Sharepoint 2013 : Installing and Configuring Windows Azure Workflow Server (part 2) - The Install

4. The Install

You are ready to perform the installation and configuration. In the sections that follow, you install and configure Workflow Manager, pair the workflow farm with the SharePoint farm, and verify that the environment is functioning properly.

Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0

Begin by installing and configuring Workflow Manager.

1. Log into ContosoServer as a farm administrator.

2. Download and install the Web Platform Installer using the link provided earlier in the “Web Platform Installer” section. After the prerequisites have been downloaded and installed, the configuration wizard, shown in Figure 1, will start automatically.

FIGURE 1

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NOTE The WPI requires Internet access to complete the installation. If your server does not have Internet access, you can still use the installer by downloading all the required files ahead of time. To do so, use the WebPICmd.exe application, which can be downloaded from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=233753. After downloading, extract the zip file to your local hard drive. Launch PowerShell using Run as administrator privileges, and execute:

./webpicmd.exe /offline /products:workflow /path:c:[path]

where c:[path] is the location where the installation files will be stored upon download.

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3. Click Continue to proceed with the configuration. You should receive acknowledgment that all required products were successfully installed, as shown in Figure 2Figure 3, should also be displayed. If both windows are open on your desktop, click Exit on the WPI dialog. and then you can click Exit. The Welcome screen for the configuration wizard, shown in

FIGURE 2

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4. Now you need to configure Workflow Manager and the Service Bus. On the Welcome screen, choose Configure Workflow Manager with Default Settings (Recommended). If the Welcome screen is not present for any reason, you can launch the configuration wizard by selecting Start ⇒ All Programs ⇒ Workflow Manager 1.0 ⇒ Workflow Manager Configuration. You have the option to join an existing farm or, as in this case, create a new farm. In most circumstances it will be sufficient to use the default settings when creating your new workflow farm. If you need to specify the names of the databases created during the process, or change the default ports used for Workflow management over HTTP, then select the With Custom Settings option.

5. On the New Farm Configuration page in the Configure Service Account section, set the credentials as follows:

• USER ID: sp_workflow@contoso.com
• PASSWORD: “whatever password this account has been assigned”

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WARNING Make sure the username is entered using the fully qualified UPN format or the domain\username format, not as the default shows in the wizard.

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6. Enable the “Allow Workflow management over HTTP on this computer” option. For a development environment this is permissible, but keep this disabled for a production environment.

7. Click the Test Connection button to verify the connection credentials before proceeding. You should receive a green check mark acknowledging success, as shown in Figure 4. If the test fails, you likely forgot to enable remote connectivity, or TCP/IP and named pipes for SQL Server.

FIGURE 4

8. For the certificate generation key, enter a passphrase that you can easily remember. For production, use and document your passphrase because it will be required when additional workflow servers are added to the farm. When you are done, click the right arrow in the lower-right corner.

9. On the Summary page, review your settings. You can copy your configuration settings using the Copy link at the bottom of the page, and you can also get the PowerShell commands for completing the process using the link at the bottom of the Summary page. You should make a copy of the settings, and review the PowerShell cmdlets for future use. When you are done, click the check mark at the bottom of the page to start the configuration process.

10. Upon successful completion of the configuration, you should receive the acknowledgment shown in Figure 5 (each step that was successfully completed is followed by a check mark). Go ahead and exit the WPI tool if you haven’t already, and exit the Configuration Wizard by clicking the check mark in the right corner.

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11. As part of the configuration, the wizard creates a new web application called Workflow Management Site under IIS, which you can browse to at https://localhost:12290, as shown in Figure 6, to view the workflow and security configuration.

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The next step is to configure SharePoint to use the newly installed workflow farm. This is commonly referred to as “pairing” the farms.