SoftExpert Suite installation

This section covers the steps to install SoftExpert Suite. At the end of the installation, the services will be restarted and the process is finished with the installation activation. See the steps of the installation process below:

First, the SoftExpert Suite installer will check whether the environment meets the installation requirements. Because of that, make sure to execute all the Pre-required activities.

1.Access the installation tool directory as described in the Preparing the installation packages topic and execute the installation tool downloaded before.

▪During the installation process, we recommend disabling your Antivirus software.

▪The installation tool must be executed with administration permission. To do that, right-click and select the "Run as administrator" option.

3.On the "Operation Type" screen, click on the Install button to install SoftExpert Suite, if another instance has started the installation but not finished, a message will be displayed once you click install. If you choose to continue the installation, it will continue from the step it was canceled in;

4.On the "License Terms" screen, check "I accept the terms of this agreement" and click on Next.

5.On the "Environment Check" screen the environment verification step is performed, i.e., the installation tool will verify whether the environment meets the predefined installation requirements, if any errors occur, it is possible to view the error screen by double-clicking the prerequisite presenting the error. If no errors occur, or if the errors are fixed, click on Next.

If it is required to stop the installation to correct any errors on this screen, click on "Cancel". After the error has been corrected, perform the previous steps again.

6.On the "Select Package" screen, the installation tool will identify and automatically choose the installation package downloaded in the Preparing the installation packages step. The default installation directory will point to "C:\sesuite". If this is not the desired directory, click on "Browse" and choose another directory;

Wait for the installer to automatically validate the package; check the status of this step on the progress bar. Click on Next.

It is important for the installation tool and package to be in the same directory for the installer to identify the installation files and proceed with the process normally.

▪Username: Enter the Windows username created for SoftExpert Suite. It is recommended for the IIS user to be a member of the Guest group.

▪User Domain: Enter the domain, hostname or IP address. It is recommended to inform the domain in this field, because if the IP is informed, it cannot be changed (Static IP).

▪Web app name: It is the directory of IIS. By default, this field is filled in with "se". Change the field as required.

▪Website: It is possible to use an existing website by checking the "Existing" option and selecting the website in the field next to it. If you wish to create a new one, check the "Use new site" option and fill in the Name and Port fields.

If the entered user does not belong to the Guests group, the installer will display the "The specified user is not a member of the Guests group. It is recommended that the IIS User be a member of this group. Continue anyway?" message. Click on "Yes" to continue with the installation or "No" to wait on the previous screen until the user is added to the group.

9.On the "Setup Java Services" screen, check the path of the Apache Tomcat installation directory in the Tomcat Home Dir field, if necessary, click on Search.

10. On the "Perform Installation" screen, several steps will be executed automatically, such as package extraction, permission definition in files, service installation, among others. Wait for these steps to be executed. If an error occurs, it is possible to view the error screen by double clicking the step presenting the error. If no errors occur, or if the errors are fixed, click on Next.

If it is required to stop the installation to correct any errors on this screen, click on "Cancel". After fixing the error, when you run the installer again and select the option to continue the installation, it will return to the step that the installation was canceled.

11. On the "Perform Final Task" screen, the last steps of the installation are executed automatically, such as: synchronize, load and save services, and save the SoftExpert Suite application configurations. When this step finishes, click on Next.

12. On the SoftExpert Suite installation closing screen, two documents that must be viewed will be available. The first document is an SSL configuration tutorial; follow all the steps in it carefully. The second document contains the steps to configure the database; execute the configuration steps of your database according to it. After setting the necessary configurations, click on Finish.

The SoftExpert Suite activation process occurs after the license key is entered in the SE Configuration component. Refer to the Post-installation activities section for more details.