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3.Click on 'Next' button to continue.
4.Please select the file directory you want CostOS Server to be installed on using either the textbox or the 'Browse ...' button.
Click on 'Next' to continue.
5. Fill in the boxes with the information needed as described below:
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Untick the box 'Create database if not exist' if you want to connect to an already existent database to make sure you have successfully connected to it. If this is your first CostOS Server Installation, leave this option ticked.
Click on the 'Next' button to continue.
6.Enable Filestream. This will work only if SQL Database is hosted in the same machine as CostOS Server and the database user you have inserted in the previous step has sufficient privileges. Otherwise please follow our guide to enable it manually and restart installation process.
https://www.nomitech.net/confluence/display/COS/How+to+enable+Filestream
7.Below you may choose CostOS Server connectivity. Use the dropdown to choose Server IP if you want to have your installation accessible from other machines. Otherwise, choose '127.0.0.1'.
Port settings displayed are the deafult ones. You should modify the port settings if existing programs run on these ports or they are not available for any reason.
You may choose to have Log Files enabled. Please have this checked if you can affrod the disk space, as it may be useful for debuggin and fault tracking purposes.
8.Tick the 'Install a concurrent license file' checkbox and use 'Browse ...' to import a concurrent license file if you have been given one. Ignore this if your have no idea what it is about.
Click on 'Next' to continue.
9.Select Create windows service to have one installed- necessary to easily start and stop CostOS Server. You may also choose the name of the Service.
Choose if you want to have the server start automatically as a service on Windows Startup.
If the SQL Server is running on the same machine as the one you are at the moment, tick the relevant checkbox (Create sql server dependency). It will 'bind' the two services making the CostOS one stop or restart if the SQL one does so.
10.Please wait for the installer to complete the CostOS server installation process
11.Press 'OK' .
12. Use the drop down list to select default currency for your projects. You may modify this option later on with more Currencies as well.
Choose if you want to have installed a demo Resource database.
Press 'Next' to continue.
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Press 'FINISH' to complete the installationAnchor _GoBack _GoBack
FAQ 1. Q. (STEP 5) How do I know the credentials (username/password) that I should use here?
A.If you are not the one who did the Database Server Installation and configuration,do not remember the username or the password or both, or you do not understand what this is about, do the following.
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