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Configuring the BlueCielo Application Manager

The BlueCielo Application Manager is a Windows application that is the central administration console for BlueCielo applications such as BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise. It uses a SQL Server or Oracle database to store the configuration settings of the BlueCielo applications. When you use the BlueCielo Application Manager for the first time, you must create the configuration database.

Note This task should be performed only once. Thereafter, the BlueCielo Application Manager can be used as described in the other topics in this guide.

To configure the BlueCielo Application Manager:

In BlueCielo Application Manager, select BlueCielo Application Manager 2012 in the configuration tree.
Under Options, click the License Server hyperlink. The Licenses dialog box appears.

If the BlueCielo License Server service is running on the computer, select Local computer. If the service is running on another computer, disable Local computer and type the other computer's name in License server.
Click OK to save your changes.

Under Options, click the Configuration Database hyperlink. The Select Configuration Database dialog box appears. The Connection string option will be empty if the configuration database has not already been created.
Click Edit. The Create Configuration Database dialog box appears.
Select the database type where you want to create the configuration database and click Next. The options page for the selected database type appears.

Note If the BlueCielo Application Manager is used to administer BlueCielo applications that are installed on multiple servers, a single shared configuration database may be used for all of the applications.
Select or type options using the descriptions in the following tables depending on the database type that you selected:

SQL Server connection options
Option	Description
Server name	The name of the server where the database resides. Note If the database server is running SQL Server Express, SQL Server Small Business, or another edition that creates a default named instance when the software is installed, type the name of the database server and the SQL Server instance name, for example, <MyServer>\SQLEXPRESS or <MyServer>\MSSMLBIZ.
Windows authentication	Select this option if the Meridian Enterprise server should connect to the configuration database using the account under which the EDM Server service is run. If this option is selected, ensure that the accounts used by the application pool under which IIS runs has db_owner privileges.
SQL Server authentication	Select this option if the Meridian Enterprise server should connect to the configuration database using the account name and password specified by the options below. Tip We recommend using this option with a dedicated user account that has db_owner privileges.
User name	The SQL Server account name to use to connect to the configuration database.
Password	The password of the SQL Server account name used to connect to the configuration database.
Database	The name of the SQL Server database to use as the configuration database. Select an existing database or accept the default of BlueCieloConfig.
Primary path	The location to store the configuration database files. Type an existing path or click the browse button and select a location on the SQL Server computer.

Oracle connection options
Option	Description
System ID	The name of the Oracle system to use for the configuration database.
User name	The Oracle account name to use to connect to the configuration database.
Password	The password of the Oracle account name used to connect to the configuration database.

Click the Test Connection hyperlink to verify that you have typed the correct options. The test can take several seconds and will display the results when the test has completed. If the test fails, correct the options that you selected in step 5 and retest.
When the test succeeds, click Next. The Summary page appears.
Click Finish. The options that you selected are used to create a valid connection string in the Connection string option of the Select Configuration Database dialog.
Click Apply. The Select Configuration Database dialog closes and the BlueCielo Publisher 2012 branch appears in the configuration tree.

Note The BlueCielo Application Manager configuration database on the specified server is created at this time using the specified credentials.

Notify a database administrator that the configuration database must be included in regular backups.

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