How to: Install Digital.ai Agility

Installation Checklist

1. Verify that the server meets the minimum System Requirements
   Refer to Agility System Requirements for the complete list for both server and client machines.
2. Install Agility Core
3. Verify the installation

Steps to Install Agility Core

1: If Agility is already installed on this machine, what action do you want to take?

If setup detects an existing instance of Agility, you will be asked to "Upgrade" (default), "Uninstall," or "Install a New Instance" before proceeding. Click Next

2: Agreement Confirmation

For new installations, select the check box to accept the terms of the licensing agreement (click on the link to read it), and then click Next.

3: What do you want to name this web application?

For new instances, the default application name is "Agility." We recommend that you use this name (unless it's already taken) because this name becomes part of the URL used to access the application.

If you need to change the name, refer to Wikipedia or W3C for website naming rules and conventions.

4: What authentication mode would you like to use?

Agility Web supports two modes for user authentication. Here, you can select the mode that works for your organization.

• Agility Authentication
  Users are to supply credentials on a login form before accessing the Agility application. This mode is also referred to as Forms-based authentication
• Windows Integrated Authentication
  Member Accounts will use IIS to authenticate the user and provide the Agility application with their domain username after they are authenticated.

Regardless of the choice you make, users (members) cannot access the system until proper credentials are provided.

While this decision is important, you can change this setting later by running the setup and choosing to upgrade the instance.

5: What if we want to use SSO or an internal form of Authentication?

The Agility application can be used in an SSO environment. In these environments, you need to select Agility Authentication on this panel. Once the installation is complete, some additional configuration steps are required for authentication to work. These steps vary depending on the type of authentication. You'll need to contact your account manager or Digital.ai Customer Support for the details specific to your SSO provider.

6: SQL Server Credentials

To create, update, or remove the Agility run-time database, the setup application needs to access your database server.

On this panel, you must specify which database server will host the Agility database and how the setup application will connect to that server. The credentials provided must have sufficient privileges to perform the actions required. For instance, if the setup application will create the run-time database and necessary credentials, then the user provided on this panel must have the authority to create databases and credentials.

7: How do I resolve the "Cannot Connect to Database" error message?

This error indicates that Setup cannot connect to the database server you specified. A common cause for this error is specifying only the machine name and omitting the SQL Server instance name. To include the instance name, use the format [machine_name]\[instance_name] - for example, if you're installing on a local server in which both IIS & SQL are running, and the instance name is SQLEXPRESS (the name that express uses when installing), you would use (local)\SQLEXPRESS. If the server is a remote server, you'd use the actual machine name

8: What Database Should the New Instance Use?

How you answer this question determines which database is used by the Agility application for persistence storage (the run-time database name). By default, Setup expects the database name to match the web application name. Following this convention is recommended because it avoids confusion when trying to determine which database is used by the Agility instance. The default instance name is "Agility"; therefore, the default database name is "Agility."

• Create a new database
  This is the default option if Setup cannot find a database name that matches the web application name. When you choose this option, Setup will create a new database with the name provided and configure the Agility web application to use this database.
• Attach to an existing database
  This is the default option if Setup finds a database whose name matches the web application name. When you choose this option, Setup will configure the Agility web application to use the specified database.

If you are restoring an Agility instance from a backup, you need to perform a full restore of the Agility database before running setup and choose Attach to an existing database, specifying the restored database.

9: I cannot choose the "Create a new database" option

The "Create a new database" option is not available if the credentials used to connect to the database server do not have sufficient privileges to create a database. To resolve this issue, go back one panel and connect to the SQL Server with credentials that have the appropriate privileges.

10: Specify the Database User

This step determines which credentials are used when the Agility web application connects to the run-time database. Your options are:

• Let Setup create a user
  With this option, Setup will create a new user on the database server and assign that user to the Agility database. The username and password are randomly generated. Additionally, when the instance is upgraded, new credentials are created.
• My DBA Provided Credentials
  In some environments, access to databases is controlled. If your DBA provided you with credentials, choose this option and enter the credentials you were given. These credentials are kept in a user.config file located in the Agility applications web directory.

If you choose the "My DBA Provided Credentials" option, Setup will not manage your user credentials on upgrade. If you need to change the credentials at a later date, you will need to edit the user.config file to perform the update.

11: What Database Rights are Required if my DBA Creates our Database?

When installing Agility with an existing database, the Windows/SQL account used for setup needs fewer SQLServer rights, as it does not need to create a new database. To allow setup to create the Agility database schema, modify database configuration settings (see below), and populate it with application data, the account used (either the individual running setup or a SQL login specified during setup) must be a user on the Agility database and a member of the db_owner database role.

12: Agility Database Configuration

The Agility application requires its database to be configured as follows:

ALTER DATABASE [{database}] SET
ARITHABORT ON,
CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON,
QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON,
ANSI_NULLS ON,
ANSI_PADDING ON,
ANSI_WARNINGS ON,
NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF

If not already set to these values, they will be updated when setup executes

13: Enable Feature Guidance?

This panel allows you to opt out of allowing feature guidance in the application, which helps direct users to appropriate features. This setting can be adjusted in Administration as well. Disable it if it is installed on a network without access to the internet.

14: Setup is ready to perform the following actions:

This panel allows you to review the changes that the setup is about to make. Click Next to apply the changes.

15: Please wait while Setup installs ...

This panel allows you to view the progress of the changes being made.

16: Setup Completed Successfully

When setup is successful, you receive a small window indicating this fact. Click OK to close Setup.