Installing Cayosoft Administrator

For instructions on how to upgrade an existing version of Cayosoft Administrator to an earlier version, see Cayosoft Administrator upgrade guide.

Installation procedure

TIP: If a firewall separates the Cayosoft Administrator Service and Active Directory resources, some ports must be open. See the Cayosoft Administrator URLs and IP address ranges article.

Cayosoft Administrator Console can be installed separately from the Cayosoft Administrator Service. It allows connection to a remote Admin Service.

IMPORTANT: To install the Cayosoft Administrator Console only, Domain Administrator's permissions are required. If you run the installation using a non-admin account, you will see a dialog box that prompts you for administrator credentials.

For details please see How to install Cayosoft Administrator remote console.

1. Locate the CayosoftInstaller.exe and run it.

2. Select Cayosoft Administrator and click Install:

3. Accept the license agreement and click Install. Cayosoft Administrator Service will be installed under the Local System Account:

4. Wait until the installation is complete.

   NOTE: The Cayosoft Web Config tool will run automatically in the background, and the Administrator Web Portal will be configured. For details on how to access the Web Portal, please see this article Cayosoft Administrator Web Portal configuration.

   

5. After you install the Cayosoft Administrator , you need to launch it and complete the Initial configuration wizard.

TIP: A dedicated server can be used to offload self-service operations to its server. Review the Installation of Cayosoft Administrator server dedicated for Self Service operations article for additional information.

TIP: Cayosoft Administrator provides server replication. If you need to configure the replication in your environment, you can see the High availability & replication article.

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