Install Software Prerequisites
- Install IIS 6/7 (7 is recommended)
- Install .Net Framework v3.5
- Install SQL Server 2005/2008 (2008 is recommended)
Prepare IIS
- Ensure that ASP.NET is installed
- If installing version 3.0.0103 on IIS 7, be sure to install the IIS 6 Metabase
Determine Required Administrator Accounts
- Administrator account for the web server
- DBO account for the database server
- Connection string to the database
- SMTP server along with any required credentials
- DNS name of the web server. Recommended: studytrax.organizationName.org/edu/com
The administrator accounts are required only to do the installation.
- Download the latest version from the Downloads
- Determine the following information:
- Disk location to place the web application (default is c:\inetpub\wwwroot\StudyTrax)
- Disk location of log files (default is c:\StudyTraxLogs)
- A service account to run the StudyTRAX application. see Creating a StudyTRAX Service Account
- Connection string to the database
- SMTP server along with any required credentials
- DNS name of the web server. Recommended: studytrax.organizationName.org/edu/com
- Install an SSL Certificate into IIS (not required for Intranet deployments, but highly recommended)