Installing DataMiner using the DataMiner Installer

With the DataMiner installer, you can install DataMiner on premises, in a private cloud, or in a hybrid setup.

The core DataMiner software can only be installed on the C: drive. It is currently not possible to select another drive for this. The storage nodes for the DataMiner System can be hosted in the cloud by Skyline (Storage as a Service), or you can host them yourself. You will be able to select your preferred option for this during the installation.

You can follow the steps below or watch this short video, which shows you how to install a self-managed system using the DataMiner Installer with the Storage as a Service storage type:

Important

• Avoid using duplicates of existing VMs to install a new DataMiner machine. Using cloned VMs can cause certain configurations from the previous DataMiner machine to linger and cause conflicts in the system.
• If you do not want to do a default installation, but you want to restore a backup, create a Failover Agent to pair with an existing Agent, or do an offline installation, you will need to follow a different procedure than shown in the video above. Please read the instructions below carefully to make sure you follow the correct procedure.

Tip

By default, a DataMiner System is deployed with a Community Edition license. For information on pricing and limitations for this license, see DataMiner Community Edition.

Before you run the installer

1. Make sure the necessary .NET and .NET Framework versions are installed. See DataMiner Compute Requirements.

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   Are you not sure which versions you have installed? Take a look at Microsoft's guide on this topic. You can also consult their .NET Framework installation guide.

   
   
   

2. Make sure the server is synced with an NTP server. If you intend to install multiple DataMiner Agents in a cluster, make sure all servers are synced with the same NTP server.

3. Make sure that no anti-virus software will interfere with the DataMiner installer and with the DataMiner software once it is installed. See Regarding antivirus software.

4. Make sure you have a Windows account with administrator rights. If you intend to use a DataMiner installer older than version 10.2, this must be the server's local Administrator account. For later installers, any account with administrator rights will suffice.

5. Verify in the network configuration that the network interface uses a static IP instead of DHCP, because DataMiner requires a static IP.

   For more details, refer to Change TCP/IP Settings under Essential Network Settings and Tasks in Windows.

6. Download the DataMiner installer from DataMiner Dojo.

Note

If you intend to install a DataMiner Agent that will be used in a Failover setup based on virtual IP, you will also need to install Npcap or WinPcap (deprecated) on the system. For a regular DataMiner Agent or a Failover setup based on hostname, this software will not be needed.

Running the installer

To install DataMiner using the DataMiner Installer v10.4, follow the steps below:

1. Double-click the setup executable.

   If elevated permissions are required, in case you are logged in with a user account with administrator rights, you will only need to confirm. In case you are logged in with a regular user account, you will need to provide credentials for a user account with administrator rights.

2. Click Install.

   The progress of the installation will be displayed. A cancel button in the lower right corner allows you to cancel the installation process if necessary.

   Once the installation is complete, the configuration window will be displayed.

   Important

   At this point, the DataMiner core software is fully installed. If you continue with the steps below, the installer will also automatically take care of the license and data storage configuration. However, if you do not want a default installation, you may not want to use this automatic configuration:

   • The default installation requires a connection to the internet. For an offline installation, skip the configuration below. Instead, the license and data storage configuration will need to be done manually:
     • For the license, see Permanent license.
     • For the data storage configuration, please refer to Configuring dedicated clustered storage.
   • The procedure below will deploy DataMiner in subscription mode with a Community Edition license. To switch to a perpetual license, see Switching from subscription mode to perpetual license. To immediately install DataMiner with a perpetual license, you will need to configure the license and data storage manually, similar to an offline installation.
   • If you intend to restore a backup coming from another machine because of e.g. a hardware migration or during disaster recovery, skip the configuration below and follow the steps under Restoring a backup onto the new installed DataMiner Agent.
   • If you are installing a Failover Agent, skip the configuration below, and follow the steps under Configuring the new DataMiner Agent as a new Agent in a Failover pair.

3. To continue with a default installation, click Start.

4. Select the desired database type, and click Next.

   These are the available database types:

   • Storage as a Service (STaaS) (recommended).

   • Self-hosted - External Storage: A regular dedicated clustered storage setup. If you select this option, you will also need to fill in the connection details for both Cassandra and OpenSearch.

     Note

     Make sure these clusters are active and reachable from the machine where you are installing DataMiner. You are responsible for the management of these external database clusters.

5. Fill in the required details to connect your DataMiner Agent to dataminer.services and click Next:

   • Organization API Key: Provide an organization key that has the necessary permissions to add DataMiner Systems in your organization. For more information on how you can add a new organization key to your organization on dataminer.services, see Managing dataminer.services keys.
   • System Name: This name will be used to identify the DataMiner System in various dataminer.services applications.
   • System URL: This URL will grant you remote access to your DataMiner System web applications. You can choose to either disable or enable this remote access feature at any time.
   • Admin Email: This email address must be associated with a dataminer.services account that is a member of your organization. It will become the owner of the DMS on dataminer.services.
   • STaaS Region: If you have selected to use STaaS for data storage, select the region where your data should be hosted.

6. Verify the selected configuration and click Configure

7. When the configuration is complete, click Finish to close the installer.

   DataMiner will automatically start up, get licensed, and connect to dataminer.services. DataMiner Cube will also be installed, so you can connect to DataMiner locally. At this point, the basic installation is complete.

8. To be able to make full use of all available DataMiner features, upgrade to the latest feature or main release version.

Important

During the DataMiner installation, you are automatically added to the Administrator group by the installation wizard, giving you all Administrator rights in DataMiner. To grant others access to the newly installed DMA, log in to Cube using the same Windows account as was used to install DataMiner, and configure user permissions as described in Basic security configuration.

Note

• To view detailed log information on the installation process, in the last step of the installer, click the open log files button.
• After the installation, if you have configured security so that there is at least one other user with full administrator rights, you can safely remove the account you used for the installation if necessary.