Step 1 - System Requirements
The Activation Server is a .NET service and needs a Windows server system with .NET.
System Requirements
• | Windows Server 2003 or 2008, 32 or 64bit. The latest service pack is required |
• | Microsoft Internet Information (IIS) Service 6 oder IIS 7. Windows Server 2000 comes with IIS 5 and there is no upgrade possibility to IIS 6. You have to use the ZIP file installation |
• | Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Server Express (2005 or higher up to SQL Server 2008) |
• | Right to start an executable on the server |
The MSI package checks, if all necessary components are installed. The installation of every component is described in the following chapters.
Start the was_installer.msi to check, if a component is missing.
We recommend installing the server on a virtual machine. This simplifies the installation and maintenance.
If you have multiple websites running on the same server, a good idea is to create a subdomain for the Activation Server.