Install Collectors Using the Installer

Before you begin

  • Deploy Proficy Historian for AWS.
  • If you want to upgrade your collectors from any previous versions of the Cloud collectors, first uninstall the collectors and then install the Historian 2024 version collectors from the Historian 2024 install media (.ISO).

About this task

This topic describes how to install collectors using an installer. You can also install them at a command prompt. If you have already installed collectors in a previous version of Proficy Historian for AWS, you can upgrade them by installing them again.

Procedure

  1. Run the Windows Installer using the InstallLauncher.exe file.
  2. Select Install Collectors.
    The welcome page appears.
  3. Select Next.
    The license agreement appears.
  4. Select the Accept check box, and then select Next.
    The default installation drive appears.
  5. If needed, modify the installation drive, and then select Next.
    The data directory page appears.
  6. If needed, change the folder for storing the collector log files, and then select Next.
    The destination Historian server page appears.
  7. Provide the credentials of the Windows user account of the destination Historian server to which you want to connect.
    Field Description
    Historian Server

    Enter the Amazon Network Load Balancer (NLB) DNS.

    Tip: To find the NLB DNS:
    1. Access the EKS cluster on which you have deployed Proficy Historian for AWS.
    2. Access the EC2 instance.
    3. In the navigation pane, under Load Balancing, select Load Balancers.
    4. Select the load balancer for which you want to find the DNS.
    5. In the Description section, copy the DNS name.
    User Name Enter the username to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.
    Password Enter the password to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.
    Tip: For the default user, ihCloudHistAdmin, this is the value you entered in the Password field under Proficy Authentication Configuration when you created the stack.
    Confirm Password Re-enter the password.
    These details are required for Remote Collector Manager to connect to Historian to manage the collectors remotely. If you are installing collectors on same machine as the Historian server, and if strict collector authentication is disabled, you need not provide these details; by default, the machine name of the local Historian server is considered. If, however, they are installed on different machines, or if strict collector authentication is enabled, you must provide the credentials of the Historian server user.
  8. Select Next.
    The You are ready to install page appears.
  9. Select Install.
    The installation begins.
  10. When you are prompted to reboot your system, select Yes.

Results

The collector executable files are installed in the following folder: <installation drive>:\Program Files (x86)\GE Digital\<collector name>. The iFIX collectors are installed in the following folder: C:\Program Files\GE\iFIX. The following registry paths are created:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ GE Digital\iHistorian\Services\<collector type>
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GE Digital\iHistorian\Services\<collector type>
In addition, if iFIX and/or CIMPLICITY are installed on the same machine as the collectors, instances of the following collectors are created:
  • The iFIX collector
  • The iFIX Alarms & Events collector
  • The OPC Classic Data Access collector for CIMPLICITY
  • The OPC Classic Alarms and Events collector for CIMPLICITY