Network Install Setup Guide

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. This method lets you customize the installation, and
eliminates the need to distribute and administer license keys. (FileMaker, Inc. recommends
this method.)
1 Users can personalize the software by entering their name and the license key when
installing FileMaker
Server on their computers.
Important To install FileMaker Server, users must have administrator privileges.
Where to find FileMaker documentation
1 In FileMaker Server Admin Console, choose Help menu > FileMaker Server Product
Documentation.
1 Click the links on the FileMaker Server Admin Console Start Page.
1 To learn about, view, or download additional FileMaker documentation, visit
http://www.filemaker.com/documentation.
For information about the product or deploying FileMaker Server, see FileMaker Server Getting
Started Guide.
Online Help is accessible from FileMaker Server Admin Console. Choose Help menu >
FileMaker Server Help.
About assisted installations
An assisted installation eases installation of FileMaker Server when users are installing multiple
deployments. You enter required information (such as a generic user name, company name,
license key, and various installation options) in a personalization file and then make the file
available on your network. The file is used by the installer to install FileMaker
Server on computers
in your organization.
In Windows, you can also set up a silent (unattended) installation, which suppresses display of the
installation screens. For more information, see
“About silent assisted installations (Windows)” on
page 8.
After you edit the personalization file and make it and the FileMaker Server installation files
available on the network, users can perform an assisted installation. See
“How users perform an
assisted installation” on page 7.
After an assisted installation of FileMaker Server, users must use the Deployment assistant to set
up their single- or multiple-machine deployments of FileMaker Server. For more information,
instruct users to see
FileMaker Server Getting Started Guide.