Installing the AE - Windows

The following steps will help you install the Automation Engine in Windows.

Notes:

  • It is best to install the Automation Engine in a separate directory (such as C:\AUTOMIC\SERVER\BIN).

  • A 64-bit Microsoft Visual C-Runtime Library is required to start the Automation Engine

Requirements

  • Information security services, such as the TLS/SSL implementation of the ServiceManager, require features provided by the CAPKI package. You need to install CAPKI on all computers in which the Automation Engine Server Processes or the ServiceManager and any of its clients will run. For more information, see CAPKI - Securing the ServiceManager, Server Processes and ServiceManager.
  • For DB2: The LANG variable of the user who starts the Automation Engine should be identical to the variable DB2CODEPAGE in order to avoid problems when starting the Server.

To Install the Automation Engine for Windows

  1. Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package from the IMAGE > CRTS directory (server computer).

    This installation step can be omitted if the required version of the package is already installed. Navigate to the Control Panel > Programs and Features to see if the package is installed, and if so, which version.

  2. Install the Automation Engine (server computer).

    Start the program SETUP.EXE in the corresponding subdirectory of IMAGE: AUTOMATIONENGINE > WINDOWS > x64.

  3. Optionally, install the AE SNMP subagent. You may want to install this subagent to monitor the various conditions which occur within an AE system (e.g. availability of the Automation Engine and agents, active notifications or blocking tasks). (Server computer). For more information, see Installing the Automation Engine SNMP Subagent (Windows).

  4. Set up the system environment (server computer).

    1. Adjust the INI file of the Automation Engine to your system environment. For more information, see Automation Engine.
    2. A temp folder (C:\AUTOMIC\SERVER\TEMP) is created automatically to save the log files. Refer to the INI file if you need to make any changes.
    3. If not already done, use the database client to create a connection to the database. If you use the MS SQL Server, create the data source AE for ODBC access (64 bit ODBC). For more information, see Setting Up the Data Source for ODBC Access

  5. Start and end the Automation Engine (server computer).

    1. An AE system requires at least one communication process and one work process. Start them from the Windows Start menu > Automic folder (WP-Server first, CP-Server afterward) for testing purposes.

      If the processes run successfully, their corresponding symbols will be displayed in the task bar.

    2. Right-click the Server-process symbol in the task bar and click Close to end one or Shutdown to end all server processes.
    3. After all other programs have been installed and tested, the Automation Engine should run as a service. Use the ServiceManager to start the Automation Engine as a service. The server processes can be started and ended using the ServiceManager Dialog Program. For more information, see ServiceManager and ServiceManager - Dialog Program.

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