Update Check checkbox:
This option is enabled by default. It causes the Product
Update Manager to run after the installation is complete. This allows
configuring PlanetPress Connect to regularly check for entitled updates.
Note: this checkbox may not be available in the event that an issue
was encountered during the installation.
- Show Log... : If an issue
was encountered during the installation, click this button to obtain
details. This information can then be provided to Objectif Lune for
troubleshooting.
- When ready, click the Finish button to close the installation
wizard, and initialize the Product Update Manager, if it was selected.
The Product Update Manager
If the Configure Update Check
option has been selected, the following message will be displayed after clicking “Finish” in the setup:
Click “Yes” to install or open the Product Update Manager where the
frequency with which the updates can be checked and a proxy server (if
required) can be specified.
Note: if the Product Update Manager was already
installed by another Objectif Lune application, it will be updated to
the latest version and will retain the settings previously specified.
Select the desired options and then click OK
to query the server and obtain a list of any updates that are available
for your software.
- Note that the Product Update Manager can also be called from the
“Objectif Lune Update Client” option in the Start menu.
- It can be uninstalled via Control Panel | Programs | Programs and
Features.
Product Activation
After installation, it is necessary to activate the software. See Activating
your license for more information.
Before activating the software, please wait 5 minutes for the database
to initialize. If the software is activated and the services rebooted
too quickly, the database can become corrupted and require a re-installation.
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