v7 on-premise & hybrid

Installing the server

Executing the installation program

For a Windows 32 bit platform, install Adobe Campaign 32 bit. For a Windows 64 bit platform, install Adobe Campaign 64 bit.

The installation steps for the Adobe Campaign server are the following:

1. Execute the file setup.exe.

   

2. Select the installation type.

   

   Several installation types are available:

   • Installation of an application server : Install the Adobe Campaign application server and the client console.
   • Minimal installation (Network) : Installation of the client computer from the network. Only a limited number of DLLs will be installed on the computer, if necessary, and all the other components will be used from a network drive.
   • Installation of a client : Installation of the required components for the Adobe Campaign client.
   • Custom installation : The user chooses the elements to be installed.

   Select Installation of an application server, and go through the different steps as shown below:

   

3. Select the installation directory:

   

4. Click Finish to start the installation:

   

   The progress bar shows how far the installation is:

   

   Once the installation is complete, a message appears to let you know:

   

   NOTE

   Once the server installation is complete a reboot of the server is required to avoid possible network issue.

   Once the installation is complete, start Adobe Campaign to create the configuration files. Refer to First start-up of the server.

Summary installation testing

You can test the initial installation using the following command:

nlserver pdump

If Adobe Campaign is not started, the response is:

No task

First start-up of the server

Once the installation test is complete, open a command prompt via the Start > Programs > Adobe Campaign menu and enter the following command:

nlserver web

The files in the installation directory are used to configure the Adobe Campaign server modules.

The following information is displayed:

15:30:12 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
15:30:12 >   Web server start (pid=664, tid=4188)...
15:30:12 >   Creation of server configuration file '[INSTALL]bin..confserverConf.xml' server via '[INSTALL]bin..conffraserverConf.xml.sample
15:30:12 >   Creation of server configuration file '[INSTALL]bin..confconfig-default.xml' server via '[INSTALL]bin..confmodelsconfig-default.xml
15:30:12 >   Server started
15:30:12 >   Stop requested (pid=664)
15:30:12 >   Web server stop (pid=664, tid=4188)...

Press Ctrl+C to stop the process, then enter the following command:

nlserver start web

The following information is displayed:

12:17:21 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
12:17:21 >   Start of the 'web@default' ('nlserver web -tracefile:web@default -instance:default -detach -tomcat -autorepair') task in a new process
12:17:21 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
12:17:21 >   Web server start (pid=29188, tid=-1224824320)...
12:17:21 >   Generation of configuration changes '[INSTALL]bin..confserverConf.xml.diff' between '[INSTALL]bin..confserverConf.xml' and '[INSTALL]bin..conffraserverConf.xml.sample'
12:17:22 >   Tomcat started
12:17:22 >   Server started

To stop it, enter:

nlserver stop web

The following information is displayed:

12:18:31 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
12:18:31 >   Stop requested for 'web@default' ('nlserver web -tracefile:web@default -instance:default -detach -tomcat -autorepair', pid=29188, tid=-1224824320)...
12:18:31 >   Stop requested (pid=29188)
12:18:31 >   Web server stopped (pid=29188, tid=-1224824320)...

Password for the internal identifier

The Adobe Campaign server defines a technical login called internal that has all rights on all instances. Just after installation the login does not have a password. It is mandatory to define one.

Learn more in this section.

Starting Adobe Campaign services

To start the Adobe Campaign services, you can use the service manager or enter the following at the command line (with the appropriate rights):

net start nlserver6

If you need to stop the Adobe Campaign processes later on, use the command:

net stop nlserver6

Installing LibreOffice

Download LibreOffice and follow the regular installation steps.

Add the following environment variable:

OOO_BASIS_INSTALL_DIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 6\"