Chapter 2. Standard Installation Process

The default installation of QlikView Server is very straightforward. As compared to the earlier versions, it is safe to say that it is "easy".

In this chapter, we will step through the default installation process, where all of the services will reside on a single Windows Server. Even if your deployment is spread across multiple servers, there are valuable lessons to learn here, and you may even use this installation on a test/development server.

These are the topics we'll be covering in this chapter:

• Preparing the QlikView environment; this includes:

  • Service account

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

  • Connectivity

  • Obtaining the QlikView software

• Installing the QlikView Server step-by-step

• Testing the implementation

Preparing the QlikView environment

Before we start installing QlikView Server, there are a number of things that we need to prepare.

Service Account

All of the QlikView services require a user account to run the service, as opposed to using the local system account. This will be a normal domain user, who will be granted membership to the Local Administrators group on each of the QlikView servers.

Tip

It is actually possible to use a local account for the service user when running all of the QlikView services on the same server. However, this user would have difficulty in accessing network resources such as file shares and SQL servers. Also, if you decide later to move some services onto a new server, you could have authentication issues. For these reasons, I would always recommend that you to use a domain account.

In the examples in this book, I will use a user called QvService.

During installation, the process will create a QlikView Administrators group on the local Security Account Manager ...

Installing the QlikView Server step-by-step

The following steps can be performed by any user who has installation rights on the server. I recommend that for this step you to log in as the service account user. Logging in as the service account user will identify any issues, such as file access, that you might not discover until later if you use a different user. The service user should be a local administrator; so, you should have all the rights that are necessary to perform the installation.

1. Log in to the server as a user with installation rights. Remote Desktop is fine for this.

2. Locate the installer that you had downloaded earlier (for example, QlikViewServer_X64Setup.exe), and double-click on it to start the installation. The installation wizard is displayed, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

3. Click on Next to continue. On the next few screens, you will be asked to select your region, agree to the license agreement, and confirm your name and organization. Follow the prompts on these screens...

Testing the implementation

Testing the implementation is as simple as connecting to the AccessPoint website. First, on the server, use the localhost address: http://localhost/qlikview/index.htm.

You could further test here by clicking on one of the demo documents.

Tip

Note that, by default, the server will automatically assign you a named user license. You may not want to assign a license to this user at this time.

The next test is to ask one of your users to connect to the server at the server URL: http://servername/qlikview/index.htm or http://servername.domain.com/qlikview/index.htm.

Again, the user should be using an NTLM-enabled browser, and the server should fall under their local intranet profile; otherwise the authentication will not be automatically passed through. If they are not passed through, the user will be presented with a standard username/password dialog, which can be used to enter their credentials.

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at making sure that everything is in place for a QlikView installation. We looked at the requirements for our service account, installed Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, and made sure that the correct connectivity drivers were in place. Then we downloaded the QlikView software from the download website. We then went ahead and worked through each step of installing QlikView Server. Finally, we tested the implementation.

In the next chapter, we will look at what has been installed, and will explore QlikView Management Console.