Kendo Manager Installation guide for windows

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Installation guide for windows

INTRODUCTION

Kendo Manager is a web based application which can be installed on any Windows web server, windows PC or can be hosted on service Providers. Kendo Manager is suitable for all types of projects, regardless of team size or project complexity. Easy to use with simple instructions and it does not require expensive education of employees. Using Kendo Manager will easy your project life cycle. If you are a big or small company, Government institution or NGO, software for Managing Projects will help you organize your projects, your team and give you an overview of your projects, weather in classic task list view or with Gantt charts.

System Requirements

The following are the requirements of your system to install Kendo Manager,

Hardware Requirements

Min: Intel Dual-Core Processor
RAM: Recommended 2 GB or more

Software Requirements

Windows VPS, MS Windows 10/11, MS Windows Server, Azure or Asp Net Hosting (contact us).
MariaDB 10.1.20 – 10.5.15
Internet Information Services (IIS)
.NET Framework 4 +

Kendo Manager – Windows installation

STEP 1

Step 1. Install .NET Framework 4

Download and install .NET Framework 4 from the folowing link and install:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642

Note : If you already have installed .NET Framework 4+ skip this step.

STEP 2

Step 2 . Install IIS on Windows 8 or Windows 10

IIS is not installed by default on Windows 8 or windows 10. As a result you have to manually set up IIS( (Internet Information Services). in your machine.

Note : If you already have installed IIS skip this step

Installing IIS

IIS in Windows is still an optional “Windows Feature”. To install it, press the Windows + R key combination to bring up a run box, then type appwiz.cpl and press enter.

iis

This will open the Program and Features part of Control Panel, on the left hand side click on the “Turn Windows features on or off” link.

Kendo manager Windows feature

Now, simply click on the features that are checked on the following screens and then hit the OK button.

iis options part one

After clicking OK, this dialog will appear on your screen for a while.

applying changes

When its done, fire up your browser and navigate to localhost.

Localhost

STEP 3

Step 3 . Install Maria DB on windows 10 or Win Server 2008,2012,2016

The installation procedure for MariaDB is the same for windows 8, 10 and Windows server 2008,2012 and 2016

Go to Kendo Manager folder and install MariaDB.
Double click installer to start install process.

Maria Db

Note: Also you can downlaod MariaDB for windows from https://downloads.mariadb.org/

Click Next

mariadb begin

Check License Agreement and click Next

mariadb terms

Click next on custom setup

mariadb options

On properties you can set the password for the “root” database user and specify whether root can access database from remote machines.
Click Next

mariadb setup

Click Next on Other Database Properties

mariadb settings

Ready to Install. Click Install

mariadb install

Click Finish

mariadb finish

Note: More information on https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/installing-mariadb-msi-packages-on-windows/

STEP 4

STEP 5

Step 5. Create Kendo Projectmanagement database and Elmah log database using default HeidiSQL

HeidiSQL is a Windows client for MariaDB and MySQL. It has been bundled with the Windows version of MariaDB since MariaDB 5.2.7

Click to HeidiSQL

heidi sql

Type Root password and Click to Open

heidi settings

5.1.1. Create project management database

Go to File and click to Load SQL File options

Load sql heidi

Choose Projectmanagement Sql file from Kendo Manager – Database folder and click Open.

Import kendo manager project management databse

Click OK on Messages

Finish instalation project management database

Click to Execute SQL button

projectmanagement database instalation

Click to OK button and refresh windows (F5).

Note : In the left frame you see project management database

finish installation kendo project management database

5.1.2. Create Elmah log Database

Open HeidiSql and Go to File and click to Load SQL File options.

Load sql heidi

Choose Elmah Sql file from Kendo Manager – Database folder and click Open.

elmah database

Click to Execute SQL

elmah sql

Click OK and refresh windows (F5)

elmah finish

STEP 6

STEP 6.1

6.1. IIS_IUSRS Folder Permission

Open C:\inetpub\wwwroot and Add IIS_IUSRS full permission on folders App_Data, Files and repository.

Kendo permission

Add permission on App_data folder

Click to right mouse button to App_data folder and choose Properties

set permisson

Select tab Security and click Edit.

Edit app permission

Add full control for IIS_IUSRS and click OK.

app permission

Add permission on Files folder

Click to right mouse button to Files folder and choose Properties and select tab Security. Add full control for IIS_IUSRS and click OK.

Files permission

Add permission on Repository folder

Click to right mouse button to Repository folder and choose Properties and select tab Security Add full control for IIS_IUSRS and click OK.

Repositori permission

STEP 6.2

6.2. Web config settings

Go to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\kendo and open web config with note editor to set config file.

Note : We are recomended Notepad++ (https://notepad-plus-plus.org )

Select web.config

web config

Right click to Open file in note editor

notepad edit

6.2.1. Language settings

When you open web config you need to first set language settings. Default language in the Kendo Manager is English (“DefaultCulture” value=” en-US “). If you want the German language to be basic, type de-DE in a string (“DefaultCulture” value=” de-DE “).

Kendo Manager Language settings

Currently, Kendo manager supports :

English – (“DefaultCulture” value=”en-US”).
English Australian – (“DefaultCulture” value=”en-AU”).
Germany – (“DefaultCulture” value=”de-DE”).
Spanish – (“DefaultCulture” value=”es-ES”)
Slovenian – (“DefaultCulture” value=”sl-SI”)
Italian – (“DefaultCulture” value=”it-IT”)
Serbian Latin – (“DefaultCulture” value=”sr-Latn-RS”).
Croation – (“DefaultCulture” value=”hr-HR”).
Bosnian – (“DefaultCulture” value=”bs-BA”).

Note : European English (DD.MM.YYYY) – date format, it is necessary to set “en-AU”

6.2.2. SMTP settings

Mail server settings serves to set up automatic notifications and emails if you use an email server.

kendo mail server settings

SMTP settings example using Gmail account

Gmail settings account

Note :

Sending email via gmail SMTP requires to “Allow less secure apps: YES”.

Go to https://myaccount.google.com/security?pli=1#connectedapps
then click Allow less secure app to YES

google allow

Important: Kendo Manager don’t support SMTP via port 465

6.2.3. Database connection string

First you need to Enter the root password in the connections strings

connection string

Type the Root password in the first row connection string and click Save

first row string

type your root password

Firs row connection string

Type the Root password in the 2,3 and 4 row connection string and click Save

conection string

Note:

Kendo config file is predefined for the default base projectmanagement and elmah log base that we have previously created using HeidiSQL or phpMyAdmin. Only You need to enter the password of your root user . If you create a database with a different name and user, you need to enter your data into the database connection string. If your root user does not have a password, leave the field password empty.

STEP 6.3

6.3. Add Kendo Manager App in Internet information server (IIS)

The procedure to add a new website to IIS (Internet information server) is the same no matter which operating system you use (Windows 8/10 or Server 2008,2012,2016).

Type IIS in Windows 10 search box and click on Internet Information Server
Open the IIS Manager

find iis

To begin, open the IIS Manager and Stop default IIS web site If you want to use it on port 80 it is necessary to stop the default IIS website.

stop default site

Add the Kendo web aplication on IIS

Expand the tree on the connections column.
Right click
Select Add Web Site…

add web site

Configure the new Kendo Manager Website

create kendo app

Note:

This window is the initial new website configuration. From here we will make a basic working site.

In Site name, enter a Kendo to identify your website.
In Physical pathenter the path to the website folder files. You can put this anywhere on your hard drive but the default is c:\inetpub\wwwroot\kendo
In the binding set, you can select how the site is bound to the Server.
Type: Select HTTP or HTTPS if you server have SSL Certificat.
IP Address: Select your IP here. When using Windows 7 you’re probably hosting at home, so this will probably be your local IP such as 192.168.14.123 otherwise it may be something else.
Port: This should not be changed unless required as port 80 or port is the only port you can use without adding :port at the end of your domain. You should only change this if your ISP blocks port 80.
Host name:This should be your domain name. If you don’t have one and want to use your IP, leave it blank.

STEP 6.4

STEP 6.5

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Installation guide for windows

INTRODUCTION

System Requirements

Kendo Manager – Windows installation

Step 1. Install .NET Framework 4

Step 2 . Install IIS on Windows 8 or Windows 10

Installing IIS

Step 3 . Install Maria DB on windows 10 or Win Server 2008,2012,2016

Step 4 . Install MySQL Connector/NET

Step 5. Create Kendo Projectmanagement database and Elmah log database using default HeidiSQL

5.1.1. Create project management database

5.1.2. Create Elmah log Database

Step 6. Install Kendo Manager Software

6.1. IIS_IUSRS Folder Permission

Add permission on App_data folder

Add permission on Files folder

Add permission on Repository folder

6.2. Web config settings

6.2.1. Language settings

6.2.2. SMTP settings

6.2.3. Database connection string

6.3. Add Kendo Manager App in Internet information server (IIS)

Add the Kendo web aplication on IIS

6.4. Configure Kendo Application pool

6.5. Kendo login data

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