Installing the PowerDesigner Web Server

PowerDesigner Web allows you to view any PowerDesigner diagram and to create and edit certain diagrams in your Web browser. The PowerDesigner installation disc includes components that are required to browse your repository from the web, along with a standard Apache Tomcat Web server. Before beginning the installation, you should already have created your repository database and have the DBMS user name and password to hand.

1. Navigate to and double-click Autorun.exe in your PowerDesigner DVD to launch the installer, and click Install PowerDesigner Portal 16.6. Alternatively, if you have downloaded an install, double-click PowerDesigner166_Portal.exe.
2. Choose the language to install PowerDesigner Web in and then click OK to go to the welcome page.
   The chosen language will be set as the default interface language for users connecting to PowerDesigner Web, but they can choose from any of the supported languages from the login or home page.
3. Click Next to go to the license agreement page, and select the location where you are installing the software. Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree radio button to accept the terms of the agreement. If you click I Do Not Agree, you cannot proceed with the Setup program and you will have to cancel the install.
   Note

   You can print the License Agreement from the Setup\Licenses directory of the installation media.

4. Click Next to go to the directory selection page. Accept the default installation directory or choose another by clicking the Browse button.
5. Click Next to go to the application server page. By default, the installer will install a new 32-bit or 64-bit Tomcat 7 server. If you want to use one of the other supported servers, select it and specify its location. Default server ports may be provided that you must verify. At least one port is required in order to create a connection profile and connect to the repository database.
   Note If you choose the WebLogic application server, you must deploy the archive directory (by default, the weblogic_openfolder directory inside your installation directory) from your WebLogic Administrative Console once the setup has completed.

   Note If you choose an existing Tomcat server, to optimize performance, you should ensure that the following compression options are set in your <Connector> element in Tomcat/conf/server.xml:

   compression="on"
   compressionMinSize="2048"
   noCompressionUserAgents="gozilla, traviata"
   compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,application/xml,application/atom+xml,application/x-font-ttf,application/javascript,application/json,text/css"
   

   
   
   
6. Click Next to go to the database parameters page, which lets you enter the appropriate parameters for your database. If you select the Use Windows Authentication checkbox, you will need to select the This account option on the Log On tab of the web server service property sheet before starting the service.
   
   
7. Click Next to go to the license server page and specify the name of the computer that is used as a license server.
   If you do not use a license server, you can select the I don't have a License Server option. You will be able to proceed with the installation, but you will not be able to create or edit diagrams and objects through PowerDesigner Web.
8. Click Next to go to the information page which summarizes your choices.
9. Click Next to accept the current settings and start copying files.

   A progress box is displayed and setup copies files to the destination directory.

10. When the setup is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard.
    The server connects to the database and detects whether the repository is already created in the database and if this is not the case, it will create it. In this situation, you must connect to the repository for the first time with the following credentials:

    • User Name: ADMIN
    • Password: ChangeMe - you will immediately be prompted to change the password.