Sitecore Practical Series-1 Setup development machine and required software.

Sitecore Practical Series-1

Setup development machine and required software.

Visual Studio 2017, Sitecore 8.2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2016,IIS 8.5,Sitecore Rock

Overview

Agenda- Required software can be downloaded from the below links:-

1. Visual Studio 2017 :- https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/whatsnew/
2. SQL Server download link:- https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql-server/sql-server-editions-express
3. Sitecore 8.2-(rev. 170728) - https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads.aspx
4. IIS 8.5 - This can be enabled through the control panel - Window option.
5. MongoDB.
6. Sitecore Rock

Download and install all required software

1. Setup IIS

Setup IIS first on your local system, below are the steps. - Go to admin panel - installation software- window installation section and enable IIS settings as mention below.

2. Setup SQL Server

SQL server must be running in Mized Authentication mode, You should now the username and password for the server.

Note 1 - SQL server should be setup in MiedMode.

Tips 1 - In case if SQL setup not done in MixedMode, below are the steps to rest it without re installation.

Login to SQL through window mode and go to properties - Change the mode from here

 After enabling this option the current SA login needs to be enabled, below is the reference screen:-

Note 2 - As per my past experience SQL server should be installed first before the visual studio, As Visual studio will install some SQL supported files and after SQL installation the SQL installation may fail to override the existing setup files.

Tips 2 - Install SQL server before the Visual Studio.

3. Setup Visual Studio 2017

Download visual studio from the above link and setup, below are the steps and details.

3. Install Sitecore 8.2

Download Sitecore from the above link - Mention in this post.

Executable file for the Sitecore

Sitecore can be installed through various mode - like New instance will create altogether a new setup including database and configuration

It can override the existing instance by choosing Existing Instance option and can be installed client only.

Clint only option will discuss later when we configure the multiple CM and CD servers.

Backed database can be define here

Sitecore support both SQL server and Oracle database

4. Install Sitecore Rock

Sitecore rock will help for the easy development with Sitecore, this plugin easily connected Sitecore with Visual studio

Link to download :-

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JakobChristensen.SitecoreRocks

4. Installation and setup for MongoDB

MongoDB will required for the DMS configuration - Mostly used for the analytics, If you are using Sitecore 8.1 then this will also required to install sitecore packages.

Link to download :-http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Required setup in the connection string

 
 
 

 

These are the default settings, If you install and setup MongoDB correctly then this should work.