Deployment Guide
Overview of CentreStack. 5
Terminology. 7
Dependency Components. 8
Windows 2008 (SP2/R2), Windows
2012/R2. 8
SQL Server. 8
.Net Framework 4. 8
ASP.NET 4.5. 8
Internet Information Server. 8
Recommended Hardware Specification. 9
Capacity Planning. 9
Load Balancing. 9
Tenant Considerations. 10
Active Directory Integration. 10
Storage Considerations. 10
Backup CentreStack. 11
Deployment Scenarios. 11
Private On-premise. 11
Private Off-Premise. 11
Virtual Private Cloud. 11
Multi-Site Deployment. 12
Security Consideration. 12
Access Clients and CENTRESTACK. 12
CentreStack and Active Directory. 12
Different Deployment Options. 12
All-In-One Deployment. 12
Single-Server Deployment. 13
Two-Server Deployment. 13
Three-Server Deployment for
Redundancy. 14
Multiple-Machine Deployment for
Scalability. 14
Typical Deployment in Enterprise. 18
Deployment Steps. 19
Prepare Clean Windows 2008/R2 or
2012/R2 Machine. 19
Start Installation. 19
Initial Configuration. 22
Configure the Very First Tenant. 23
Select Active Directory (optional) 24
Pick a default (Primary) storage. 25
Cluster Manager. 28
Add Tenant. 29
Overview of the Web Portal 30
Enable SSL for HTTPS. 31
Firewall Settings. 35
Download the Access Clients. 35
Web Based Management Console. 36
Team Folders. 36
Storage Manager. 37
User Manager. 38
Group Manager. 39
Delegate Administration. 40
Active Directory Integration
(Optional) 40
Group Policy. 41
Advanced Topics. 41
Split Database. 41
MySQL Database. 42
SQL Database. 42
Change Authentication Algorithm to
Version 2. 42
Change the Synchronized Uploader to
Asynchronized Uploader. 43
Zone Support. 43
Scalability Tuning. 43
Tuning #1 ? namespace/web.config. 44
Tuning #2 ? aspnet.config. 45
Tuning #3 ? machine.config. 45
Tuning #4 ? appConcurrentRequestLimit. 45
Need More Information?. 45
Installation Guide
Overview of CentreStack. 4
Deployment Diagram.. 6
Step 1: Prepare the File Storage. 8
Step 2: Prepare the Active Directory
(Optional) 8
Step 3: Prepare the Database Server. 9
Step 4: Prepare the Worker Nodes. 11
Step 5: Start Installation. 11
Step 6: Initial Configuration. 15
Step 7: Check Out Web Portal 17
Step 8: Check out the Management
Console. 18
Step 9: Enable SSL ? Install SSL
Certificate. 19
Step 10: Set up Worker Node
properties. 24
Step 11: Verify External URL,
Internal URL and Node Name. 27
Verify External URL. 27
Verify Internal URL. 28
Verify Node Name. 28
Step 12: Add the node to the Load
Balancer. 29
Step 13: Setup the Second Node
(Worker Node #2) 31
Option 1 ? GUI Setup. 31
Option 2 ? Command Line Script Setup. 31
13.1 ? Preparation on the Worker Node
#1. 31
13.2 - Clone Program Files. 33
13.3 ? Clone the Registry. 34
13.4 ? Command Line Setup for the IIS
ASP.NET and WCF applications. 35
13.5 - Import SSL Certificate. 36
13.6 - Sanity Check Worker Node #2. 37
13.7 ? Add the worker node 2 to the
cluster. 38
13.8 ? Add the worker node #2 to the
Load Balancer. 39
13.9 Pre-Compile ASP.NET Pages. 41
Step 14: Setup Worker Node #3. 41
Branding. 43
Self-Service Branding. 43
Full-Branding Service. 43
Upgrade. 44
Option #1 ? GUI Installer for Upgrade. 44
Option #2 ? Command Line Upgrade. 44
Step 1 ? Unzip the Folder. 44
Step 2 ? Copy files over to the
Program Files. 45
Admin Guide
Overview of CentreStack. 4
Administration Scope. 4
Cluster Administrator. 4
Tenant Administrator. 5
Cluster Manager. 5
Cluster Manager Web Portal 6
Tenant Manager. 6
Cluster Admin. 6
Cluster Branding. 7
Email Service. 9
Cluster Server Farm.. 9
Tenant Manager. 17
Dashboard. 18
Collaboration. 18
Storage Manager Properties – Local
Storage. 20
Storage Manager – Cloud Storage
Property. 21
User Manager. 22
Regular User Manager. 23
Guest User Manager. 23
Group Manager. 23
Role Manager. 23
Group Policy. 24
Group Policy –Security. 24
Group Policy – Client Control 27
Group Policy - Retention Policy. 30
Group Policy - Home Directory Policy. 31
Group Policy - Password Policy. 31
Group Policy - Client Settings
Manager Policy. 32
Tenant Administrators. 32
Advanced Information. 34
Active Directory Settings. 34
Audit Trace. 36
File Change Log. 36
Client Device Manager. 37
My Devices. 37
Storage Location Migration. 38