Installing the Software
Parent page: Installation, Licensing & Management
Altium Concord Pro is a full-blown engineering content management solution that delivers high integrity, smart design and product data management, by providing storage, formal revision management, supply chain intelligence, and lifecycle state management. It also facilitates a wide range of additional technologies and capabilities, by providing a centralized platform from which other related services can be served, including: Project Management and Centralized Design Collaboration. Installation of Altium Concord Pro is both intuitive and expedient, courtesy of the Altium Concord Pro Setup wizard.
This article takes a look at the procedure for installing Altium Concord Pro for the first time on a computer. If you are upgrading an existing installation, see Updating to a Later Version.
Pre-Install Preparation
To access the Altium Concord Pro Setup wizard, you need to first download and run an executable – Altium Concord Pro <VersionNumber>.exe
. This executable (approx. 1.1GB in size) is downloaded from the Downloads page of the Altium website, and can be saved anywhere on your hard disk.
Running the Setup Wizard
Double-click the Altium Concord Pro <Version Number>.exe file. The Altium Concord Pro Setup wizard will appear.
Initial welcome page for the Altium Concord Pro Setup wizard.
The installation wizard provides a set of progressive (and intuitive) pages that collectively gather the information to effectively install the server.
Click Next to continue. The following sections provide a summary of the various pages you will encounter.
License Agreement
This page of the wizard presents you with the Altium End-User License Agreement (EULA).
Read and accept Altium's End-User License Agreement.
With the EULA read, continue with the install by enabling the I accept the agreement option and clicking the Next button.
Select Destination Location
This next page of the wizard allows you to specify the destination in which to install Altium Concord Pro. The default installation path is \Program Files (x86)\Altium\Altium Concord Pro
. Altium Concord Pro requires at least 1.66GB of free disk space for installation.
To specify an alternate location, type the location directly into the field, or click the Browse button at the right of the field, and browse for the required destination folder (or create it on-the-fly).
Determine install location for Altium Concord Pro.
Once the install location is specified, click Next to continue.
Select Altium Concord Pro Data Directory
Use this page of the wizard to specify the destination folders in which to store the database and revision files respectively. The default installation paths are:
- Database Folder –
\
ProgramData
\Altium\Altium Concord ProData - Revision Files Folder –
\
ProgramData
\Altium\Altium Concord ProData\Revisions
To specify an alternate location, type the location directly into a field, or click the Browse button at the right of a field, and browse for the required destination folder (or create it on-the-fly).
Determine install locations for server data.
Once the data folder locations are specified, click Next to continue.
Altium Concord Pro Configuration
Use this next page of the wizard to specify the port numbers to be used by Altium Concord Pro for network connections. The defaults are:
- HTTP Port (default 9780)
- HTTPS Port (default 9785)
- LDAP Service Port (default 9791)
When choosing a port, note that it must not clash with any ports used by other applications - if a port is currently in use, you will be notified by the installer.
Set the port numbers for server communications.
Once the port numbers are specified as required, click Next to continue.
Ready to Install
The Installer now has all the information it requires to proceed with the installation. If you need to change anything, click the Back button. If you want to cancel out of the install, click Cancel. To go ahead and proceed with the installation, click Install. The page will change from "Ready to Install" to "Installing" and the installation will proceed. Once complete, simply click Finish to exit the wizard.
Kick off the installation by clicking Install. Click Finish once installation is complete.
For your convenience, the final page of the Installer also presents URLs (HTTP and HTTPS) for accessing the server - either when signing into the server through Altium Designer, or when accessing the server through its browser-based interface.
Verifying that Altium Concord Pro is Running
Verification that Altium Concord Pro is running can be performed from the Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager panel – accessed from Window's Administrative Tools window. Simply check to confirm the Altium Concord Pro-related Application Pools are in the Started state.
Checking that Altium Concord Pro-related IIS application pools are started after installation.
Installation from the Command Line
Altium Concord Pro can also be installed from the command line, using the following entries:
- DatabaseName - name of the database (the database filename). Specify the path within double quotes, for example "C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData\DXPSERVER.dat", for the default install.
- DataFolder - destination database folder. Specify the path within double quotes, for example "C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData", for the default install.
- DBPassword - password portion of your database login credentials, for example MyPassword.
- DBServer - the location of the database, in the format Host:Port. For example localhost:3050, for the default Firebird database install.
- DBType - the type of database to be used. Enter Firebird.
- DBUserName - username portion of your database login credentials, for example MyName.
- InstallFolder - the location in which to install Altium Concord Pro. Specify the path within double quotes, for example "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\Altium Concord Pro\", for the default install.
- InstallSampleSnapshot - control whether sample data is installed into the server (set value to 1) or a clean server install without data is made (set value to 0).
- Log - use this parameter to change the location and filename of the installation log file. Specify the path within double quotes. If omitted, the default install location will be used (\Program Files (x86)\Altium\Altium Concord Pro\install.log).
- Port - the communications port, for example 9780 for the default install.
- RevisionFolder - destination revision files folder. Specify the path within double quotes, for example "C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData\Revisions", for the default install.
- VERYSILENT - use this parameter to run the installation without any dialogs popping up.
When entering the information on the command line, observe the following:
- Start with the name of the installer executable, for example "Altium Concord Pro <VersionNumber>.exe".
- Enter each parameter, followed by the equals symbol (=), and then its value.
- Separate subsequent parameteric entries with a space followed by the forward slash character ( /).
- To run without any dialogs popping up, be sure to add the entry VERYSILENT at the end.
An example command line entry might therefore be:
"Altium Concord Pro <VersionNumber>.exe" /InstallFolder="C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\Altium Concord Pro\" /Port=9780 /DBType=Firebird /DBServer=localhost:3050 /DBUserName=MyName /DBPassword=MyPassword /DatabaseName="C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData\DXPSERVER.dat" /DataFolder="C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData" /RevisionFolder="C:\ProgramData\Altium\Altium Concord ProData\Revisions" /VERYSILENT
Post-Installation Management
For information on how to manage your instance of Altium Concord Pro after initial installation, use the following links: