NT Installation

This section describes steps to take to install CMS4 on Windows NT v4 systems. If you've already installed CMS4 on a Solaris system, skip this section and go to Installation Wizard.

Run the setup script for NT.

This video clip shows the first phase of installing CMS4 on Windows NT.

These instructions assume you already have the CMS4 installation software available, either on a CD or on your hard disk. If that's not the case, go back to the section on Getting The Installation Software.

CMS4 Admin Guide, NT Installation script

Running setup.exe

Many of the responses you'll make during this phase of the installation procedure simply involve accepting the default selection. In the following instructions, fields that require you to override the default are marked in red.

Setup Step Response Notes
1.  Open the temporary folder where you extracted the installation software and double-click on the icon representing setup.exe.

The setup program will produce a large splash screen that takes up all of your monitor's display space.

You'll have to move this screen aside in order to view the rest of the instructions on this page. View the accompanying video clip for a demonstration of how to do this.
2.  Welcome Click Next.  
3.  Software License Agreement Click Yes. You'll have to override the default.
4.  Select Server or Console Installation Leave the default setting (Netscape Servers) selected and click Next. This selection will install CMS4.1 as well as Directory Server 4, the Admin Server, and Netscape Console. The other choice will only install Netscape Console.
5.  Select Installation Type Leave the default setting (Typical) selected and click Next. In this course we'll cover a Typical installation.
6.  Choose Installation Directory Before you accept the default setting, C:\Netscape\Server4, be sure the drive you've selected is formatted as as NTFS (see Preinstallation Planning). If not, you will either have to select another drive or convert one of your FAT drives to NTFS. On many systems drive D: uses the NTFS format, so the installation directory would be D:\Netscape\Server4

Click Next when you're finished.

This will be the folder where the software is actually installed. This folder is often referred to as the server root directory. This is also the default installation location for other Netscape servers, like the Directory Server and the Messaging Server.

The server root selection is an important parameter that will be referenced often, so make note of this entry.

7.  Select Products Leave all four components (core components, Directory Server, Administraitve Services, and CMS) selected and click Next. You'll need all 4 components to install CMS4. This screen gives you the option of only installing or reinstalling selected components. This screen will also show you if components have already been installed.
8.  Directory Server 4.1 Leave the default setting ("This instance will be the configuration directory server") selected and click Next. Unlike other Netscape servers that fall under the console framework, CMS doesn't store it's configuration information in the Directory Server. Instead, CMS uses a special configuration file, CMS.cfg. CMS4 uses the configuration directory only to register the server instance ID for CMS so you can launch the CMS administration window from Netscape Console. This screen gives you the option of using an existing directory server for that purpose.
9.  Directory Server 4.1 Leave the default setting ("Store data in this directory server") selected and click Next. CMS4 needs a directory server to store user information. In typical installations, you would configure CMS4 to use an existing directory server. Since we're going to put everything on one machine, we'll need to install a local copy of a directory server.
10.  Directory Server 4.1 Server Settings Verify the server port number is set to 389, then click Next. The server identifier can be anything you want, but be sure to make note of the name you choose. The suffix must be set to o=domain.com (just use the default).
11.  Directory Server 4.1 Netscape Configuration Directory Server Administrator Set the Configuration Directory Administrator's ID and password to "admin", then click Next:
  • Configuration Directory Administrator ID: admin
  • Password: admin
  • Password (again): admin

This is a very important password, so make sure you enter it correctly. You'll need this password to login to Netscape Console or to unistall CMS4.

This login and password limit access to Netscape Console, which in turn controls administrative access to all Netscape servers in a particular server group. That's why this is an important password.
12.  Directory Server 4.1 Administration Domain Accept the default, which should be your company's domain name, in the form domain.com If you're inside the firewall at Netscape, this domain will be set to netscape.com. That's OK for this exercise.
13.  Directory Server 4.1 Directory Manager Settings Enter the following values, then click Next:
  • Directory Manager DN: cn=Directory Manager
  • Password: dirmanager
  • Password (again): dirmanager
What we're doing here is telling CMS4 what login to use when it modifies information on the corporate directory server - for instance, when it publishes certs. The corporate directory server would normally be administered by a different department using a different server in different server group - that's why you need to specify the administrative login. In this course, however, all servers will be installed on one machine in one server group.
14.  Administration Server Port Selection Type the value 17001 and click Next. Netscape Console will use this port number to connect to the Administration Server. You'll need this port number and the Administrator's login ("admin") to startup Netscape Console, so make note of it.
15.  Netscape Certificate Management System Server identifier Accept the default identifier and click Next. The exact name isn't critical for this demo installation.
16.  Configuration Summary Click Next. This is the last point in the script at which you can abort the installation.
17.  Setup progress indicator
At this point, the installation script extracts and installs the binaries for all of the servers in the server root directory and creates and starts instances of the Administration Server and Directory Server. This process may take a few minutes.
18.  Setup Complete Override the default setting ("Restart my computer now") and select Reboot later. Then click the Finish button. There's no need to reboot at this point, assuming everything has worked so far. Installation of CMS4 is not complete, however, until you've run through the Installation Wizard.


You're not finished with the installation until you've gone through the Installation Wizard.

The Next Step

The first phase of the installation is now complete. The installation script has installed Netscape Console, installed and started an Administration Server and its configuration directory, and copied the files for Certificate Management System. You are now ready to configure the Certificate Management System instance by running the Installation Wizard. We'll cover that procedure in the next 2 sections.

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