FileMaker Server 15 ® Network Install Setup Guide
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Contents Network Install Setup Guide Before you begin Where to find FileMaker 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 15 for Windows or OS X over a network. Your electronic download or DVD 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 for your software.
Where to find FileMaker documentation 5 1 Determine how the license key and other personalized information will be entered when users install FileMaker Server. There are two ways to enter this information: 1 You can set up an assisted installation, which uses a personalization file named Assisted Install.txt to supply information to the installer and standardize your FileMaker Server installations.
Setting up assisted installations 6 Setting up assisted installations To set up a networked volume so that users can install FileMaker Server for both Windows and OS X, perform the steps in the following sections. Copying installation files to a networked volume To make FileMaker installation files available on your network: 1. Create a folder on a networked volume for the FileMaker Server installer files. 2.
How users perform an assisted installation 7 To Do this Specify the machine configuration Type one of the following after Master/Worker Designation= 1 0 (zero) to configure the master machine (default) 1 1 (one) to configure the worker machine If you are setting up a multiple-machine deployment, you need to provide an Assisted Install.txt file for installing on the master machine and a separate Assisted Install.txt file for the worker machine.
About silent assisted installations (Windows) 8 Windows: A shortcut pointing to the Admin Console login page is created in Start menu > All Programs > FileMaker Server (or Start menu > Programs > FileMaker Server) on the master machine. On Windows versions that have the Start screen, the shortcut is available on the Windows Start screen. OS X: An alias pointing to the Admin Console login page is created on the desktop of the master machine.
About silent assisted installations (Windows) 9 Modifying Setup.ini for silent installation (Windows) If you make the following changes to the Setup.ini file, a silent installation begins when users mount the networked volume and double-click Setup.exe. 1. Locate the Setup.ini file in the Files folder inside the FileMaker Server 15 folder. 2. Open Setup.ini using a text editor. 3.
