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.
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.
- The installer will check that the prerequisites are installed.
- If an earlier version of Continua is already installed, you will be provided with the options to keep or update your existing settings.
- If you have not elected to keep your existing settings, the next page will allow you to configure which Windows user account that 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- If this is a new installation you can now configure the web site and application pool details, or leave these as recommended.
- 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 Application service, Continua SSH service, and whether to begin the Continua Agent installation.
Further Configuration Details