Install Sana Webstore on Web and Database Server

Install Sana Commerce

Step 1: Run the 'Sana Commerce Installer.exe' file from the installation package:

Sana Commerce Installer

Step 2: Specify the 'Application root path' where the Sana Commerce solution will be installed.

Step 3: Specify the 'Frontend application name' which is used for the web site name in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

Step 4: Specify the database connection parameters:

• Server name: the name of the SQL server database instance.
• Database name: the name of the SQL database. Enter the new database name or select the existing one (in this case it will be re-created). Do not use interword spaces in the database name.
  
  

  Windows Authentication should be used to retrieve the list of database names.

  
  

  Sana Commerce SQL database can be also hosted on Windows Azure. To restore the Sana SQL database to Windows Azure you should specify the name of your Windows Azure SQL Database instance in the 'Server name' field and use the SQL Server Authentication.

Step 5: In the 'Log on to server' section set the administrator credentials of the SQL database.

Step 6: Specify the database user credentials:

• Database user
• Database user password

This user is automatically created in the database as a database owner. The database user is connected to the Sana Commerce database. Non-existing user name must be specified.

Step 7: Enter SMTP settings: host and port. You can configure a local service that relays to a real SMTP server or an alternative SMTP server can also be used.

Step 8: Define on which domains the webstore will be running. Several domains can be specified. To separate multiple domains use line breaks, the ';' or ',' character.

If multiple domains are used the first domain is used as the default one.

If localhost domain is used for running the webstore, the Default Web Site in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager must be stopped.

Step 9: Select the deployment type:

To access the webstore and Sana Admin when anonymous authentication is disabled a user must have read & write permissions to the folder selected for deployment. Use these user's credentials for the NT pop-up.

• beta: the webstore and Sana Admin are externally accessible, but anonymous authentication in IIS is disabled for both to prevent unauthorized access.
• live: the webstore is publicly accessible, but anonymous authentication for Sana Admin in IIS is disabled to prevent unauthorized access.
• test: used for the test purposes. The webstore and backoffice are not externally accessible. Thus the anonymous authentication for Sana Admin and webstore is enabled in IIS.

Step 10: Add the Sana Commerce license. If you install Sana Commerce on beta or live environment the license file is required. If you install Sana Commerce on test environment, the webstore will be available via the localhost domain name and in this case the license file is not needed.

Step 11: Click Run installation.

After the installation process is finished Sana Admin will open in the default Web browser. You will be asked to create the first Sana Admin user. This user will have the System administrator role. System administrator has full access to Sana Admin. Log in Sana Admin with the newly created user.

In Sana Admin click View webstore at the top to open the webstore.

When Sana Commerce is installed and the first user with the System administrator role is created you should make some first steps that allow you or other Sana Admin users proceed to managing the Sana webstore. For more information, see 'Getting Started'.