Deployment Guide

Overview of CentreStack. 5

Terminology. 7

Dependency Components. 8

Windows 2008 (SP2/R2), Windows 2012/R2. 8

SQL Server. 8

.Net Framework 4. 8

ASP.NET 4.5. 8

Internet Information Server. 8

Recommended Hardware Specification. 9

Capacity Planning. 9

Load Balancing. 9

Tenant Considerations. 10

Active Directory Integration. 10

Storage Considerations. 10

Backup CentreStack. 11

Deployment Scenarios. 11

Private On-premise. 11

Private Off-Premise. 11

Virtual Private Cloud. 11

Multi-Site Deployment. 12

Security Consideration. 12

Access Clients and CENTRESTACK. 12

CentreStack and Active Directory. 12

Different Deployment Options. 12

All-In-One Deployment. 12

Single-Server Deployment. 13

Two-Server Deployment. 13

Three-Server Deployment for Redundancy. 14

Multiple-Machine Deployment for Scalability. 14

Typical Deployment in Enterprise. 18

Deployment Steps. 19

Prepare Clean Windows 2008/R2 or 2012/R2 Machine. 19

Start Installation. 19

Initial Configuration. 22

Configure the Very First Tenant. 23

Select Active Directory (optional) 24

Pick a default (Primary) storage. 25

Cluster Manager. 28

Add Tenant. 29

Overview of the Web Portal 30

Enable SSL for HTTPS. 31

Firewall Settings. 35

Download the Access Clients. 35

Web Based Management Console. 36

Delegate Administration. 40

Active Directory Integration (Optional) 40

Change Authentication Algorithm to Version 2. 42

Change the Synchronized Uploader to Asynchronized Uploader. 43

Zone Support. 43

Scalability Tuning. 43

Tuning #1 ? namespace/web.config. 44

Tuning #2 ? aspnet.config. 45

Tuning #3 ? machine.config. 45

Tuning #4 ? appConcurrentRequestLimit. 45

Need More Information?. 45

Installation Guide

Overview of CentreStack. 4

Deployment Diagram.. 6

Step 1: Prepare the File Storage. 8

Step 2: Prepare the Active Directory (Optional) 8

Step 3: Prepare the Database Server. 9

Step 4: Prepare the Worker Nodes. 11

Step 5: Start Installation. 11

Step 6: Initial Configuration. 15

Step 7: Check Out Web Portal 17

Step 8: Check out the Management Console. 18

Step 9: Enable SSL ? Install SSL Certificate. 19

Step 10: Set up Worker Node properties. 24

Step 11: Verify External URL, Internal URL and Node Name. 27

Verify External URL. 27

Verify Internal URL. 28

Verify Node Name. 28

Step 12: Add the node to the Load Balancer. 29

Step 13: Setup the Second Node (Worker Node #2) 31

Option 1 ? GUI Setup. 31

Option 2 ? Command Line Script Setup. 31

13.1 ? Preparation on the Worker Node #1. 31

13.2 - Clone Program Files. 33

13.3 ? Clone the Registry. 34

13.4 ? Command Line Setup for the IIS ASP.NET and WCF applications. 35

13.5 - Import SSL Certificate. 36

13.6 - Sanity Check Worker Node #2. 37

13.7 ? Add the worker node 2 to the cluster. 38

13.8 ? Add the worker node #2 to the Load Balancer. 39

13.9 Pre-Compile ASP.NET Pages. 41

Step 14: Setup Worker Node #3. 41

Branding. 43

Self-Service Branding. 43

Full-Branding Service. 43

Upgrade. 44

Option #1 ? GUI Installer for Upgrade. 44

Option #2 ? Command Line Upgrade. 44

Step 1 ? Unzip the Folder. 44

Step 2 ? Copy files over to the Program Files. 45

Admin Guide

Overview of CentreStack. 4

Administration Scope. 4

Cluster Administrator. 4

Tenant Administrator. 5

Cluster Manager. 5

Cluster Manager Web Portal 6

Cluster Server Farm.. 9

Tenant Manager. 17

Dashboard. 18

Collaboration. 18

Storage Manager Properties – Local Storage. 20

Storage Manager – Cloud Storage Property. 21

User Manager. 22

Regular User Manager. 23

Guest User Manager. 23

Group Manager. 23

Role Manager. 23

Group Policy. 24

Group Policy –Security. 24

Group Policy – Client Control 27

Group Policy - Retention Policy. 30

Group Policy - Home Directory Policy. 31

Group Policy - Password Policy. 31

Group Policy - Client Settings Manager Policy. 32

Tenant Administrators. 32

Advanced Information. 34

Active Directory Settings. 34

Audit Trace. 36

File Change Log. 36

Client Device Manager. 37

My Devices. 37

Storage Location Migration. 38