In this article we can perform installation of SharePoint 2013.
We are performing a real installation of SharePoint 2013 including the operating system. This would provide real world experience involving Operating System & SharePoint installation.
Hardware Requirements
Following are the core Hardware Requirements:
- CPU 64-bit
- RAM 8 GB
- HDD 80 GB
Software Requirements
Following are the major software requirements:
- Windows Server 2012
- SQL Server 2012 64-bit
- Microsoft .Net 4.5
- Internet Information Services 7
More detailed information can be found here:
Windows Server 2012
You can choose a multi-boot for your computer (or laptop) and install Windows Server 2012. A trial version is downloadable from the following location:
The image file is 3.37 GB in size and you can mount It (by right clicking on the file) or burn the image file to proceed with the installation.
On running the bootable DVD you should be prompted with the setup.exe as shown below:
Use the GUI option in the further step:
Tips
1. Inside Windows 2012, Use Ctrl + Alt + Delete to view the Power Options screen and you can choose Shut Down, Restart etc.
2. To access your Start Menu (Screen) use your Windows button or move mouse to the left bottom end of toolbar.
SQL Server 2012
SharePoint 2013 requires SQL Server 2012. You can download a trial version from the following link:
Download the highlighted version and install it. Before installation you need to create a domain account to specify it during the SQL Server installation.
Note: The SQL Server Installation should take around 20 minutes.
SharePoint 2013 Installation
After installing the operating system & database server we can continue with the actual SharePoint 2013 Installation. Run the setup.bat from the extracted files root folder.
Install software pre-requisites
Click on the Install software prerequisites link to automatically install all the pre required software.
After the above step you can proceed with the actual installation.
Choose the installation as Standalone and click the Install Now button as shown below.
Wait for a few minutes for the installation to be completed.
Once the installation is completed you will be launched with the Products Configuration Wizard.
Specify your database name and credentials in the following page:
Enter the Farm Security Phrase of your own:
Wait for the configuration activities to be completed. This should take around 10 minutes.
Once the Configuration is done you will get the following message. The textboxes shows your appropriate machine parameters.
Central Administration
Following is the screen shot of Central Administration in SharePoint 2013. You can open this from the Start Menu.
Click on the Start the Wizard button as shown above to configure your farm settings. Once the farm configuration is done you should be able to see the following screen.
Default Site
Now you can try opening the default site installed. It should be accessible by the machine name itself as shown below:
- http://localhost
- http://machinename
Following is the blank site template of default site.
Corrupted Default Site
If you get a time out error or a Connection Close message then probably the default site collection is corrupted. You can do the following activities to fix it:
- Delete the port 80 site from Central Administration
- Create a new web application with port 80
- Add a new site collection to the new web application
- Try accessing the site using above urls
Ensure that you have valid entries in the system32/drivers/etc/hosts file.
References
Summary
In this article we have seen the installation of SharePoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012. Summarizing the activities we have performed the following:
- Windows Server 2012
- SQL Server 2012
- SharePoint 2013
- Internet Information Services 8.0
Please let me know any problems you face so that I may be able to guide you. In the upcoming article I will come up with the new features of SharePoint 2013.
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