Installation with the setup

The installation sources are available as a ZIP file via download or on the installation media. These instructions assume a local installation. This means that ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager is installed on the server on which the setup is run. In addition to local installation, you can install ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager via remote installation on another server. For detailed information, refer to the ARIS Server Installation Guide - Windows chapter ARIS remote installations.

Procedure

  1. If you have the installation sources as a ZIP file, first unpack the file for ARIS Server to a new directory. To do so, enter the password for the ZIP file that you have received from Software AG. 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. You can also put the ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager installation media into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. Open the Setup directory, and run the setup.exe file.
  3. Click Next. The license agreements are displayed.
  4. To accept the license agreements, activate I accept the terms of the license agreement. The Installation scenario dialog is displayed.
  5. Select the installation scenario Install ARIS Server on this active computer and click Next.
  6. Deselect ARIS Connect/ARIS Design Server.
  7. Select ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and click Next.
  8. Enter the directory in which you want to install ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and click Next.
  9. To use the suggested path, you do not need to make any changes.
  10. If you want to specify an external IP address for incoming requests, enter the computer name or the IP address and click Next.
  11. Change the agent user’s credentials if necessary and click Next.
  12. Change the HTTP and HTTPS ports if necessary and click Next.
  13. Select the installation size in order to determine the memory allocated for ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager: Demo scenario = 1GB, Medium = 4GB, Large = 8GB.
  14. Select a license file automatically used by the setup. Alternatively, you can select a license file in User Management after the installation procedure is complete.
  15. Click Next. The Select database system dialog is displayed.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Click Next.
  19. Enter the SMTP mail processing parameters of an existing account to enable ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager to send notifications, or configure SMTP e-mail processing later.

    Some parameters can also be managed with the User Management of this server. For detailed information, refer to the ARIS Administration online help.

  20. Enter the default Server task sender address for ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager that is used as the sender e-mail address for messages triggered by scheduled server tasks.
  21. Optionally, enable whistleblower tips to be sent. In this case, you must specify an e-mail address for the whistleblower tip recipient and the whistleblower tip sender. You can change both addresses later in the system configuration of ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager.
  22. Activate Use TLS/SSL encryption to prevent password sniffing.
  23. 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.

  24. If you want to use a proxy server, enter all proxy processing parameters. You can also enter them later, using User Management of this server. See the online help of User Management.
  25. 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.

  26. If you want to enable customizing for ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager, select Import now and specify your customizing file.
  27. If necessary, activate event enabling. For detailed information on configuring and adapting event enabling, refer to the ARCM - Administration Guide chapter Configuration of event enabling in ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and to the ARCM - Customizing Guide chapter Adapt and extend event enabling.
  28. Click Install to start the installation.

ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager is installed.

You can use the entries Start ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and Stop ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager in the installed program group to start and stop the runnables. To open ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager, enter the address http://<server name>/arcm in the browser.