Step 6: Sitecore XP9 Install using SIF – Executing SIF Installation Script

I know you are dying to see the Sitecore 9 login window and the home page rendering with default layout . Don’t worry this is the last step towards that stage when we will be installing the SIF script.

1.    Sitecore 9 Installation Guide provide the script to be executed. But before executing that we need to update few configurations under #define parameters section in the script, I marked them in BOLD.

#define parameters

$prefix = “sc9”

$PSScriptRoot = “D:\Sitecore9\SC9Install”

$XConnectCollectionService = “$prefix.xconnect”

$sitecoreSiteName = “$prefix.sc9local”

$SolrUrl = “https://localhost:8983/solr”

$SolrRoot = “D:\Sitecore9\solr-6.6.2”

$SolrService = “solr662”

$SqlServer = “DESKTOP-8I4B0O3\SQLEXPRESS2016”

$SqlAdminUser = “scuser”

$SqlAdminPassword=”sa123″

#install client certificate for xconnect

$certParams =

@{

Path = “$PSScriptRoot\xconnect-createcert.json”

CertificateName = “$prefix.xconnect_client”

}

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @certParams -Verbose

#install solr cores for xdb

$solrParams =

@{

Path = “$PSScriptRoot\xconnect-solr.json”

SolrUrl = $SolrUrl

SolrRoot = $SolrRoot

SolrService = $SolrService

CorePrefix = $prefix }

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @solrParams

#deploy xconnect instance

$xconnectParams =

@{

Path = “$PSScriptRoot\xconnect-xp0.json”

Package = “$PSScriptRoot\Sitecore 9.0.0 rev. 171002 (OnPrem)_xp0xconnect.scwdp.zip”

LicenseFile = “$PSScriptRoot\license.xml”

Sitename = $XConnectCollectionService

XConnectCert = $certParams.CertificateName

SqlDbPrefix = $prefix

SqlServer = $SqlServer

SqlAdminUser = $SqlAdminUser

SqlAdminPassword = $SqlAdminPassword

SolrCorePrefix = $prefix

SolrURL = $SolrUrl

}

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @xconnectParams

#install solr cores for sitecore

$solrParams =

@{

Path = “$PSScriptRoot\sitecore-solr.json”

SolrUrl = $SolrUrl

SolrRoot = $SolrRoot

SolrService = $SolrService

CorePrefix = $prefix

}

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @solrParams

#install sitecore instance

$xconnectHostName = “$prefix.xconnect”

$sitecoreParams =

@{

Path = “$PSScriptRoot\sitecore-XP0.json”

Package = “$PSScriptRoot\Sitecore 9.0.0 rev. 171002 (OnPrem)_single.scwdp.zip”

LicenseFile = “$PSScriptRoot\license.xml”

SqlDbPrefix = $prefix

SqlServer = $SqlServer

SqlAdminUser = $SqlAdminUser

SqlAdminPassword = $SqlAdminPassword

SolrCorePrefix = $prefix

SolrUrl = $SolrUrl

XConnectCert = $certParams.CertificateName

Sitename = $sitecoreSiteName

XConnectCollectionService = “https://$XConnectCollectionService”

}

Install-SitecoreConfiguration @sitecoreParams

2.    Let’s talk a bit about these parameters

• $prefix = “sc9” :- This is the prefix of Sitecore Site which will be created in IIS. I did a small mistake that I used sc9 as prefix and in $sitecoreSiteName, I used sc9local. Hence my final site came up like sc9.sc9local. Better you use the different prefix, although this can be modified later.
• $PSScriptRoot = “D:\Sitecore9\SC9Install”:- This is the path of Sitecore repository where we place all the zips and JSON files in Step1.
• $XConnectCollectionService = “$prefix.xconnect” : This will be name of your xConnect website which will be configured in IIS.
• $sitecoreSiteName = “$prefix.sc9local”: Choose a name of your site here.
• $SolrUrl = https://localhost:8983/solr: URL of your Solr on HTTPS.
• $SolrRoot = “D:\Sitecore9\solr-6.6.2”: Path of your Solr Root folder where we installed Solr.
• $SolrService = “solr662”: Name of you Solr service configured on HTTPS.
• $SqlServer = “DESKTOP-8I4B0O3\SQLEXPRESS2016”: Name of your SQL Server.
• $SqlAdminUser = “scuser”: SQL Server user with sysadmin rights.
• $SqlAdminPassword=”sa123″: Password for your SQL Server user with sysadmin rights.

3.    Once all the parameters are updated, save it as a Powershell script and place the script in some folder. I named it as Sitecore9Install.ps1

4.    Run the Powershell in administrator mode and execute the script

5.    Grab a coffee, push back your seat and let the process complete. Here are few screen shots of the process, it took around 5-7 minutes to complete the process for me.

6.    And when it is finally a successful install

7.    Post successful install you will find two websites installed under IIS. One is your Sitecore another is for xConnect

8.    Guess what? We are done. Browse your website.

9.    Try login in Sitecore. Ohhh do you have you credentials created? Never mind, as always be default it is admin/b 😛

10.    Verify that your xConnect site is also up and running

Here you go!!!! Isn’t it exciting?

We are just left with some post installation steps, which are mentioned in the Installation Guide under Chapter 6 and these are very pretty straight forward.

• Add a Recognized User to the xDB Shard Databases
• Rebuild the Search Indexes and the Link Databases
• Deploy Marketing Definitions
• Content Expiration
• Tracking Configuration

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