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About installing Meridian Enterprise Server

The Meridian Enterprise Server setup program installs the Meridian Enterprise Server core components, the selected system links and rendering modules, and several web services that are used to support publishing and Publisher queue monitoring functionality on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer. The setup program also includes components for publishing documents and monitoring the Publisher queue from a source or destination system. Typically, the Meridian Enterprise Server should be installed on more than one computer.

Installing Meridian Enterprise Server involves tasks for installing and configuring multiple components on several servers as well as for installing optional components on the computers that will act as BlueCielo Explorer clients. The installation tasks are listed in the order in which they should be performed in the following table and are described in the remainder of this guide. Use the hyperlinks in the following checklist to find the installation information for each task. Track your installation progress by printing this checklist and placing a checkmark in the box in the Completed column as you finish each task.

Meridian Enterprise Server installation checklist
Completed	Task	Topic Reference
o	Read this manual completely to familiarize yourself with the system.	Introducing Meridian Enterprise Server
o	Confirm that the computers to be used for Meridian Enterprise Server meet the system requirements	Understanding the Meridian Enterprise Server system requirements
o	Register the necessary licenses on the Meridian Enterprise License Server.	About licensing
o	Run the Meridian Enterprise setup program on the server computer and install all of the necessary components there even if they are intended for other computers, such as a Meridian Enterprise application server or SharePoint server. You will move the files later.	Installing Meridian Enterprise Server
o	Configure the Explorer Meridian Enterprise Server computer.	Creating the configuration database
o	Complete the installation of files for the source and destination system servers.	Installing components on a SharePoint server Installing components on a Windows file server Installing components on a BlueCielo Project Portal server
o	Configure the Meridian Enterprise Server components on the source and destination system servers depending on the system types.	BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide Configuring a SharePoint server Configuring the BlueCielo File Publishing Service Configuring the BlueCielo Project Portal Publishing Service
o	Create a BlueCielo Explorer repository (optional).	About repositories
o	Create and configure a publishing job to synchronize the repository from a vault (optional).	Creating a publishing job Configuring a publishing job
o	Create and configure additional publishing jobs as necessaryExplorer for other systems or to update the renditions in a source vault, for example.	Creating a publishing job Configuring a publishing job
o	Schedule and run the publish jobs.	Running a publishing job About publishing job scheduling
o	Configure the BlueCielo Explorer web application	About the website
o	Configure end-user authentication	Configuring the application pool account
o	Set up the BlueCielo Explorer client computers (optional).	Installing components on client computers