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Installing Vista CE - Developer Edition
Added by George Kroner, last edited by George Kroner on 20 Dec 2007 04:33 AM
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This tutorial will describe how to install and configure WebCT Vista 4.2 for development purposes in two common configuration - Windows app/db server and Linux app/db server.
Tutorial Contents

Install and configure a Windows development environment

This section assumes that you have a running copy of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 with IIS installed. It also assumes that you will be installing version 4.2.2.0 of this software.

Install and Configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition on Windows

To install, follow these instructions:

  1. Launch setup and accept the license agreement.
  2. Install the prerequisite software by clicking Install.
  3. Click Next, then Next again to begin setup.
  4. Ensure that all issues raised by the system configuration check are addressed. Then click Next.
  5. Enter registration and license information. Then click Next.
  6. Select the SQL Server Database Services, Integration Services, and Workstation components to install. Then click Next.
  7. Accept the Default instance selection. Named instances are not supported. Click Next.
  8. This scenario assumes that the database and application will run on the same server. Here we select to run database services as the local system account. Click Next.
  9. Choose Mixed Mode authentication and enter a password for the SA account. Click Next.
  10. Ensure that Dictionary order, case-insensitive, for use with 1252 Character set is selected for the collation setting. Click Next.
  11. Click Next and Install to install SQL Server.
  12. Click Next and Finish to exit installation.
  13. You must update your server to at least SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 to continue the installation. In this tutorial, we updated to SP2.

To configure, follow these instructions:

  1. Open the SQL Server Management Studio.
  2. Connect to the local machine.
  3. Right click the database machine name, then click Properties.
  4. Click the Processors category and ensure that Maximum worker threads is set to 255.

Install and Configure Blackboard Learning System - Vista License

  1. Extract the installer and run setup.cmd
  2. Click Next to begin the installer configuration.
  3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
  4. Select your license file and click Next.
  5. Click Next on the License Options screen.
  6. Choose the install type of Full. Click Next.
  7. Choose the Standalone option. Click Next.
  8. Select the Typical install type. Click Next.
  9. Select Microsoft SQL Server as the database. Click Next.
  10. Enter the database hostname and port. Click Next.
  11. Enter the database password. Click Next.
  12. Accept the default of webctdatabase, and click Next.
  13. Create the directory for your database data files, enter it into the field, and click Next. This directory must exist for installation to complete successfully.
  14. Accept the default database username of webct, and enter a password (AZ,az,09,_). Click Next.
  15. Click Next to continue with BEA configuration.
  16. Accept the BEA installation directory of C:\bea92. Click Next.
  17. Accept the default WebLogic domain and enter the appropriate host name value and cookie domain. Click Next.
  18. Configure the SMTP/e-mail settings. Click Next.
  19. Choose an SSL certificate option. You'll likely choose to use the default. Click Next.
  20. Check the Start the Service box to start Vista up after the installation. Click Next.
  21. Click Install to perform the setup operation.
  22. Click OK to the message box indicating that installation completed successfully.
  23. Click Next and Finish to exit installation.
  24. Navigate to http://testserver/webct to confirm that installation was successful.

Install and configure a Linux development environment

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