Introduction

This current doc will guide you to install correctly iXPath, and will give more details about each present configuration. 

Installation methods :

The installation can be done in 2 ways :

1. Online Installation: this installation requires downloading some resources online, so it's necessary to have an internet network, then complete the installation.
2. Offline Installation: this installation requires the existence of resources on a hard disk or any sources of storage (CD / USB ...), and does not require an internet network. 

I - First Installation (Première installation) :

1 ) Online Installation :

The online installation uses remote resources, which makes the internet connection mandatory.

if no window displays, please make sure of the existence of the "bin" directory, that contains the java virtual machine to launch the iXPath installation.

Click on "Pemière installation", and it redirects you to the window below, which gives you the components needed to be installed.

Installation components : 

• Portail: frontend code of iXPath
• Moteur (Engine): backend package of iXPath code source. it will install two services: COM (running on port 8091) and Engine (running on port 8090), so please make sure to free these ports, or you can change both of them in the configuration that will be explained later in this document.
• Base de données: Script to install the database with all the newest updates.
• MySQL: Relational database management system installation.
• WebServer (Apache & PHP): Apache server and PHP installation for both "Moteur" and "Portail"
• RabbitMQ & Erlang.

if you already have the RabbitMQ component installed, uncheck it. 

the installation begins with the broker RabbitMQ, and it uses Erlang OTP which is mandatory for its functioning.

uncheck "Erlang Documentation" as shown below :  

After that, it comes the installation of RabbitMQ : 

Next, continue the installation of RabbitMQ, followed by the installation of the "Moteur"/Engine.

Congrats !!! you have installed iXPath successfully, and you can log in to the app on the "localhost" URL and use "admin" as user and "admin" as password.

2) Offline installation :

As mentioned before, the offline installation does not require an internet network.

Click on the executable "ixpath.exe"

Then click on "Première installation", and will pop up this window indicating that no internet connection has been detected: 

Click on "Oui"/yes.

if the "Install.zip" does not exist in the same directory as "Ixpath.exe", mention the directory where it belongs: 

Eg: if the path is "C:/InstallationIxpath/Install.zip", you will fill in the field with "C:/InstallationIxpath/". And the Installation begins...

Accept the 3 Windows authorizations that will pop up during the installation. they are related to 3 components: "Database", "WebServer" and "Engine".