FileMaker Server 13 ® Network Install Setup Guide
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Contents Network Install Setup Guide Before you begin Where to find PDF documentation About assisted installations Setting up assisted installations Copying installation files to a networked volume Customizing the personalization file How users perform an assisted installation About silent assisted installations (Windows) Modifying Setup.
Network Install Setup Guide This document explains how to configure the installation of FileMaker® Server 13 for Windows or OS X over a network. Your DVD or electronic download contains FileMaker Server installers for Windows and OS X. All use of this software is subject to the terms of your license agreement. Before you begin Before you configure your installation, do the following: 1. Find the 35-digit alphanumeric license key that came with your license agreement.
Network Install Setup Guide 5 Some PDF documentation comes with the product DVD or electronic download. You can also access electronic documentation in the following ways: 1 In Admin Console, choose Help menu > FileMaker Server Product Documentation. 1 Click the links on the FileMaker Server Admin Console Start Page. 1 On the web, go to http://www.filemaker.com/documentation. Online Help is accessible from FileMaker Server Admin Console, Help menu > FileMaker Server Help.
Network Install Setup Guide Customizing the personalization file To customize the personalization file: 1. Use a text editor such as Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (OS X) to open the file, Assisted Install.txt, on your networked volume. Note The Assisted Install.txt file is a cross-platform file. The same Assisted Install.txt file can be used for installing on both Windows and OS X systems. 2. Modify the following variable settings as needed. Note Variable settings are not case-sensitive.
Network Install Setup Guide 7 3. Save the changes you have made to Assisted Install.txt as plain text. 1 Windows: Assisted Install.txt and Setup.exe must be in the Files folder during installation. 1 OS X: Assisted Install.txt must be in the same folder as the FileMaker Server 13 installer application during installation. How users perform an assisted installation To install FileMaker Server, instruct users to mount the volume containing the installation files, then double-click Setup.
Network Install Setup Guide Important 1 To install FileMaker Server, ports 80 and 443 must be available on the user’s machine. If ports 80 and 443 are not available, then the software will not install. 1 FileMaker Server requires the following components: 1 Java Runtime Environment 7 Update 17. 1 Bonjour for Windows 3.0.0.10. 1 Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2012 Redistributable Package. 1 Microsoft Application Request Routing 2.5.
Network Install Setup Guide The following table describes options you have when performing an assisted installation from the command line. To Instruct users to open a command window, then type Install FileMaker Server without a user interface (silent install) "pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qn Display a dialog box indicating whether FileMaker Server was successfully installed "pathname\setup.exe" /s /v/qn+ Display a progress bar and cancel button during installation "pathname\setup.
