Install the Proficy Plant Applications Workflow

The Proficy Application Server installs Workflow components as prerequisites for Plant Applications.

Before you begin

Verify that you have:

  • Installed the license files.
  • Turned the WCF HTTP Activation component on.

About this task

Workflow is required even if you are planning to use legacy Plant Applications features and Plant Applications data models without any merged SOA data models. You need a Workflow license to use workflows.

During the Proficy Application Server installation, you must specify the location for the SQL Server that hosts the database, as well as the name of the database. Stored in an XML file the Plant Applications installation uses this information in one of these scenarios:

  • When Workflow adds Plant Applications tables to the SOA database to install a UMDB. After installing Plant Applications, you must run scripts to prepare data when a UMDB is installed with existing SOA data.
  • When Workflow adds SOA tables and keys to a Plant Applications database (if specified as the database during installation) to install a UMDB. Before installing Workflow, you must run a script to prepare the Plant Applications database for the UMDB installation.

Procedure

  1. Copy the software and extract files to the computer where you want to install the Proficy Application Server components, then run InstallFrontEnd.exe as an administrator.

    The Proficy Plant Applications 2023 page appears.

  2. From the Installation Menu, under Prerequisites, select Proficy Application Server.

    The Workflow 2.6 SP1 page appears.

  3. Select Install Client and Application Server.

    The Client and Application Server Setup Wizard appears.

  4. Select Application Server.

    The Application Server Type page appears.

  5. Select Core server as the type of Proficy Application Server, then select Next.

    The License Agreement page appears.

  6. Select I Agree to accept the agreement.

    The Installation Folders and Architecture page appears.

  7. Select 32-bit as the architecture type, and then select Next to install the Application server 32-bit components to the default folder or select Browse to select a different location.
    Note: Plant Applications does not support 64-bit architecture.

    The AD LDS Integration page appears.

  8. When Active Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) is not configured, then select Next to use a stand-alone local directory.

    The Database Configuration page appears.

  9. In the SQL Server area, enter the following information.
    Field Description
    Server Enter the server name where SQL is installed.
    Database Select the database.

    When you install a UMDB from a SOA database, the Database field populates the name as SOADB.

    When upgrading from an existing Plant Applications database, specify its name or enter a new name for the UMDB.

    Authentication

    Select one of the following:

    • Windows Authentication
    • SQL Server Authentication
    User Name Enter the user name you added during the SQL installation.
    Password Enter the password you added during the SQL installation.
    Note:

    The SQL User account used for the database when installing Plant Applications requires, at minimum, system administrator privileges. To review login permissions and connection properties set up in SQL Server:

    1. Select Properties by right-clicking a server name in Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio.
    2. Review the Security and Permissions pages in the Server Properties window.
    3. Select View connection properties in the Connections pane.
  10. Select Next.

    The Configure Security page appears.

  11. Do the following:
    • Enter the administrator credentials for Workflow.
    • In the Advanced user authentication settings area, select the required options.
  12. Select Next.

    The Service Certificates page appears.

  13. Select the Generate new and unique certificates option, and then select Next. For more information, see, SSL Security Certificates.
    The installation program places a certificate into the trusted root store on the server where the Application Server is installed.
  14. When the installation wizard displays a Firewall Detected message, disable your firewalls, or configure your computer to communicate with the server, then select Next to continue.

    The Installation Confirmation page appears.

  15. Select Install to install Proficy components.
    Note: The installation program times out after 10 minutes if the Proficy Server service does not start, and a message prompts you to manually start the service. When the service starts, the installation automatically continues.

    The Installing Workflow 2.6SP1 page displays the installation progress bar.

    When installation is complete, the window displays a confirmation message. Select Exit to close the installation wizard.

    Note: When Microsoft visual C++ is available, and you upgrade Plant Applications Workflow from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, the system displays a message: Failed to install Microsoft visual C++ 2015-2019 redistribution package(X64). To install Workflow successfully, first uninstall Microsoft visual C++ 2015-2019 redistribution package(X64), and then install Workflow.
  16. To verify that the SQL Server installed successfully, check the SQL server setup failed status in the SetupDataPlantAppsTemplateFile.xml file under Program Data/Proficy.