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Sitecore XP 10.1 Update 1 – Installation – SIF Way

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Certainly, we should use Docker containers for installing Sitecore 10.1 Update 1 as that way is to support rapid deployment + more efficient solution and team onboarding. Personally, I wanted to keep playing around with Windows PowerShell console so I have a good chance to dive deeper into the problem of the install operation if any.

This blog post is a summary of my own experience for Sitecore Experience Platform 10.1 Update 1 (aka Sitecore version 10.1.1) installation by using Sitecore Install Framework (SIF) version 2.3 on my machine with the following install guide:

I do hope that this blog post is helpful for your own journey as well.

Note: since Sitecore 9.3, by default, we have been able to use our own install directory rather than the default one

Setup Prerequisites

Step by step guide

  1. (optional) if you have never installed Sitecore 9 and later, you will probably want to:
    • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • execute Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Unrestricted
    • Running Set-ExecutionPolicy for SC10.11
  2. (optional) install Sitecore Install Framework(SIF) if not yet
    • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • use the following commands to install the latest version of SIF
      1. Register-PSRepository -Name SitecoreGallery -SourceLocation https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-powershell/api/v2
      2. Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework
  1. (optional)if you already installed previous SIF versions, you would have upgraded it to a new version 2.3.0
    • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • you should use the following command to get all the current SIF versions
      • Get-Module -Name SitecoreInstallFramework -ListAvailable
    • option 1: use the following command to update to the latest version of SIF
      • Update-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -force
      • Version 2.3.0 for SitecoreInstallFramework for SC10.11
    • option 2: use the following commands to remove the currents and then install the latest version of SIF
      • Uninstall-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -AllVersions
      • Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework
  1. enable Contained Database Authentication if not yet
  2. create a new folder D:sc1011_install
  3. download and unzip Package for XP Single
    • copy / paste the following ones to D:sc1011_install
      1. Sitecore 10.1.1 rev. 005862 (OnPrem)_single.scwdp.zip
      2. Sitecore 10.1.1 rev. 005862 (OnPrem)_xp0xconnect.scwdp.zip
      3. Sitecore.IdentityServer 5.1.1 rev. 00292 (OnPrem)_identityserver.scwdp.zip
    • unzip XP0 Configuration files 10.1.1 rev. 005862.zip and copy / paste all files to D:sc1011_install
    • List of JSON and PS1 file for SC10.11
  4. let’s install the prerequisites
    • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • change directory to D:sc1011_install
    • execute Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path prerequisites.json
    • Running Install-SitecoreConfiguration command for SC10.11
    • Note: Sitecore prerequisites are now installed, YOU MUST launch a new PowerShell session to run further SIF configurations
    • SC10.11 prerequisites installed
  5. install SOLR 8.4.0 if not yet
    • adjust appropriate values by editing D:sc1011_installSolr-SingleDeveloper.jsonsuch as SolrPortSolrInstallRoot if necessary
    • Defaultvalue in config file for SC10.11
    • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • change directory to D:sc1011_install
    • execute Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path Solr-SingleDeveloper.json
    • Running Install-SiteConfiguration commend for SC10.11
    • Show Solr version 8.4.0 for SC10.11
  6. copy / paste your Sitecore license file xmlto D:sc1011_install
  7. adjust appropriate values by editing D:sc1011_installXP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1 such as:
    • $Prefix
    • $SitecoreAdminPassword
    • $SCInstallRoot
    • $SitePhysicalRoot
      • note: DON’T use double backslash in the folder path (for instance C:\websites) otherwise you may get the following error Failed to start service ‘Sitecore Marketing Automation Engine
    • $SolrUrl
    • $SolrRoot
    • $SqlServer
    • $SqlAdminUser
    • $SqlAdminPassword
    • List of values in config file for SC10.11
  8. open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • (optional)if you have various SIF versions on your machine, you will probably have to run 2.3.0 version of SIF by executing Import-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -Force -RequiredVersion 2.3.0
    • change directory to D:sc1011_install
    • execute .XP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1
    • Running PS1 file for SC10.11
  9. hopefully there is nothing can stop the installation process and then note Sitecore Admin Password + SSL enabled as well
    • Show Sitecore admin password for SC10.11
  10. open a browser:
  11. DON’T FORGET to rebuild the search indexes and the Link database
    • Rebuild the search indexes and the link database for SC10.11

How to uninstall it?

  • open D:sc1011_installXP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1 and uncomment the line 83 + comment out the line 80 then save it
  • Install-SitecoreConfiguration for SC10.1
  • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
  • change directory to D:sc1011_install
  • execute .XP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1
  • hopefully, it runs well and cleans everything up
  • Removing host entry and others for SC10.1

Got issues?

Please send your issues (with screenshots if possible) to [email protected] so that I have a chance to understand your problem and be able to suggest the solution.

Happy Sitecore 10.1 Update 1 Installation!

This article originally appeared on Walking on clouds (https://buoctrenmay.com/).

 

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