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.
Once the application installer completes, it will give you an option to install an Agent on the same machine.
NOTE: If you wish to use LDAP then uncheck the option to start the Server service at the end of the install, as some hand editing of the app config & web.config is needed (this will be taken care of by the installer in a later beta).
Step by Step
- Download the server installer from the VSoft Technologies web site, you do not need to download the Agent installer as it is included with the server.
- While being logged in as a user with Administrative rights, start the installer.
- Follow the instructions to proceed through the installer, up to the component selection screen.
- Select whether you want install an agent on the Continua server, 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.
- Configure which Windows user account the Continua service will run under, it is important to select a user that has full permission to the share which will be configured in the following screen.
- Select which database engine to use, it is recommended to use the default (PostgreSQL) option as it requires no additional configuration to get started. If you choose to use any other option, make sure the user specified in the previous screen has access to the database (if using integrated security).
- Specify the existing share, or the new share's name and path. This share will be used to host the server's workspace and repository caches, it will also be accessed by the agents when syncing source files.
- Follow the rest of the instructions to complete the installation of the Continua server, once installation has completed, you will be prompted whether to start the Continua service, and whether to begin the agent installation (if selected as a component).