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Installing and Setting up Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016

This section explains how to install Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016. After installing it, follow Configuring Ektron to work with Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016 to configure the search provider. To learn how to use the search, read Using Microsoft Search Server features.

Installing active directory domain services

  1. In Server Manager, open the Dashboard and click the Add roles and features links from the right panel.

  2. The Add Roles and Features Wizard appears. Check the Skip this page by Default box.

  3. You are asked to select an installation type. Click Role-based or feature-based Installation.

  4. You are asked to select a destination server from the server pool.

  5. On the Select Server screen, select the role Active Directory Domain Services. Next, you are prompted to install prerequisites. Check the Include management tools (if applicable) box and click the Add Features button.

  6. You have installed all the prerequisites for Active Directory. Select additional Roles and Features if required.

  7. The following screen has information about how Active Directory Domain Services will be installed.

  8. On the next screen, Click Restart the destination server automatically if required and click the Install button.

  9. The Installation process begins. It takes several minutes to complete.

  10. Once the Active Directory Domain Service is installed, you see the installation results. Click Promote this server to a domain controller to launch the Active Directory Domain Services configuration wizard.

    IMPORTANT: Do not close the screen yet.

  11. The Deployment Configuration screen appears. Select the Add new a Forest button and provide a Root domain name in the text box.

  12. The Domain Controller Options screen appears. Enter a password of your choice in the Password and Confirm password fields. Keep default values for other settings.

  13. A warning appears on the DNS Option screen. You don’t need to do anything.

  14. The Additional Options screen appears. Verify your NetBIOS domain name.

  15. The Paths screen appears. Leave all settings as is.

  16. The Review Options screen shows the selected wizard settings.

  17. The Prerequisites Check screen appears. This takes several minutes to complete. When the test completes, click the Install button.

  18. You reached last screen of the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard. This screens shows the installation progress. When the installation is completed, your server restarts automatically.

  19. After restart, you should be able to able to log into the domain using Domain credentials, for example, Domain\UserName.
  20. You can use the Active Directory Users and Computers administrator tool to create users and groups.

  21. Verify domain details by browsing the Users folder in Left panel.

Installing SQL Server 2012 R2

  1. Browse the directory of the system where Microsoft SQL Server 2012 setup files reside.
  2. Right click Setup.exe files and run as administrator.

  3. The Splash screen keeps you waiting until SQL Server installation Center screen appears.

  4. The SQL Server installation Center screen appears.

  5. From left panel, click Installation. Installation options appear.

  6. Click New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation link. A splash screen keeps you waiting until the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 setup process completes.

  7. On the Setup Support Rules screen, the Installer checks for any issues that occurred during installation.

  8. In the Product Key screen, provide a valid license Key. If you are installing the free version, select Specify a free edition.

  9. The License Terms screen appears. Read the terms carefully and check the Accept the license terms option if you are happy with them

  10. The Product Updates screen appears. You are notified of hot fixes or updates for SQL Server 2012 relevant to this installation.

  11. On the Install Setup Files screen, the Setup files are downloaded. Click Install.

  12. The Setup Support Rules screen appears, identifying installation issues.

  13. On Setup Role screen, select SQL Server Feature Installation.

    • Instances Features
      • Database Engine Services
      • Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
      • Analysis Services

    • Shared Features

      • Reporting Services – SharePoint
      • Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Products
      • SQL Server Data Tools
      • Management Tools – Basic
      • Management Tools – Complete

  14. The Installation Rules screen indicates if the Installation process had problems and got stuck.

  15. The Instance Configuration screen prompts you to choose the default SQL Server Instance or create a new Named Instance. Also, you can change the Instance directory on Windows Server 2012 R2.

  16. The Disk Space Requirements screen displays the space required for installation. If your Windows Server 2012 R2 has enough space, click Next to continue.

  17. On the Server Configuration screen, click the Service Accounts tab and perform the following actions.
    1. Change Startup Type for the SQL Server Agent to Automatic.
    2. Change the Account Name for the SQL Server Database Engine to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
    3. Change the Account Name for the SQL Server Analysis Services to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

  18. In the next screen, go to the Server configuration tab and select the Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and Windows authentication) option. Also, add the current logged-in user as a System Administrator Account for this SQL Server Instance.

  19. On the Analysis Services Configuration screen, select the current logged-in user as a System Administrator for Analysis Services

  20. On the Reporting Services Configuration screen, select the Install Only button.

  21. On the Installation Configuration Rules screen, review issues that occurred during installation.

  22. On the Ready to Install screen, review all Feature details that you wanted to install.

  23. On the Installation Progress screen, monitor the download status of required software and the status of installation.

  24. The Complete screen displays the status of features you selected to install. Close the screen and restart Windows Server 2012 R2.

  25. After restarting Windows Server 2012 R2, you should be able to login in to your SQL Server Instance.

  26. After completing the installation, configure the Named Pipes protocol for SQL Server 2012. To do this, browse the following path using SQL Server Configuration Manager:
    SQL Server Configuration Manager > SQL Server Network Configuration > Protocols for MSSQLSERVER. Locate the Named Piped protocol in the screen 's right panel and enable.

Installing and troubleshooting online prerequisites issues for SharePoint 2013

Preliminary steps

NOTE: Before installing prerequisites, follow these steps to ignore an issue that appears when installing.

  1. Update Windows to the latest package.
  2. On the Windows server, open Server Manager > Configure this local server > IE Enhanced Security Configuration. Turn this setting off.
  3. Add the following features with a Powershell command:

    Add-WindowsFeature NET-HTTP-Activation,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Xps-Viewer -verbose

  4. If you get the error Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: configuration error when running the prerequisite installer, follow these steps.
    1. Open the MMC console.
    2. Add the Group Policy Object snap-in.
    3. In Local Computer Policy, go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates and select System.
    4. In system settings, scroll down the list and find Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair.
    5. In the top left corner, select Enabled and Contact Windows Update directly to download repair content instead of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
    6. Click OK and close the MMC console.
    7. Go to Windows/System32, duplicate servermanager.exe and rename it servermanagercmd.exe.
    8. If the SharePoint 2013 Preparation tool is stuck in configuring the Application Server and the Web Server IIS roles, close the Server Manager windows. The tool starts the other configurations.
  5. If you get an error with the AppFabric, remove the PSModulePath entry in the system environment variables.

Beginning the installation

  1. Go the directory that contains your installation files.
  2. Select the Prerequisiteinstaller.exe file and Run as Administrator.

  3. You are prompted with a User Account Control dialog. Click Yes.
  4. The Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products Preparation Tool screen appears. You can see the complete list of prerequisite products for installation.

  5. The License Terms for software products screen appears. Read the license terms carefully and check the box to accept the license terms.
  6. Prerequisite Installer enables the Application Server Role on your server. Then, you are asked to restart the server.

  7. After you restart the server, the Prerequisite Installer continues the installation.

  8. The Prerequisite Installer configures the following components on your server.
    • Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role
    • Windows Identity Foundation (Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu)
    • Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v 1.0 SP1 (Synchronization.msi)
    • Windows Server App Fabric (WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe)
    • Microsoft Identity Extensions (MicrosoftIdentityExtensions-64.msi)
    • Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client
    • Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0 (WcfDataServices.exe)
    • Cumulative Update Package1 for Microsoft App Fabric 1.1 for Windows Server (AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x64-ENU.exe)
  9. Once all components are configured and installed, a screen asks you restart the server. Click Finish.

    All SharePoint 2013 prerequisites will be installed.

Installing SharePoint 2013

Prerequisites 

  1. Log into Windows Server 2012 R2 as a SharePoint Administrator (SP_Admin) user.

  2. Go to the directory that contains the SharePoint 2013 Installation files.
  3. Select the setup.exe file and Run as Administrator.

  4. You see with User Account Control Window. Click Yes.
  5. The Enter your product Key screen appears. Enter a valid SharePoint 2013 Server product key.

  6. The Read the Microsoft Software License Terms screen appears. Read carefully and check the I accept the terms of this agreement box.
  7. On the Choose a file location page, accept the default settings and click Install Now.

  8. A screen informs you that it is preparing files for Installation of SharePoint 2013.
  9. An Installation Progress screen appears. It might take some time to complete.

  10. When the installation completes, a Run Configuration Wizard appears. Check the Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard now box. Click the Close button.
  11. The Welcome to SharePoint Products screen appears.

  12. During Configuration, you are prompted to restart the services. Click Yes to continue.

  13. On the Connect to a server farm screen, click the Create a new server farm button.

  14. On the next screen, complete the fields below to complete the configuration.
    • Database server. Instance name of your SQL Server 2012 R2
    • Database Name. Database of the SQL Server
    • Username. Domain user (SP_Farm)
    • Password. Your choice

  15. On the Specify Farm Security Settings screen, to provide a password to secure the configuration data.

  16. On the following screen, set up the port number and security settings for your site.

  17. On the Completing the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard screen, click Next.

  18. When the configuration completes, you see the Successful message. Click Finish.

  19. You should be able to configure your site through a browser. If you want to take part in the Microsoft Improvement program, select an option here.

  20. The welcome page of the SharePoint Farm configuration appears. Click the Start the Wizard button.

  21. On the Services screen, configure a new Service Account to operate SharePoint.

    NOTE: The SP_FARM user should be a domain user that was added to the administrators group of the search machine, otherwise it will not let you add it. Instead of setting up a new user you can click Use existing managed account.

  22. A progress screen appears, saying Working on it.
  23. When your service account is created, create a site collection in SharePoint 2013. Enter a site name of your choice.

  24. A success message appears.
  25. You should see your SharePoint 2013 site.

Configuring Ektron to work with Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016

Prerequisites

  • Both servers can browse to each other across the network.
  • On your Ektron server
    • Set SQL Security to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode.
    • Create a SQL user login with the sysadmin role. Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016 uses that login to access the Ektron database.
    • Enable the TCP/IP for SQL server. Open SQL Server Configuration Manager > SQL Server Network Configuration > Protocols for MSSQLSERVER > Enable all 3 items. Restart the server.
  • On your Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016 server
    • Obtain the username and password of a user with Windows administrator privileges.
  1. Install or upgrade Ektron on its server, using the normal procedure. On the Search Provider screen, choose Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016.
  2. On Ektron server, copy the folder C:\Program Files\Ektron\CMS400versionnumber\Utilities\SearchServer.
  3. On the Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016 server, paste that folder and run the file EktronSearchConfiguration.exe.
  4. The following screen appears.

    Select the folder to which you want to install the Search Server files. Ektron recommends using the default folder. Click Next.

  5. The following screen appears. Enter the domain, username, and password of a user with Windows Administrator privileges on the server you will use for Microsoft Search Server 2013. Click Next.

  6. Enter the path where you want to locate the Ektron Querying Services website. Click Next.

  7. Enter the port number you want to use with the Ektron Querying Services website. Click Next.

  8. Click Yes for using Microsoft Search Server as your search provider.

  9. The following message appears, instructing you what to do next.

  10. Open the Search Configuration screen, available from C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\CMS400versionnumber\Utilities\SearchServer\Ektron.Cms.Search.Config.UI.exe.
  11. Enter the CMS Server Machine Name and SharePoint Administrator URL. Click Next.


  12. Click Next.


  13. The following screen appears.


    1. In the CMS Databases drop-down, choose the database you installed.
    2. In CMS Database Connection String section, enter the connection string of your Ektron site. It must be accessible from the server hosting the search provider.
    3. In Credentials section, enter domain, username and password of a Windows user can access to your search provider’s indexes.
    4. Click Register Site.

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