Post-Installation

The steps required to activate and configure the application after installation are listed below.

Startup

If you didn’t start the website during the installation procedure, manually start the Alpana3App and Alpana3Client websites from Microsoft IIS Management Console.
Open your web browser to point to the Alpana3Client website.

!Application startup takes some time, this is normal.
When starting the IIS website, your browser should display a “loading” animation for some time (usually about 1min).

First login to the Host

When Alpana Server is started for the first time, you can login to the Host using the following credentials :
User name : admin
Password : 123qwe

!Important : As with any default password, please change this password as soon as possible !

License Activation

You may now activate your license.
Without this step, you won’t be able to use your installation.

Browsing your license portal

Login to the web License Portal.
Navigate to Licenses & Activations :

Under Licenses & Activations, click the License ID you want to activate :

Important note

!Before starting the license activation, please make sure that you have enough Activations left !
If your Activations Left is 0, then your license is probably used elsewhere. Please contact your Software Distributor for support.

!To continue, the Activate button should be clickable.

Getting the License File

At the bottom, click the button Download License File :

⇒ A file AlpanaServer.lic is downloaded.
Move this file to your Alpana Server installation.

*You can leave this web page open, it will be used below to complete the Activation.

Activating the License File

On the Host of your Alpana Server, navigate to Administration > Settings, tab License Management.
Click Submit License File and upload the AlpanaServer.lic file :

⇒ The first step of license activation is complete, but your license is not yet activated.

Activating the License

On the Host of your Alpana Server, click License Activation and leave the pop-up window open :

On the web License Portal, click Activate and leave the pop-up window open :

On the Host of your Alpana Server, copy the User Code 1 and User Code2 :

…and paste them in the correct fields in the web License Portal, and click Activate :

⇒ As a result, the web License Portal displays an Activation Code :

Copy the Activation Code and in the Host of Alpana Server, paste it and click to save :

⇒ The License should be activated.

*If the License Activation was successful, you may delete the AlpanaServer.lic file.
It cannot be used later, and keeping it would only create confusion during a later activation.

Enabling the features

Depending on your license type, some features may be activated at the Host level.
Login to the Host and browse to Features :

Check the required Features and click Save :

!Important : After changing the allocated features, you must restart the application (from IIS Manager).

Then, in order for Tenants to benefit from the features, you must allocate them.

Assigning features to the Tenants

You will have to assign license features to the ‘Default’ Tenant.

By default, 1 Tenant exists, called “Default”. If your license allows only 1 Tenant, this is it !
Otherwise you may need to create your other Tenants.

On the Host, Navigate to Tenants management.
Then on the desired Tenant, select Action > Features :

In the Features window, check which Features to allocate, including resources, and click Save :

*don’t forget to allocate at least 1 Concurrent User, 1 account, and 1 Dashboard !

What’s next ?

Login to a Tenant

By default, 1 Tenant exists, called “Default”.
You can login to this Default Tenant using the following credentials :
User name : admin
Password : 123qwe

*Note : this user is not the same as the “admin” user of the Host : it is 2 different accounts.

!Important : As with any default password, please change this password as soon as possible !

Changing default passwords

To change the password, click on your “admin” username on the top right, and in the menu select Change Password :

*Note :
There are 2 accounts called admin that have the same default password 123qwe :
- the admin account of the Host
- the admin account of the “Default” tenant
They are different accounts.
Don’t forget to change both passwords.

Create Categories

Create Categories on the Tenant.
This will allow users to publish Dashboards.

Configure the application

There are several configuration options as an Administrator, please see the Administration pages.
For example, you may wish to Configure e-mail settings.
This will allow to invite users by e-mail, let them recover their passwords, and more.

Create users

Create Users and Roles to let users access Alpana Server.
Configure the relevant security options.

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