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| + | == Summary == | ||
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| + | Web Ad Manager consists of the following parts: | ||
| + | * the Ad Manager desktop application components: these include the ActiveX components which expose the Ad Manager data and business logic to the web application; | ||
| + | * the Ad Manager Web Host service: it provides the context in which the web application loads the Ad Manager ActiveX components; | ||
| + | * the Apache HTTP Server with a PHP preprocessor: it makes the web application accessible on the Internet; | ||
| + | * the web application files: the HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and other files which make up the web application. | ||
| + | |||
| + | To configure a Web Ad Manager server we need to make sure all of these elements are installed and configured. | ||
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== Install Ad Manager == | == Install Ad Manager == | ||
| − | == | + | Install Ad Manager (including any add-ins) as if you're setting up another client workstation. |
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| + | == Install and configure the Ad Manager Web Host service == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Designate a user account for the Ad Manager Web Host service. It can be a local or a domain user account. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Make sure the user account is a member of the local "Administrators" group. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Import the Ad Manager license into the user profile of the account: | ||
| + | ** log in as the user; | ||
| + | ** run Ad Manager and follow the prompts to import a serial number and a license. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Run the Ad Manager Web Host installer ("Amwh.msi"). | ||
| + | ** Install the program for "Everyone", not "Just me". | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Register the service: | ||
| + | ** Select the "Register Service" shortcut in "Start -> All Programs -> Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host". | ||
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| + | * Configure the Ad Manager Web Host service to run as the designated user. | ||
| + | ** Open the "Services" management console; | ||
| + | ** Right-click on the "Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host Service" and select "Properties"; | ||
| + | ** Go to the "Log On" tab; | ||
| + | ** Select "This account" in the "Log on as" options; | ||
| + | ** Enter the account name in the form "domain\user" if the account is a domain account or ".\user" if the account is a local machine account; | ||
| + | ** Enter and confirm the password; | ||
| + | ** Click "OK". | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Configure the database connections for the Ad Manager Web Host service : | ||
| + | ** Run the Ad Manager Web Host configuration utility: select the "Configure" shortcut in "Start -> All Programs -> Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host"; | ||
| + | ** Go to the "Ad Manager Connections" tab; | ||
| + | ** Add an entry for each Ad Manager database that will be accessible through the web application: | ||
| + | *** click the "New" button; | ||
| + | *** enter a unique name for the connection; if there's only one connection, you can leave the name blank; | ||
| + | *** enter the SQL Server name or IP address; | ||
| + | *** enter the SQL Server database name; | ||
| + | *** enter the SQL Server user id and password; if those are left blank, the Web Host service will use Windows authentication to connect to SQL Server; for this to work the user the Web Host service is running as must have been granted access to the database in SQL Server. | ||
| + | *** click "Test..." to verify the connection. | ||
| − | == Install and configure the | + | == Install and configure the Apache HTTP Server and the PHP preprocessor == |
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PHP 5.4+ | PHP 5.4+ | ||
== Install and configure the Ad Manager web application == | == Install and configure the Ad Manager web application == | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 9 December 2013
Contents |
Summary
Web Ad Manager consists of the following parts:
- the Ad Manager desktop application components: these include the ActiveX components which expose the Ad Manager data and business logic to the web application;
- the Ad Manager Web Host service: it provides the context in which the web application loads the Ad Manager ActiveX components;
- the Apache HTTP Server with a PHP preprocessor: it makes the web application accessible on the Internet;
- the web application files: the HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and other files which make up the web application.
To configure a Web Ad Manager server we need to make sure all of these elements are installed and configured.
Install Ad Manager
Install Ad Manager (including any add-ins) as if you're setting up another client workstation.
Install and configure the Ad Manager Web Host service
- Designate a user account for the Ad Manager Web Host service. It can be a local or a domain user account.
- Make sure the user account is a member of the local "Administrators" group.
- Import the Ad Manager license into the user profile of the account:
- log in as the user;
- run Ad Manager and follow the prompts to import a serial number and a license.
- Run the Ad Manager Web Host installer ("Amwh.msi").
- Install the program for "Everyone", not "Just me".
- Register the service:
- Select the "Register Service" shortcut in "Start -> All Programs -> Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host".
- Configure the Ad Manager Web Host service to run as the designated user.
- Open the "Services" management console;
- Right-click on the "Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host Service" and select "Properties";
- Go to the "Log On" tab;
- Select "This account" in the "Log on as" options;
- Enter the account name in the form "domain\user" if the account is a domain account or ".\user" if the account is a local machine account;
- Enter and confirm the password;
- Click "OK".
- Configure the database connections for the Ad Manager Web Host service :
- Run the Ad Manager Web Host configuration utility: select the "Configure" shortcut in "Start -> All Programs -> Dot2Dot Ad Manager Web Host";
- Go to the "Ad Manager Connections" tab;
- Add an entry for each Ad Manager database that will be accessible through the web application:
- click the "New" button;
- enter a unique name for the connection; if there's only one connection, you can leave the name blank;
- enter the SQL Server name or IP address;
- enter the SQL Server database name;
- enter the SQL Server user id and password; if those are left blank, the Web Host service will use Windows authentication to connect to SQL Server; for this to work the user the Web Host service is running as must have been granted access to the database in SQL Server.
- click "Test..." to verify the connection.
Install and configure the Apache HTTP Server and the PHP preprocessor
PHP 5.4+
