This guide details to steps to install Enterprise Tester using a zip file.
The binary release installation method allows you to do an installation by using a “zip” file rather than using the executable installation files (.exe).
Installing Enterprise Tester from the binary release files is recommended for use by purchased users or those trial users who wish to deploy Enterprise Tester into an environment where they cannot configure the IIS Default Website to use the values required by the installer temporarily.
If you are trialing Enterprise Tester, we strongly advise using our MSI based installer or which allows you to easily install Enterprise Tester and its prerequisite components This is sometimes a simpler way of performing an installation.
Installing Enterprise Tester from the binary zip release involves:
- Ensuring any prerequisite components are installed.
- Unpacking the binary zip file into a directory.
- Configuring the web.config file which the correct database settings.
- Configuring where attachments will be stored.
- Creating an application pool in IIS for Enterprise Tester.
- Creating a new application for Enterprise Tester.
- Accessing Enterprise Tester for the first time, so that ET can automatically run the required database migrations to prepare the database for first use.
Advantages of Performing A Zip File Installation
- During upgrades it's easier to revert to the previous version just by backing up/restoring the application directory.
- You can have more than one version of Enterprise Tester installed concurrently (every Enterprise Tester license allows for 1 production installation and 1 development/staging instance of Enterprise Tester to be installed).
- The upgrade or downgrade process does not require any IIS settings to be changed.
Where can I get the Zip File from?
You can download the binary Manual installation files from the Enterprise Tester website EnterpriseTester-X.X.XXXXX-Bin.ziphttp://catchsoftware.com/support#DownloadCentre
What's in the Zip File?
When you unpack the zip file you will find a structure similar to this structure:
The Data and Web folders are the same as those installed into the "Enterprise Tester" directory, when using the existing Windows Installer (.MSI file).
Additionally there are 3 text files available:
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Each time an upgrade is performed users must check the Upgrade text file and follow specific instructions relating to the release. |
Install prerequisites
Prior to installing please ensure you have the following installed:
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If you do not have a database, we recommend installing Sql Server Express 2012 r2 (http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/)
Unzip the install files
Prior to installing Enterprise Tester you must unpack the zip file into a suitable directory.
If you do not have a suitable tool installed for unzip files we suggest downloading 7-zip, which is a powerful (and free) zip/unzip tool for windows operating systems. http://www.7-zip.org/
Once you have a suitable unzip tool, unpack Unpack the binary release file to a suitable directory - if you are unsure, popular locations include:
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Data Folder – MySql Express database is found here
Web Folder – Application files are in this folder
changes.txt - readme file summarizing changes in each version of Enterprise Tester
install.txt – the document you are reading now
Configure the web.config database details
Follow the directions in the Configure web.config topic to setup your database connection information
Configuring an application pool
Before configuring an application pool for Enterprise Tester to use, you should give some thought to the application pools identity.
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At this point you may find it useful to configure the timeout/recycling settings for the application pool, a common complaint from customers is that the timeouts are too short by default in IIS, so changing these to longer values is advisable. |
Creating a new application for IIS
Next you will need to create a new application in IIS for Enterprise Tester.
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You are now ready to launch Enterprise Tester for the first time.
Launching Enterprise Tester for the first time
From a browser on the same server as Enterprise Tester, access the website - by default this will probably be: http://localhost/EnterpriseTester/
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Refer to the topic Initial Login and Licensing for more detail.