Applications Manager Free/Professional Edition Installation

• If it is based on SQL Authentication, enter the Host Name, Port Number, Database Name, User Name, Password of the SQL Server. You can also enable Force Encryption, if required.
• If it is based on Windows Authentication, enter the Host Name, Port Number, Database Name of the SQL Server and the User Name, Password of the Windows machine on which SQL Server is running. You can also enable Force Encryption, if required.

• Access to the master database is required for the backend database.
• Password field should not contain the special character [ \ ] for MS SQL backend database.

Once the installation wizard is complete, the Applications Manager setup can be found under directory.

Installing Applications Manager on Linux

To install Applications Manager on Linux, follow the steps given below:

Note: When installing Applications Manager in a Linux machine, make sure that the installation is done using a root user account with admin privileges.

1. Download the ManageEngine Applications Manager (.bin) installation file.
2. Open the command terminal and navigate to the directory where the Applications Manager installation file is downloaded.
3. Assign executable permission to the downloaded file using the following command: sudo chmod a+x ManageEngine_ApplicationsManager_64bit.bin
4. Now execute the downloaded Applications Manager installation file using the following command: sudo ./ManageEngine_ApplicationsManager_64bit.bin
5. The Installation Wizard is displayed and will guide you through the setup process. Click Next on the welcome screen to begin the installation process.
6. Read the license agreement, accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
7. You will be asked to select the edition that is required to be installed in your system. Choose Free or Professional Edition and click Next. View edition comparison
8. Select the language in which you wish to install Applications Manager and click Next.
9. For Professional Edition of Applications Manager, you will be asked to choose the user type with which you wish to be created—Trial User or Registered User. If Registered User is chosen, select and upload the registered license file from your system and click Next.
10. Enter the WebServer Port number (9090, by default) at which the web server is to be started and SSL Port number (8443, by default) of the web server. Click Next to proceed.
11. Select the required database backend support to use (PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server) and click Next. Note: Make sure to implement the prerequisites that are required for setting up MS SQL server as database backend. Learn more
12. PostgreSQL - PostgreSQL comes bundled with your download of Applications Manager, therefore no setup is required.
13. Microsoft SQL Server (version 2012 and above): Enter the following details based on the type of authentication selected (SQL Authentication or Windows Authentication). Select the Use Named Instance checkbox if you wish to specify the named instance for the SQL server along with the following details:
14. If it is based on SQL Authentication, enter the Host Name, Port Number, Database Name, User Name, Password of the SQL Server. You can also enable Force Encryption, if required.
15. If it is based on Windows Authentication, enter the Host Name, Port Number, Database Name of the SQL Server and the User Name, Password of the Windows machine on which SQL Server is running. You can also enable Force Encryption, if required.

• Access to the master database is required for the backend database.
• DB Name, Username and Password fields should not contain any special characters for MS SQL backend database, except the following:
  • DB Name - [ @ . , _ = ^ # - ]
  • User Name - [ @ . , _ = * ^ # - \ ]
  • Password - [ @ . , _ = * ^ # - ]