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Release Notes
Getting Started Guide
- Plant Applications Installation Overview
- Preparing to Install Plant Applications
- Installing Plant Applications
- Installing the Report (Web) Server
  - Report Server Installation Overview
  - Install the Plant Applications Report Server
    You can install the Plant Applications Report Server, after completing the prerequisites.
  - Set Up the Plant Applications Report Server
  - Secure Socket Layer and Certificate Requirements
    The Plant Applications Report Server requires a valid IIS server certificate to work in SSL mode. When you install and access the Report Server across different machines, the certificate should be validated across machines and preferably signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) known to these machines.
  - Create or Modify UAA Users to Access Web Reports
  - Set Up IIS for Remote Use
    When the Plant Applications Report Server has been installed on a different machine from the Plant Applications Web Client, you must configure Plant Applications Report Server applications (PAReporting, Apps, and ProficyDashBoard) to use different X-Frame-Options.
  - Set Up FTP for Report Server
    To use Plant Applications Report Engines, you must enable your machine with the FTP permissions. Following are the steps to configure Microsoft IIS FTP permissions.
  - Set Up the Plant Applications Excel Add-In
  - Setting up IIS Web Services
  - Changing the SharePoint Port Number
    SharePoint Services 3.0 uses port 80 by default, which is the port used by the Plant Applications Web server.
  - Local Client Application Support
    You can install local copies of the Plant Applications Administrator, Plant Applications Client, and Workflow Client and directed them to an installed server to access the Unified Manufacturing Database (UMDB), a historian, and Web Server reports.
  - Troubleshooting Web Reporting Issues
- Post-installation Tasks
- Plant Applications Client Interfaces
- Test and Production Environments
- Upgrading from Version 7.0 SP5 and Later
- Appendix: Cluster Installation and Configuration
Web Client Installation Guide
ERP Integration Guide
Web Client Help
Troubleshooting Guide
REST API
SQL Programming
Performance Limitations

Setting up IIS Web Services

Before you begin

Note: Before you make any changes to Internet Information Services (IIS), you might want to export your existing configuration to review it. For more information on an existing Microsoft utility, refer to https://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/getting-started-with-iis/getting-started-with-appcmdexe

Verify that all role services for Web Server and IIS have been installed.

Procedure

Open Server Manager.
Select Manage, and then select Add Roles and Features.
Select Next until you reach the Server Roles tab.
Scroll down the Roles, and then expand Web Server (IIS) to view the installed Role Services. Verify if the following features are installed.


Features	Selection
Common HTTP Features	All, except WebDAV Publishing
Health and Diagnostics	All, except Custom Logging and ODBC Logging
Performance	All
Security	All
Application Development	All, except Server Side Includes
FTP Server	All
Management Tools	All

Note: Plant Applications Web Server installer will validate the features installed. If any of the features are not installed, the Web Server installation will be aborted.

Select Next. The Features list is displayed.
Select HTTP Activation under .NET Framework 3.5 Features, to install the feature.