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title: "How to Install SOFT1 ERP"
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Before installing SOFT1 ERP, consult the [SOFT1 ERP Operational Specifications](https://wiki.soft1.eu/space/SS5EN/189267988/Soft1+Operational+Specifications) and work as follows:

#### ➡️<span style="color: #0747a6"> </span>**<span style="color: #0747a6">On-premise</span>**

Choose, according to SOFT1 ERP operational specifications, the RDBMS *(e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, etc.*) that will support the database where SOFT1 ERP will be connected to. 

Run the SOFT1 ERP  setup wizard to download the SOFT1 ERP  files in order to: 

- create or select the database where you will start working,
- connect SOFT1 ERP to the database,
- install/locate the [License Manager](https://wiki.soft1.eu/space/SS5EN/189268679/Soft1+License+Manager+(LM)) (SOFT1 Software Licensing).

Once the installation is completed, the SOFT1 ERP desktop shortcut is created. Check below the connection models and choose based on your best-suited network topology:   


##### **<span style="color: #0747a6">→ Application server Settings</span>**

The following walkthrough describes how to set up the **Application server:**

- create a second shortcut for the **Xplorer.exe** file, which has been created upon installing SOFT1 ERP,
- right-click on that shortcut and select **Properties**. At **Target **field, type the <space>/**server **parameter after the Xplorer.exe. indication.  
The final Target of the shortcut will have the following format:
  - C: \Program Files\SOFT1\SOFT1\Xplorer.exe   /server or
  - “C: \Program Files\SOFT1\SOFT1\Xplorer.exe”  /server (if there are any inverted commas in the shortcut)

When running the new shortcut, a service is activated on Windows Notification Area. This way, you monitor the clients that are connected to SOFT1 ERP. 

> ℹ️ ***Application server as Windows service***
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ *You may install/configure the application server to automatically run as a startup windows service. This way, the clients can be connected, for example, when restarting the server. *  
> ℹ️ *You may work as follows:*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - *create a second shortcut for the ****Xplorer.exe**** file,*
> ℹ️ - *right-click on that shortcut and select ****Properties****. *
> ℹ️ - *At ****Target ****field, set the <space>/****server**** parameter after the Xplorer.exe. indication. *
> ℹ️ - *Run the application to activate the service.*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ 👉 *To stop the application server from running as a service, type the /****uninstall**** parameter at the Target field.*

> ℹ️ ***Application server as Load Balancer***
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ *In case the number of company users requires more than one application server, then set the <space>/****balance:X**** parameter (where Χ = the maximum number of users) at ****Target ****field after the Xplorer.exe indication.*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ *Set the parameter wherever is required (application servers). For example:*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - ***/balance:10****, at 1st server,*
> ℹ️ - ***/balance:20****, at 2nd server.*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ *Once 10 users are connected to the first server, the second one is automatically activated to enable the rest of the users to connect.*
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ 👉 *If this method is selected, any application servers operating as Windows service must be uninstalled.*


##### **<span style="color: #0747a6">→ Client Settings</span>**

The following walkthrough describes how to set up the **Clients**:

- select the **Xplorer.exe** shortcut,
- right-click on that shortcut and select **Properties**. At **Target **field, type the <space>/host:<IP Server> parameter after the Xplorer.exe. indication. Otherwise, instead of IP Server type the computer name of the application server.   
The final Target of the shortcut will have the following format:
  - C: \Program Files\SOFT1\SOFT1\Xplorer.exe   /host: 192.168.X.X  or
  - “C: \Program Files\SOFT1\SOFT1\Xplorer.exe”  /host: 192.168.X.X (if there are any inverted commas in the shortcut).

> ⚠️ *The update of SOFT1 ERP files should be performed on the application server-side. Make sure to restart the application server.   *  
> ⚠️ *A message informing the clients of the new version upon login will be displayed.  Once the users accept to perform the update/retrieve files from the server, they can log in to SOFT1 ERP.   *  
> ⚠️ *If the update of SOFT1 ERP files is performed on the client-side, only the client files will be updated; nor the application server or other clients' ones.*

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