Sitecore Install Assistant (SIA)

This blog will guide you to setup new Sitecore 9.2 instance using SIA with very simple and straight forwards instructions.

1. Prerequisite

  1. SQL server 2016 SP2 or SQL Server 2017
  2. SOLR 7.5.0 or higher (with SSL enabled)
  3. SIF (Sitecore Installation Framework) 2.1
  4. Valid License file
  5. Windows Server 2019 or  Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
  6. Microsoft PowerShell® version 5.1 or later is required
  7. IIS 10
  8. .NET Framework 4.7.2.
  9. Sitecore Identity server requires .NET Core 2.1.7 Windows Hosting Module.



 

The setup wizard internally validate the Prerequisites.json file to validate all the Prerequisites during installation.

2. Download

To download the SIA with sitecore 9.2  please go to the url

https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads/Sitecore_Experience_Platform/92/Sitecore_Experience_Platform_92_Initial_Release.aspx


         

Unzip the content to proceed with the installation.

  • .json files
  • .exe
  • .config file
  • .ps1 file

etc..

3. Configure

SOLR Setup


  • Download Solr 7.5.0 
  • Follow the steps mentioned in the blog https://medium.com/redhotminute-australia/setting-up-solr-with-ssl-for-sitecore-9-acdf009edd93



SQL Server connection string

  • SQL Server Name, SQL username, Password.



 

You can manually modify the configuration to set the desired default value.


4. Install

Installation process may take more than 10-15 minutes depending on the system configuration.



After install the IIS get affected by the below sites

  1. Identity Server
  2. Local website
  3. Xconnect website



 

After install the SOLR get affected by the below cores

  1. cdol_core_index
  2. cdol_fxm_master_index
  3. cdol_fxm_web_index
  4. cdol_marketing_asset_index_master
  5. cdol_marketing_asset_index_web
  6. cdol_marketingdefinitions_master
  7. cdol_marketingdefinitions_web
  8. cdol_master_index
  9. cdol_suggested_test_index
  10. cdol_testing_index
  11. cdol_web_index
  12. cdol_xdb
  13. cdol_xdb_rebuild



 

After install the SQL get affected by the below databases

  1. cdol_Core
  2. cdol_EXM.Master
  3. cdol_ExperienceForms
  4. cdol_MarketingAutomation
  5. cdol_Master
  6. cdol_Messaging
  7. cdol_Processing.Pools
  8. cdol_Processing.Tasks
  9. cdol_ProcessingEngineStorage
  10. cdol_ProcessingEngineTasks
  11. cdol_ReferenceData
  12. cdol_Reporting
  13. cdol_Web
  14. cdol_Xdb.Collection.Shard0
  15. cdol_Xdb.Collection.Shard1
  16. cdol_Xdb.Collection.ShardMapManager



 

After install the following services will be created

  1. cdolxconnect.dev.local-MarketingAutomationService
  2. cdolxconnect.dev.local-ProcessingEngineService
  3. cdolxconnect.dev.local-IndexWorker


 

Troubleshoot

During installation you may encounter the below issues

  • Invalid License file: If the license file you are using is not valid, you will encounter have that problem
  • Insufficient Permission in IIS: Might be a case when "Local Service" Account does have proper permission to run "index worker service". Give that user permission to read/write to solve that problem
  • Solr Version: Most people suffer that problem for not running an appropriate Solr version. Please use Solr 7.5.0
  • Solr SSL: By default, we run Solr without SSL. Please please please note that Sitecore 9x doesn't run perfectly without SSL Solr. Configure your Solr instance to run it under SSL else you are gonna face that problem for sure.


5. Uninstall

Uninstall is the manual process

  • Delete all the websites manually
  • Remove entry from host file
  • Remove entry from iis
  • Remove solr cores
  • Remove Sql databases
  • Remove windows services by using cmd


 

 

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