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Plant Applications Products Documentation

Getting Started Guide
- Plant Applications Installation Overview
- Preparing to Install Plant Applications
- Installing Plant Applications
  - About Installing Plant Applications
    This section of the document describes how to get started with the installation of Plant Applications. Ensure that you perform the following tasks for installing Plant Applications:
  - Installation Overview
    Plant Applications software includes components for Plant Applications and Workflow.
  - Install the Proficy Plant Applications Workflow
    The Proficy Application Server installs Workflow components as prerequisites for Plant Applications.
  - Binding HTTPS
    After IIS is installed and basic setup completed, you might need to bind an SSL certificate to HTTPS on the machine where the web server is installed.
  - Install the Plant Applications Server
  - How to Install Plant Applications Core in Silent Mode
  - Install the Plant Applications Client and Administrator
  - Data Authorization for Events Configured for Each Event Type
  - Install the Plant Applications SDK
    The Plant Applications SDK is a DLL that exposes methods to read and write Plant Applications data to use with VB.NET applications, Excel reports, and so forth.
  - Install the Plant Applications Web Client
  - Access the Plant Applications REST APIs
  - Swagger URLs of Rest Services
  - Unicode Utility
  - Task Lists for ActiveX and SOA Web Client
    ActiveX Task List installation is available as a separate option in a Workflow installation.
  - Preparing a SOA Database for UMDB Integration
    If you are upgrading an existing SOA database to a UMDB, prepare the database for migration by running the CreateAspect command from the command line with any required aspect options.
- Installing the Report (Web) Server
- Post-installation Tasks
- Plant Applications Client Interfaces
- Test and Production Environments
- Upgrading from Version 7.0 SP5 and Later
- Appendix: Cluster Installation and Configuration

Install the Plant Applications Web Client

Before you begin with the installation or upgrade, review the System Requirements section in the Web Client Installation Guide to ensure all minimum requirements are met.

To follow the recommended deployment architecture for the web client, refer to the Deployment Architecture section in Web Client Installation Guide.

Follow the high-level steps given below to install the Plant Applications Web Client:

Note:

You must install the Plant Applications Web Client to access the applications within the Plant Applications Web Client. For more information about installing Plant Applications Web Client, refer to the Web Client Installation Guide.

Plant Applications installer includes Plant Application Server, Plant Application client (Classic UI), Administrator, Report Server, Excel Add-in. For more information, refer to the Installing Plant Applications section in the Plant Application Getting Started Guide.

Plant Applications web client is built with Modern UI and micro services architecture which gets data from Plant Application Server. You can choose to deploy:

Windows based referred to as the Standard Web Client.
OR
Linux based referred to as the Enterprise Web Client with core features such as scalability For more information, refer to the Plant Application Web Client Installation Guide.