Installing and Setting up Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016
This section explains how to install Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016. After installing it, follow Configuring Ektron to work with Microsoft Search Server 2013 or 2016 to configure the search provider. To learn how to use the search, read Using Microsoft Search Server features.
IMPORTANT: Do not close the screen yet.
Domain\UserName
.Shared Features
NOTE: Before installing prerequisites, follow these steps to ignore an issue that appears when installing.
Add-WindowsFeature NET-HTTP-Activation,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Xps-Viewer -verbose
All SharePoint 2013 prerequisites will be installed.
Prerequisites
NOTE: SharePoint Foundation 2013 is not compatible with Ektron.
NOTE: The SP_FARM user should be a domain user that was added to the administrators group of the search machine, otherwise it will not let you add it. Instead of setting up a new user you can click Use existing managed account.
C:\Program Files\Ektron\CMS400versionnumber\Utilities\SearchServer
.EktronSearchConfiguration.exe
. Select the folder to which you want to install the Search Server files. Ektron recommends using the default folder. Click Next.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\CMS400versionnumber\Utilities\SearchServer\Ektron.Cms.Search.Config.UI.exe
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