About Installing Enterprise Edition Web Client

Before you begin

Ensure that you have completed following tasks before you run the Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client installer:
  • Installation of Plant Application Server
  • Installation of Operations Hub Server
  • Configure CouchDB for HTTPS
  • Your deployment environment must be connected to the Internet.
For more information, refer to the Enterprise Edition Web Client Requirements.
Note:
  • Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client installation supports only the fully-qualified domain environment. Therefore, to avoid any potential issues, you must use the fully-qualified domain names for the remote server.
  • Ensure that during Operations Hub installation, you provide the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for primary host name.

Introduction

Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client installer is a Silent-mode installation that allows you to specify an installation configuration only once and perform the installation based on the defined configuration. The silent installer reads the settings you specified in an YML (silentinstaller.yml) file before beginning the installation. This one-step installation program requires you to run a single command after defining your inputs in the silentinstaller.yml file.

The installer for Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client uses Docker technology. During the Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client installation procress, the following tasks are performed:
  • Transforming the raw .tar files related to the new features
  • Updating the Docker images
  • Pushing the Docker images to the local docker registry
  • Pulling the Docker images on to the Enterprise Edition Web Client server node
  • Updating the Docker stack

You must enter the configuration details in the silentinstaller.yml file provided in the plantapps-enterprise-webclient-<buildno> folder. Based on the input, the corresponding Linux shell scripts are triggered to complete the tasks involved in the installation.

The installer can either install or upgrade (version 8.0 or above) Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client on a Linux environment.

The following table outlines the steps that you must complete to install Plant Applications Enterprise Web Client for the first time. These tasks may be completed by multiple people in your organization. We recommend, however, that the tasks be completed in the order in which they are listed. All steps are required unless otherwise noted.

Step Task Notes
1 Install Operations Hub 2.0 This step is required.
2 Configure CouchDB for HTTPS This step is required.
3 Ensure that your system meets the requirements for the Enterprise Edition Web Client installation. This step is required.
4 Review the files provided by GE This step is required.
5 Review the pre-installation checklist before installing Enterprise Edition Web Client. This step is required.
6 Install Enterprise Edition Web Client This step is required.
7 After the Enterprise Edition Web Client installation, ensure to run the Message Bridge Configuration utility. This step is required.
8 After configuring Message Bridge, ensure to run the Operations Hub Posting utility. This step is required.
9 Verify the Installation This step is required.