Requirements checklist¶

Ensure you have a Windows server running Windows Server 2008 or newer
Ensure your server has the .NET Framework version 4.0 or newer installed
Confirm that you can create a new Web site in IIS on this server
Confirm that you will be permitted to configure it so that Web site files can be writable by the Windows user who owns the IIS process (typically the IIS_IUSRS group).
Ensure you have access to a Microsoft SQL Server version 2008 or newer
Ensure that you'll be able to authenticate in SQL Server authentication mode
Confirm that you'll be able to create a database
Ensure that you have a mail server with an accessible SMTP port or the ability to deliver mail from a service running on the Web server
The latest release of the GRA software downloaded from GitHub.

Configuration information you'll need¶

Database server name or IP address
Database/catalog name
Database owner user login (the user in the db_owner role)
Database owner user password
Database regular user login (the user in the db_datareader and db_datawriter roles)
Database regular user password

The administrator's email address - you may want to set up a role address ahead of time so that system emails don't appear to come from your personal address
Mail server (optional) - SMTP server to handle emails. If you do not specify one, it will leave them on the server (in c:\inetpub\smtp\ by default) to be picked up by mail delivery software
Mail server port (optional) - by default 25 will be used
Mail server login (optional) - if you need to authenticate to send email
Mail server password (optional)

Your final decision is which initial program configuration to choose:

For more information on these options, please review the planning section of this manual.