Installing Content Management Server 2001 Site Stager

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System Requirements System Requirements
Creating the Destination User Creating the Destination User
Installing the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager Installing the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager
Automatically Scheduling MSCMS 2001 Site Stager Automatically Scheduling MSCMS 2001 Site Stager
Changing the Destination User Changing the Destination User

System Requirements

MSCMS 2001 Site Stager is an application that ships on the Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 product CD and is installed separately as described in this chapter. Site Stager converts MSCMS 2001 content, navigation, and links to static HTML and ASP files for later deployment on any Web server.

Note The current version of Site Stager works with the current version of Content Management Server 2001 only (and vice versa).

The Stage As User NT domain user account and the Destination User NT domain user account are used exclusively by Site Stager and must exist before installing Site Stager, or else the Site Stager installation will fail. Refer to the next section, "Creating the Destination User," for more information.

To install and run the Site Stager, you need the following products and enough free disk space to accommodate the staged site's files. The "Supported versions" column indicates the range of product versions from the earliest, to what we know to be the most recent version, on which you can install Content Management Server 2001.

Product name

Supported versions

Microsoft Windows (Server or Workstation)

Windows 2000

Microsoft Internet Explorer

5.0, 5.5. Site Stager needs the XML parser that comes with IE5.

Microsoft Task Scheduler Service

Version supplied by OS

Microsoft Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)

2.5 (4.1.258.1)

Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

5.0.3234.0 for Windows 2000

The Site Stager can be installed on any machine on the same domain as the MSCMS 2001 server. You must have Windows administrator rights for the machine on which you are running the Site Stager installation program.

Creating the Destination User

You must create the Destination User account before installing the Site Stager. Site Stager uses the Windows NT User Manager rights to create directories and files as it stages a site. The Destination User does not need to be a member of an MSCMS 2001 User Group.

Site Stager requires that the Destination User have "Log On As Batch Job" rights, and write privileges in all directories where the generated HTML files are stored. These rights and privileges can be explicitly granted to the Destination User account or inherited from an NT group to which the Destination User belongs. The Destination User must also have local administrator rights.

If the account you enter does not already have "Log On As Batch Job" and "Log on locally" rights, the Site Stager installation program grants them. Administrator rights must be manually granted using the Windows NT User Manager (or Users and Passwords in Windows 2000). If the destination user account is modified, ensure the new Destination User is given these rights on the Site Stager computer. We recommend creating Destination User accounts specifically for Site Stager use only.

Installing the MSCMS 2001 Site Stager

Before installing Site Stager, ensure the Microsoft Task Scheduler Service and the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine are installed.

Insert the MSCMS 2001 product CD in the CD drive and double-click MSCMS Site Stager.exe. The installation program presents a series of dialog boxes as follows. 

Step

Dialog box name

Action

1

Welcome

Click Next.

2

Site Stager Install Prerequisites

Lists the currently installed 3rd party software and their versions. Click Next.

3

Choose Destination Location

Accept the default directory where the Site Stager program will be installed, or click Browse to select another directory.
Click Next.

4

Select Program Folder

Accept "Site Stager," or select a different program folder from the list. Click Next.

5

Destination User Account

Select a Windows NT account on the machine where the MSCMS 2001 site will be staged to. Click Next.
The Destination User must have Administrator and "Log On As Batch Job" rights to the directory where the staged site will be saved.

6

Site Map URL

Accept the default URL for the Site Map (changing the server name to the name of your MSCMS 2001 server), or enter a different one. The Site Map URL file (sitemap.asp) generates a description of the channel hierarchy. Click Next. The installation program will copy required files and configure your system.

7

Setup Complete

Select the "Yes, I want to restart my computer now option." Click Finish.

Automatically Scheduling MSCMS 2001 Site Stager

  1. The Startup Type should be Automatic. If not, select the Automatic option.

  2. Click OK.

  3. Close the Services Control Panel applet and restart the computer.

  4. To confirm that the Task Scheduler service started automatically, open the Services Control Panel icon and check the Status column next to the Task Scheduler service. It should list the Task Scheduler as "Started."

Task Scheduler is usually running; to check, in the Windows 2000 Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools and then Services.

Establishing a schedule

To establish a Site Stager schedule, you need to edit the Properties of a profile—click the Schedule tab and set your schedule there.

Changing the Destination User

If required, you can change the Destination User account from within the Site Stager program. To change the Destination User you must have administrator privileges on the machine on which the Site Stager is installed.

The new Destination User account must be granted "Log On As Batch Job" and "Log on locally" rights on the machine hosting the Site Stager.

The Destination User must also have local administrator rights.

  1. Launch the Site Stager Administration program from your Windows desktop (Start>Programs) as shown in the following screenshot.

  2. Click Configure in the Site Stager Administration window. The Destination User Setup window opens.

  3. Enter the new Destination User name and password.

  4. Click OK. The Site Stager will now use this destination user when it runs.