6.2.1. New BPMS Environment – General Setup

Step 1 – Set Up Prerequisites

Before setting up the BPMS environment or platform, users must first install the prerequisites.

1. Download and install Visual Studio 2022 Community.
2. Download and install SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition.
   • When installing, select Mixed (SQL Server and Windows) Authentication mode.
     
3. Download and install SQL Server Management Studio.
4. Enable Internet Information Services (IIS).
   • Open the Windows Start menu and search for “Turn Windows features on or off”. Click on the corresponding option to open the Windows Features window.
     
   • Expand the Internet Information Services node.
     • Select the following options:
       

Step 2 – Set Up BPMS Platform

Once all prerequisites have been installed, users can set up the BPMS platform.

1. Run BPMS Setup.
   • Install all modules (select all options in Features installer).
     • For the Database module: create a new database, input the DB username (ray) and password.
       

       !!Remember to save the DB password somewhere secure and easily accessible.

     • For the Admin Console (Designer) module: if possible, install into the Program Files folder.
       
     • For the Web Application module: create a new web application, enable SSL, do not enable SSO (Single Sign-On).

*To access the latest setup files (including the feature file), navigate to Research & Development – DBP – Platform – Setup Install – All Documents

2. Run BPMS.
   • To validate if your IIS website is working, open a web browser and enter the following:
     • https://localhost/dbp/
     • Default Credentials: admin/admin

!To resolve the issue of the Form Designer not working, it may be necessary to download and install both the X86 and X64 versions of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package.