Installation

Requirements

If there was already an installation of the octoplant hub on the server, make sure that the installation directory of the old installation is deleted before the new installation. An example would be to delete C:Program FilesAUVESY-MDToctoplanthub, and in particular theconfig.ymlfile.

If you have made changes to theconfig.ymlfile, copy it to another directory and delete the installation directory of the old installation.

Proceed as follows

1. Go to the download section on our website, https://www.my.auvesy-mdt.com, and download theoctoplant_hub.zipfile.
2. Unzip the file and execute the fileoctoplanthub.msion a PC where no versiondog server is running.
3. The installation wizard will start.

1. Click on Next.
2. Read the License agreement and then confirm.

1. Click on Next.
2. The Destination folder will open. Here, you can adapt the installation directory as desired.

By default, the directory C:Program FilesAUVESY-MDToctoplanthubis suggested to you.

1. Click on Next.
2. The section for setting up a PostgreSQL database, where you can store your data, will open.You can set up a new database or use an existing one.

Enter the port, the name of the database and the credentials of a user for the database. The user must have sufficient user rights.

1. Click on Next.
2. Enter the data of the administrator for the octoplant hub.The administrator specified here can create new users for the octoplant hub.

1. Click on Next.
2. To send automatic notifications to users, select the Enable SMTP checkbox.You can specify SMTP server settings for this. If you want the emails to be sent encrypted, check the SSL Encryption checkbox.

1. Click on Next.
2. Complete the installation by clicking on the Install button in the next dialog.

Log files

In the installation directory, you will find a subdirectorylogswith the two filesbackend.logand octoplanthub-config.log, in which the steps performed during installation are logged.