How to install DotNetNuke 5.x on DiscountASP.NET servers

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:58:46 GMT

Below is a step by step installation procedure to install DotNetNuke portal version 5.x on DiscountASP.NET servers.

We do not support the DotNetNuke Portal software. If you run into installation problems, you are welcome to use the DiscountASP.NET Community Forum or the ASP.net forums for peer support.

Note: Our testing showed dramatically better performance on IIS7 than IIS6, so we do not recommend installing DotNetNuke on an account that is using IIS6.

Note: The following instructions are written for DNN 5.0.0. Other versions may have some slight differences.

A) Get DotNetNuke 5.x and upload to web server

Download DotNetNuke 5.x "Install" Version from DotNetNuke.com
Extract the content to your local machine

B) Customizing the web.config file

Open the Web.config file with any text editor.
Update the database connection information

1) In the <connectionStrings> section

Replace:

with:

<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="THE ENTIRE CONNECTION STRING LOCATED IN THE SQL SECTION OF YOUR CONTROL PANEL" />
</connectionStrings>

2) In the <appSettings> section

Replace:

with:

To avoid any conflicts, we recommend using a fresh database for the application install.

C) Upload all the files to your web site account. We recommend uploading DotNetNuke into a subdirectory. We DO NOT recommend uploading DotNetNuke to your document root directory.

D) IIS Configurations

1) Switch the ASP.NET version to ASP.NET 2.0 in the IIS Tools in the Control Panel

Logon to your Control Panel
Navigate to the IIS Tools
Go to the ASP.NET Version Tab
Ensure that the ASP.NET version is 2.0

2) Create a Web Application

Navigate to the Web Application Tool
Click on the subdirectory in your account where you uploaded the DotNetNuke files
Click Install Application

E) DotNetNuke Setup

Open your browser and navigate to http://www.YourHostedDomainName.com/DotNetNuke_subdirectory

DotNetNuke will setup all the database objects when it first loads. This process MAY run for several minutes. DO NOT hit the stop button on the browser

Warning: If you install DotNetNuke in your document root directory, your other .NET applications under the root may fail.

For more information on DotNetNuke, you can review the documentation under the /documentation directory/. For DotNetNuke support, please visit ASP.NET Forums.

We tested the installation on a SQL 2005 database server, but the same process should also work with SQL 2008.

How to install DotNetNuke 4.x on DiscountASP.NET servers

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:43:38 GMT

Below is a step by step installation procedure to install DotNetNuke portal version 4.x on DiscountASP.NET servers.
We do not support the DotNetNuke Portal software. If you run into installation problems, you are welcome to use the DiscountASP.NET Community Forum for peer support or use the ASP.net forums.

Note: The following instructions are written for DNN 4.4.1. Other versions may have some slight differences.

A) Get DotNetNuke 4.x and upload to web server

Download DotNetNuke 4.x Install Version from DotNetNuke.com
Extract the content to your local machine

B) Customizing the web.config file

Open the Web.config file with any text editor.
Update the database connection information

1) In the <connectionStrings> section

Replace:

<add
name="SiteSqlServer"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

with:

2) In the <appSettings> section

Replace:

<add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"/>

with:

Logon to your Control Panel
Navigate to the IIS Tools
Go to the ASP.NET Version Tab
Ensure that the ASP.NET version is 2.0

2) Create a Web Application

Navigate to the User/Quota Manager - Confirm that you have the following active users:
Main user account
Anonymous ASPNet User
Anonymous User (IUSR)
Allocate a Quota of 200MB each for the ASPNet User and IUSR accounts by clicking the corresponding "Edit" link.
Navigate to the Web Application Tool
Click on the subdirectory in your account where you uploaded the DotNetNuke files
Click Install Application

E) DotNetNuke Setup
Open your browser and navigate to http://www.YourHostedDomainName.com/DotNetNuke_subdirectory
DotNetNuke will setup all the database objects when it first loads. This process MAY run for several minutes. DO NOT hit the stop button on the browser

Warning: If you install DotNetNuke in your document root directory, your other .NET applications under the root may fail.

For more information on DotNetNuke, you can review the documentation under the /documentation directory/. For DotNetNuke support, please visit ASP.NET Forums.

We tested the installation on a SQL 2005 database server, but the same process should also work with SQL 2000.

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