Before installing the server, you will need to decide which Database engine you are going to use. The default is PostgreSQL 9.1.2, an open source fully functional client server database engine. If you choose PostgreSQL, a full copy of it will be installed under the Continua application folder. The installer will install the database engine and create the database. Note that the installer will install PostgreSQL on a non standard port, and configure it to only accept connections from localhost.
If you choose SQL Server then you will need to create the database first, and then select the database server and name during the install.
Note that at this time, we do not provide any data migration facilities between PostgreSQL and SQL Server. If you decided to change from one to the other at a later date you will need to use a third party tool to migrate data.
You should also decide which authentication mode to use. Continua supports Forms authentication whereby users access the site by entering a Continua username and password on the login page, and LDAP authentication whereby users are given access using their Windows user account. You can also choose Mixed mode which allows access via either Form or Windows authentication.
If you wish to use either LDAP or Mixed authentication mode, ensure that you have details of the Fully Qualified Domain Name and have set up a Continua Administrators group in Active Directory. This group can have any name but make sure that it contains at least one user who should be given administrative access to Continua.
Check that ASP.NET is installed. If running on IIS7 (Windows 2008), this feature is located in the Windows Features dialog under Internet Information Services → Application Development Services → ASP.NET. In IIS6 (Windows Server 2003), this can be installed by selecting Enable ASP.NET on the Application Server Options dialog accessed by choosing Application Server (IIS, ASP.NET) from the Configure You Server Wizard.
Once the application installer completes, it will give you an option to install an Agent on the same machine. Keep in mind that you can easily disable the agent at a later date if you no longer wish to have it running on the machine.