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Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and run the SharePoint Products and Technologies configuration wizard

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Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-08-08

In this article:

  • Run Setup on the first server

  • Start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service

This information applies to Microsoft Windows Server 2003. If you are in a Windows Server 2008 environment, the steps to install and configure Internet Information Services (IIS), the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are different. For more information, see Deploy a simple farm on the Windows Server 2008 operating system (Windows SharePoint Services).

After preparing your database and the servers in your farm, run Setup and then run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard on all your farm servers. Adding servers to the farm can be done at any time to add redundancy, such as additional load-balanced Web servers.

Note

We recommend that you run Setup on all the servers that will be in the farm before you configure the farm.

When you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on the first server, you establish the farm. Any additional servers that you add must be joined to this farm.

Setting up the first server involves two steps: installing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 components on the server, and configuring the farm. After Setup finishes, you can use the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard automates several configuration tasks, including installing and configuring the configuration database, installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services, and creating the Central Administration Web site.

Run Setup on the first server

We recommend that you install and configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on all of your farm servers before you configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services and create sites. You must have Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database software running on at least one back-end database server before you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on your farm servers.

Note

Setup installs the Central Administration Web site on the first server on which you run Setup. Therefore, we recommend that the first server on which you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 be a server from which you want to run the Central Administration Web site.

Run Setup on the first server

  1. On the Read the Microsoft Software License Terms page, review the terms, select the I accept the terms of this agreement check box, and then click Continue.

  2. On the Choose the installation you want page, click Advanced. The Basic option is for stand-alone installations.

  3. On the Server Type tab, click Web Front End. The Stand-alone option is for stand-alone installations.

  4. Optionally, to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 at a custom location, select the Data Location tab, and then type the location name or Browse to the location.

  5. Optionally, to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, select the Feedback tab and select the option you want. To learn more about the program, click the link. You must have an Internet connection to view the program information.

  6. When you have chosen the correct options, click Install Now.

  7. When Setup finishes, a dialog box appears that prompts you to complete the configuration of your server. Be sure that the Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now check box is selected.

  8. Click Close to start the configuration wizard. Instructions for completing the wizard are provided in the next set of steps.

Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard

After Setup finishes, you can use the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The configuration wizard automates several configuration tasks, including installing and configuring the configuration database, installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services, and creating the Central Administration Web site. Use the following instructions to run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.

Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard

  1. On the Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies page, click Next.

  2. In the dialog box that notifies you that some services might need to be restarted during configuration, click Yes.

  3. On the Connect to a server farm page, click No, I want to create a new server farm, and then click Next.

  4. In the Specify Configuration Database Settings dialog box, in the Database server box, type the name of the computer that is running SQL Server.

  5. Type a name for your configuration database in the Database name box, or use the default database name. The default name is "SharePoint_Config".

  6. In the User name box, type the user name of the server farm account. (Be sure to type the user name in the format DOMAIN\username.)

    Important

    This account is the server farm account and it is used to access your configuration database. It also acts as the application pool identity for the SharePoint Central Administration application pool, and it is the account under which the Windows® SharePoint Services Timer service runs. The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard adds this account to the SQL Server Logins, the SQL Server Database Creator server role, and the SQL Server Security Administrators server role.
    The user account that you specify for this service account must be a domain user account. Because this account does not require a high level privilege, we recommend that you follow the principle of least privilege, and specify a user account that is not a member of the Administrators group on your Web servers or your back-end servers.

  7. In the Password box, type the user's password, and then click Next.

  8. On the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application page, select the Specify port number check box; type a port number if you want the SharePoint Central Administration Web application to use a specific port, or leave the Specify port number check box cleared if you do not care which port number the SharePoint Central Administration Web application uses.

  9. In the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application dialog box, do one of the following:

  10. On the Completing the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard page, click Next.

  11. On the Configuration Successful page, click Finish.

    The SharePoint Central Administration Web site home page opens.

    Note

    If you are prompted for your user name and password, you might need to add the SharePoint Central Administration Web site to the list of trusted sites, and then configure user authentication settings in Internet Explorer. Instructions for configuring these settings are provided in the next set of steps.

    Note

    If a proxy server error message appears, you might need to configure your proxy server settings so that local addresses bypass the proxy server. Instructions for configuring this setting are provided later in this section.

Add the SharePoint Central Administration Web site to the list of trusted sites

  1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

  2. On the Security tab, in the Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings box, click Trusted sites, and then click Sites.

  3. Clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.

  4. In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the URL for the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, and then click Add.

  5. Click Close to close the Trusted sites dialog box.

  6. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Configure proxy server settings to bypass the proxy server for local addresses

  1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

  2. On the Connections tab, in the Local Area Network (LAN) settings area, click LAN Settings.

  3. In the Automatic configuration section, clear the Automatically detect settings check box.

  4. In the Proxy Server section, select the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box.

  5. Type the address of the proxy server in the Address box.

  6. Type the port number of the proxy server in the Port box.

  7. Select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box.

  8. Click OK to close the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box.

  9. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Add servers to the farm

We recommend that you install and configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on all of your farm servers before you configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services and create sites. You must have SQL Server 2005 running on at least one back-end database server before you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on your farm servers.

Important

If you uninstall Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 from the first server on which you installed it, your farm might experience problems.

Run Setup on additional servers

  1. On the Read the Microsoft Software License Terms page, review the terms, select the I accept the terms of this agreement check box, and then click Continue.

  2. On the Choose the installation you want page, click Advanced. The Basic option is for stand-alone installations.

  3. On the Server Type tab, click Web Front End. The Stand-alone option is for stand-alone installations.

  4. Optionally, to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 at a custom location, select the Data Location tab, and then type the location name or Browse to the location.

  5. Optionally, to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, select the Feedback tab and select the option you want. To learn more about the program, click the link. You must have an Internet connection to view the program information.

  6. When you have chosen the correct options, click Install Now.

  7. When Setup finishes, a dialog box appears that prompts you to complete the configuration of your server. Be sure that the Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now check box is selected.

  8. Click Close to start the configuration wizard. Instructions for completing the wizard are provided in the next set of steps.

Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard on additional servers

After Setup finishes, use the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to configure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The configuration wizard automates several configuration tasks, including installing and configuring the configuration database, and installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services. Use the following instructions to run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.

Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard

  1. On the Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies page, click Next.

  2. In the dialog box that notifies you that some services might need to be restarted during configuration, click Yes.

  3. On the Connect to a server farm page, click Yes, I want to connect to an existing server farm, and then click Next.

  4. In the Specify Configuration Database Settings dialog box, in the Database server box, type the name of the computer that is running SQL Server.

  5. Click Retrieve Database Names, and then from the Database name list, select the database name that you created when you configured the first server in your server farm.

  6. In the User name box, type the user name of the account used to connect to the computer running SQL Server. (Be sure to type the user name in the format DOMAIN\username.) This must be the same user account you used when you configured the first server.

  7. In the Password box, type the user's password, and then click Next.

  8. On the Completing the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard page, click Next.

  9. On the Configuration Successful page, click Finish.

Start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service

You must start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service on every computer that you want to search over content. You must start it on at least one of your servers.

Start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service

  1. On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Operations tab on the top link bar.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topology and Services section, click Servers in farm.

  3. On the Servers in Farm page, click the server on which you want to start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service.

  4. Next to Windows SharePoint Services Search, click Start.

  5. On the Configure Windows SharePoint Services Search Service Settings page, in the Service Account section, specify the user name and password for the user account under which the Search service will run.

  6. In the Content Access Account section, specify the user name and password for the user account that the Search service will use to search over content. This account must have read access to all the content you want it to search over. If you do not enter credentials, the same account used for the Search service will be used.

  7. In the Indexing Schedule section, either accept the default settings, or specify the schedule that you want the Search service to use when searching over content.

  8. After you have configured all the settings, click Start.

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