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Installing OSQA on Windows in Production

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A very simple step by step guide to install OSQA on Windows server in production

This is a very simple step by step guide to install OSQA on Windows server in production. This guide is applicable to IIS 7+ based servers, which include Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Latter two should not be used for production solutions though. Please follow these steps:

  1. Download Microsoft Web Platform Installer, and install it.
  2. Run Web Platform Installer and click “Options”.

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  3. Add Helicon Zoo feed into “Display additional scenarios” field: http://www.helicontech.com/zoo/feed Select “IIS” as a target web server.

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    A new tab named “Zoo” should appear on the main page of Platform Installer.

  4. Go to Zoo → Applications and add OSQA, then click install.

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  5. Accept license agreements:

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    Web Paltfrom Installer will start downloading and installing required components, which include Python 2.7.2, Django 1.3, Helicon Zoo Module, MySQL and OSQA itself.

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  6. Setup new web-site dialog will appear. Fill it with your site specific values.

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  7. Database dialog will open. Fill it to create new or use existing MySQL database.

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    Default administrator user name for MySQL is ‘root’ and default password is empty.

    Installation will configure database and run migration scripts, you can now launch web site by clicking on a link:

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Congratulations! You have finished installation and may start using OSQA on your Windows server with Microsoft IIS in production:

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License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)