WorkZone PDF pre-installation checklist

Complete the installation checklist below before installing WorkZone PDF. Completing the checklist prior to installation will help ensure a successful installation.

Note: When you install your test and production environments, you will need to provide values for each environment. The values listed in this checklist are just examples. You must enter the values that apply to your system.

To be verified Comments and examples

A client reference PC and a user is available for verification purposes.

The client reference PC is to be used for verification and troubleshooting purposes. In general, the installation and configuration process does not depend on the existence of a client reference PC.

A service user is created with the "Log on as a service" rights

 

You know the service user credentials

Example: Service user credentials:

- DOMAIN: lmdom.local

- LOGIN: SomeServiceUserName

- PASSWORD: 123

You know the database credentials

Example: Database credentials:

- ODBC data source name: db01

- Database user name: sjsysadm

- Database password: sjsysadm

You know the URL for WorkZone

 

Example: https://db01

The service user has access to OData.

 

Example: https://db01/OData

In a load-balanced environment, verify that the global Domain Name System (DNS) is mapped to the local host.

To verify, check the mappings of IP addresses to host names in the hosts file located under C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

Example: db01.lmdom.local > 127.0.0.1

Verify that the setup in the registry database allows loopbacks on all web servers.

To verify, open the Registry Editor, and add a multi-string named BackConnectionHostNames to ’HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0’. Then add the hostnames.

Example: host name

db01.lmdom.local

Ensure that Microsoft IIS role Application Initialization is enabled.

See Step by Step Instruction.

Ensure that Microsoft Web Deploy 3.6 or later is installed.

To verify, look into Programs and Features. If it is not installed yet, you can install it from the Prerequisite software folder in the WorkZone installation package, or you can download from here.