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Installation

Requirements

  • OS-Version: Windows Server 2012 or higher
  • IIS-Version: 7.5 or higher
  • SQL-Server-Version: 2016 or higher
  • .NET Core Version: 3.1
  • .NET Core Windows Server Hosting-Version: 3.1
  • Processors: 4 or higher
  • Memory: 4 or higher

Additional requirements

  • The Intrafind Indexer (II) user set up in/for IIS has to own appropriate rights to access its files and the SQL database

Manual Installation

Setting up a new site on IIS

  1. Download and install .NET Core Windows Server Hosting Bundle 3.1
  2. Download the II artifact or ask Symbio support for the II package
  3. Extract it to the installation folder of the service
  4. Create a new site in IIS (bindings depending on you infrastructure)
  5. Adjust the AppPool Basic Settings: No Managed Code

Setting up an SQL database

  1. Create a database on your SQL Server to hold the II configuration data, e.g. "SqlServerConfigStore"
  2. Create an SQL login with owner rights for the created database
  3. Set the correct SQL connection string to the created database in II's appsettings.json
  4. Set TrustServerCertificate=True in the connection string if you are using a self-signed or no certificate

Scripted Installation

Preparations

Edit the Parameters.json file

Name Description
SourcePath The download or local path of the installation package (zip file).
BaseTargetPath The local root directory path for IIS websites
BaseBackupPath The local directory path to backup your existing service
InstanceName The name of the main instalations directory
IISSettings.Enabled true, if an IIS website should be created, otherwise false.
IISSettings.SiteName The name of the IIS Website.
IISSettings.ManagedRuntimeVersion The managed runtime version. This value should not be changed. Leave the value empty (no managed runtime).
IISSettings.IdentityType The identity type.
IISSettings.ApplicationName The name of the IIS application if applicable.
IISSettings.ApplicationPoolName The name of application pool.
IISSettings.ApplicationPoolUser The name of the domain user, with rights to access the SQL database; it will be used as the service identity.
IISSettings.ApplicationPoolPassword The password of the specified application pool user. If no password is given and the IdentityType is set to 3, the script will prompt for the password during installation.
IISSettings.Bindings List of bindings
IISSettings.Bindings.Protocol The protocol contains http or https
IISSettings.Bindings.IPAddress The IP address to use. Default is * for all IP addresses.
IISSettings.Bindings.Port The port is an integer. The default port for http is 80 and for https 443.
IISSettings.Bindings.HostName The hostname for the binding. Use * for all hostnames.
IISSettings.Bindings.CertificateHash The thumbprint hash of the certificate you want to use. (This is how you get the fingerprint.) This parameter is optional if you maintain the CertificateCN.
IISSettings.Bindings.CertificateCN The CN of the certificate. This can be found in the details of the certificate as field Subject.
IISSettings.Bindings.SslFlag The optional parameter SslFlag is responsible for activating SNI in the binding. Set 1 to activate SNI (What is SNI?).

AppSettings

Name Description
ConfigStoreConnection Your SQL-Server connection string
[SQLSERVER] Name or address (including the port) of your database server
ConfigStoreTableName The name of your configuration database. This is an optional setting.

Running the Script

If all settings are corretly set, please start a new powershell console as Administrator, change into the directory of the downloaded script, and run the following command:

.\Install.ps1 -ParametersFile .\symbio-service-intrafind.parameters.json

nice to know

- If you use a domain user. You must write [server]\[user].

- You can omit the specification of the Files parameter by renaming symbio-service-intrafindindexer.parameters.json to parameters.json. The script detects the JSON itself, if they are in the same folder.

- If you already operate a fully configured IIS on the target machine, you can use the switch -WithoutIIS. This turns off the checking and installation of the IIS components. This is only recommended if you have already executed the script at least once with a successful IIS configuration.

Conclusion

You have now set up the II. The next step is configuring it in Symbio.