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Prerequisites

Licenses are stored and managed online in the Smartsign License portal. As such it is required for the server to have a working Internet connection.

If you are upgrading from an earlier version, a valid Support and Upgrade agreement for each license is required to receive new licenses for version 10. Licenses are not automatically available. You must contact Smartsign Support and request them after which they will be added to your portal account. Please include all your current license keys as text when you send your request.

By default, Smartsign Server 10 uses port 80 (http). Make sure no other application uses this port except IIS or other applications that allow port sharing. Smartsign Server will not start if it cannot allocate this port. It is currently not possible to change the port. In addition it will use port 443 (https) if you choose to install and configure the necessary requirements for SSL encryption.

Make sure to read the System Requirements!

Smartsign Server is a professional server product and as such it should be installed by an IT professional.

The Server Installer will assist you with installing the necessary server and IIS components, but before that some parts must be installed before you start:

  1. Install .NET 4.8 and .Net6.0 + .NET 7.0 (hosting bundles)
  2. Install MongoDB
  3. Install RabbitMQ (and its pre-requisite Erlang)
  4. Install and configure Microsoft SQL Server, if you intend to store the database on the same server
    • Optional, but recommended: Install Microsoft SQL Management Studio for easier management/troubleshooting
  5. Create a database user with permission to create databases
  6. Install Smartsign Server