Curator Gateway for 3.3

Updated on December 9th, 2022

Required Prerequisites

Curator Gateway requires the following prerequisites:

- ASP dotNET Core Runtimes

- SSL Certificate

- IIS

- WebDeploy

- URL Rewrite Module


Open IIS and on Default Web Site click Import Application

Open Internet Information Services Manager (IIS) (available under the Windows Administrator Tools section in the OS start menu).

Expand the folder tree in the left pane until the Default Website is listed.

  • Click on "Default Website"
  • Select "Import Application" under the "Deploy" menu in the right-hand pane.

If the Import Application option is not present make sure the correct version of WebDeploy (as listed in Prerequisites) is installed.



Find Gateway Zip File

Click Browse and in the file explorer window that appears, find the provided Curator Gateway zip and click Open:




Click Next




Click Next




Click Next




Click Finish


 

Required Prerequisites

Curator Server requires the following prerequisites:

- SSL Certificate

- .NET 4.7.2

- VC Runtimes

- MySQL

 

Run Installer

 

Accept Licence
Agreement

 

Set Service Logon
Account

Choose the Service Account option and enter valid credentials for a user with Local Administrative rights including Logon As a Service, click Test Credentials and after confirming correct details click Next:

 

 

Enter MySQL
Details

 

Enter the Username and Password created during the MySQL installation, change the Host if MySQL is installed on another system; leave the database as default.

Click “Test Connection” and a dialog box will appear confirming if the credentials are valid:

 

 

After confirming valid details, enter the path to the MySQL Dump file. The default location is in the MySQL server's bin folder, check the location is correct before proceeding:

"%INSTALL_PATH%\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump.exe"

 

 

When finished, click Next.

 

Choose Installation
Destination

 

Set Logging Options

 

Configuration Details

Do not change the Solr core configuration, Solr is installed alongside Curator Server.

 

Enter an SSL certificate thumbprint for setting up HTTPS connectivity.

 

For finding a Certificate thumbprint click here.

 

Change the Curator Gateway host with the IIS hosts FQDN/IP.

Replace:

https://localhost/CuratorGateway

With:

https://IIS_HOST/CuratorGateway

 

 

Click "Install"

 

Click Finish

 

Start Service

Load the Services list and start Curator Server:

 

 

Browse to Solr Admin page

Chrome is the recommended browser for viewing the Solr Admin webpage.
The default admin page address is "http://localhost:8983":

 

 

Select the Curator core

Using the dropdown box select the curator_[version] from the list.  (Where more than one version is presented, select the most recent version).

 

 

Execute dataimport

Select the Dataimport option that appears below the core dropdown box once a version has been selected.

In the central section of the page, if not already selected, tick Clean, Commit and Auto-Refresh Status.

 

Press "Execute":

 

 

 

 


Reload the core

Once the Import is completed the status will turn green (as long as Auto-refresh Status was selected during the previous stage).

Select Core Admin from the left hand menu.

In the central pane (under the Add Core button) click on the core version from the last step.

 

Click "Reload":

 

 

 

 

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