Installation and upgrade

If you have the installation sources as a ZIP file, first unpack the file for the ARIS server to a new directory. To do so, enter the password for the ZIP file that you have received from SAG ARIS GmbH. Ensure that the path data is applied when you unpack the file. In WinZip, for example, this is done by selecting the Use folder names option.

Open the Setup directory, and run the setup.exe file.

Click Next. The license agreements are displayed.

To accept the license agreements, activate I accept the terms of the license agreement. The Installation scenario dialog is displayed.

Select the installation scenario Install the ARIS server on this active computer and click Next.

Select ARIS Risk and Compliance and click Next.

Enter the directory in which you want to install ARIS Risk and Compliance and click Next.

To use the suggested path, you do not need to make any changes.

If you want to specify an external IP address for incoming requests, enter the computer name or the IP address and click Next.

Change the agent user’s credentials if necessary and click Next.

Change the HTTP and HTTPS ports if necessary and click Next.

Select the installation size in order to determine the memory allocated for ARIS Risk and Compliance: Demo scenario = 1GB, Medium = 4GB, Large = 8GB.

Select a license file automatically used by the setup. Alternatively, you can select a license file in ARIS Administration after the installation procedure is complete.

Click Next. The Select database system dialog is displayed.

Select the relevant database: Standard database system for a PostgreSQL database. For Oracle or Microsoft® SQL Server, an appropriate database driver that is installed during setup must also be provided. The driver can be downloaded from Oracle/Microsoft.

If you have selected Oracle or Microsoft® SQL, perform the following additional steps.

1. Enter the name of the database server.

2. Enter the port number of the database server.

3. Enter the service name of the database (Oracle SID) or the database name of the database instance (Microsoft® SQL Server).

4. Enter the name and password of the database user.

5. Enter the ARIS master schema name and the ARIS default schema name.

6. Enter the ARIS Risk and Compliance default schema name.

Click Next.

Enter the SMTP mail processing parameters of an existing account to enable ARIS Risk and Compliance to send notifications, or configure SMTP e-mail processing later. Some parameters can also be managed with the ARIS Administration of this server. For detailed information, refer to the ARIS Administration online help.

Activate Use TLS/SSL encryption to prevent password sniffing.

Only if your mail server requires SMTP authentication, select the option SMTP authentication and enter the user's credentials.

If you enter these parameters but your mail server does not require SMTP authentication, the connection will be rejected.

If you want to use a proxy server, enter all proxy processing parameters. You can also enter them later, using ARIS Administration of this server. See the online help of ARIS Administration.

Configure the start option:

Select Start automatically if you want to have the server started up with every restart of your operating system.

Select Start manually if you want to start/stop the server on the active computer manually.

Enter the superuser password and confirm it a second time when you are prompted.

Click Install to start the installation.