Curator Server for 3.3

Updated on December 9th, 2022

Required Prerequisites

Curator Server requires the following prerequisites:

- SSL Certificate

- .NET 4.7.2

- VC Runtimes

- MySQL     

- Java

Erlang and RabbitMQ 


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.

After confirming your details are correct, 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. A dialog box will appear confirming if the connection details you have entered 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.



Leave the Host as localhost (RabbitMq is installed on  the same server as Curator Server) 

Set Username and Password to the values set for RabbitMq during the installation in the final "Update this user" step. 
If you set the suggested values you can leave these as default

Choose Installation
Destination

 

Set Logging Options

 

Configuration Details

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

Enter an SSL certificate thumbprint for setting up HTTPS connectivity.

For more details on finding a certificate thumbprint click here.

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

Replace:

https://localhost/CuratorGateway

With the FQDN address of the IIS_HOST serving Curator Gateway:

https://IIS_HOST/CuratorGateway

Click "Install"

 

Click Finish

 

Start Service

Load the Services list and start IPV 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

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


Execute data import

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.

Click 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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