Install Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows

To install IBM® Connect:Direct® for Microsoft Windows:

  1. If you downloaded the software from IBM Passport Advantage, double-click cdw_install.exe from the download folder.
    Note: Passport Advantage provides access to your IBM software purchases, so you can download products directly to the computers where you want to install them. For information on the how to download software using Passport Advantage see, https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/index.html.
  2. On the Welcome dialog, click Next.
  3. To install Connect:Direct Secure Plus, select Custom and click Next. The Custom Setup dialog box is displayed that shows the features available for installation.
    • To configure SQL Server, disable the PostgreSQL feature on this dialog.
    • To install Connect:Direct Secure Plus, click the icon next to application and identify the type of installation.
  4. To change the default installation path, click Change. Select the installation location and click OK.
  5. Click Next.
  6. To configure the Connect:Direct, enable Custom and click Next.
  7. The name of the local node is displayed. It is the hostname of the computer where you are installing the product. To change the local node name, type the alternate node name and click Next.
    Important: Characters used in Netmap Node Names (or Secure+ Node Names or Secure+ Alias Names) should be restricted to A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and @ # $ . _ - to ensure that the entries can be properly managed by Control Center, Sterling Connect:Direct Browser User Interface, or IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Application Interface for Java™ for Java (AIJ) programs. However, use of ‘@’ characters in a node name is discouraged, as it will cause some clients to display proxy records incorrectly. If the ‘@’ character is at the end of a node name, client display of a proxy record with this node name will fail.
  8. Configure the database you selected as follows:
    • If you accepted the default database, PostgreSQL, type the information provided by your system administrator and click Next .
      Note: If you chose another database and decide to install PostgreSQL at a later time, run cdw_install.exe. You can also install the PostgreSQL feature using the "Add or Remove Programs" tool from the Windows Control Panel.
    • To configure SQL Server, type the address of the remote SQL Server and identify the authentication method. Click Next.
  9. To specify an optional user account to run the Connect:Direct service, type the service account name and password, and click Next.

    When setting up the service account, see Customize a Connect:Direct Logon Account.

  10. To configure TCP/IP as the connection method, provide the following information, and click Next:
    • Node-to-Node IP Address
    • Node-to-Node Port
    • Application Interface IP address
    • Application Interface Port
  11. Control Center Director upgrades and applies maintenance to Connect:Direct through a Connect:Direct Agent instance. To configure the Agent installation information that Control Center Director will use to communicate with the Agent, provide the following information and click Next.
    • Install Agent Application Interface Port
      Note: Install Agent’s Application Interface Address is the same as the Connect:Direct Server’s Application Interface Address, specified in the step above.
    • Control Center Director’s Event Repository URL (Open Server Architecture - OSA URL)
  12. To use Active Directory, select Register Client Connection Settings and click Next.
  13. To configure the IBM Connect:Direct Integrated Web Services, provide the port number which will be used by the Web Console to run and click on Next.
  14. To configure notification support, select SMTP.
    Note: Connect:Direct Windows does not bundle SMTP server, the user must have an SMTP server in place to be able to use SMTP notifications.
  15. Click Next.
  16. To use a predefined network map, user authorities or initialization parameters file, for example exported from a previous versions of the product, click Browse and select the configuration file to import. Click Next.
  17. Click Install.
  18. When the installation is finished, Integrated Connect:Direct Web Services is automatically started. If you do not want it to start automatically, deselect this option.
  19. Click Finish.