Installing umbraco 5.0 on Windows 7 - Professional
I can't seem to get this install, I installed it using Webmatrix, and if I type in the localhost name that I have set up on my machine as http://umbraco I get the default page telling me that it is not fully installed and gives me the option to get started and runs the following url http://umbraco/Install.
Which as I am looking in Fiddler seems to generate a 504 status code on anything with http://umbraco/Install on it, but it gets to the another page (that doesn't look like it is styled)...but is the welcome screen. I click on the only link on the page, and it runs the following url: http://umbraco/Install/Database
The browser spins for a while and then times out, with can't find page and so on. Wee bit frustrating, as I was hoping to evaluate this CMS and haven't been able to do so. Any ideas on what I need to do, to move past this issue?
Unfortunately I can't speak from experience on this issue, but the fact that you said the welcome screen doesn't look styled leads me to believe it may be a permissions issue. Have you verified the user running your app pool has full control permissions on the website files?
It was whatever was set up default by the installation process, which this case is ApplicationPoolIdentity, I guess I should point I am running this on Windows7 Professional 64bit.
first things first... did you unblock the zip file before extracting?
next... triple check permissions for Network Service - or whatever your app pool identity is set to... be sure to grant full control over everythign [just to get started]
you then should be able to install... just ran through this last night on my win7 pro as well...
thanks for all the replies on this, I have being having a really hard time with this installation process. I tried it on my work machine and ran into all kinds of problems with IIS set up and permissions. Resolved the IIS and permissions, but still couldn't get the thing to install for me. I tried it on my home machine, and I have IIS running local, but it keeps going into web matrix mode. I don't want to run this in Webmatrix, I will continue trying to get this installed, as I really would like to use the software.
On your work PC, what problems were you having after you resolved your IIS and permissions issue?
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with WebMatrix much so can't really advise you on the home machine issue, I'm sure someone else will have some input though :)
I am not sure if the 5.0 set up is bug free or not, I was able to get 4.7.x to install without any issues. Smooth sailing the whole way through. As to the 5.x version, after I had sorted the permissions and iis issue, I couldn't get the installer to work. It kept crashing out at install/Database, no errors and I was not seeing anything in fiddler or within yslow in firefox. For now I have something installed, just now need to figure out how to build a site in it. :)
Installing umbraco 5.0 on Windows 7 - Professional
I can't seem to get this install, I installed it using Webmatrix, and if I type in the localhost name that I have set up on my machine as http://umbraco I get the default page telling me that it is not fully installed and gives me the option to get started and runs the following url http://umbraco/Install.
Which as I am looking in Fiddler seems to generate a 504 status code on anything with http://umbraco/Install on it, but it gets to the another page (that doesn't look like it is styled)...but is the welcome screen. I click on the only link on the page, and it runs the following url: http://umbraco/Install/Database
The browser spins for a while and then times out, with can't find page and so on. Wee bit frustrating, as I was hoping to evaluate this CMS and haven't been able to do so. Any ideas on what I need to do, to move past this issue?
Hi,
Unfortunately I can't speak from experience on this issue, but the fact that you said the welcome screen doesn't look styled leads me to believe it may be a permissions issue. Have you verified the user running your app pool has full control permissions on the website files?
-Tom
It was whatever was set up default by the installation process, which this case is ApplicationPoolIdentity, I guess I should point I am running this on Windows7 Professional 64bit.
Try checking the folder that your website is running in and make sure NETWORK SERVICE and/or IIS_IUSRS has full permissions.
Are you using the integrated app pool.
first things first... did you unblock the zip file before extracting?
next... triple check permissions for Network Service - or whatever your app pool identity is set to... be sure to grant full control over everythign [just to get started]
you then should be able to install... just ran through this last night on my win7 pro as well...
thanks for all the replies on this, I have being having a really hard time with this installation process. I tried it on my work machine and ran into all kinds of problems with IIS set up and permissions. Resolved the IIS and permissions, but still couldn't get the thing to install for me. I tried it on my home machine, and I have IIS running local, but it keeps going into web matrix mode. I don't want to run this in Webmatrix, I will continue trying to get this installed, as I really would like to use the software.
Hi John,
On your work PC, what problems were you having after you resolved your IIS and permissions issue?
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with WebMatrix much so can't really advise you on the home machine issue, I'm sure someone else will have some input though :)
Tom,
I am not sure if the 5.0 set up is bug free or not, I was able to get 4.7.x to install without any issues. Smooth sailing the whole way through. As to the 5.x version, after I had sorted the permissions and iis issue, I couldn't get the installer to work. It kept crashing out at install/Database, no errors and I was not seeing anything in fiddler or within yslow in firefox. For now I have something installed, just now need to figure out how to build a site in it. :)
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