Sitecore XP 10 Initial Release – Install / Uninstall by using Sitecore Install Framework version 2.3

To be frank, you should use SIA (e.g Sitecore Install Assistant) to install Sitecore 10.0 as that way is super friendly and easy. Personally, I wanted to keep playing around with Windows PowerShell console so I have a good chance to dive deeper into the problem of the install operation if any.

This blog post is a summary of my own experience with Sitecore Experience Platform 10 Initial Release installation on my machine with the following install guide:

• Quick Installation Guide for a Developer Workstation(Thanks Sitecore team!)

I do hope that this blog post is helpful for your own journey as well.

Note: since Sitecore 9.3, by default, we have been able to use our own install directory rather than the default one

Setup Prerequisites

• Windows 10
• Windows PowerShell version 5.1 or later
• Sitecore License must have xDB enabled
• Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or later
• .Net Framework 4.8.0or later
• .NET Core 2.1.18 Windows Hosting Module
• Web Deploy 3.6
• URL Rewrite 2.1
• SOLR 8.4.0
• Red Hat OpenJDK 8 (64-bit)
• Sitecore Install Framework (SIF)3.0
• Packages for XP Single
• ensure to enable the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol version 1.2

Step by step guide

1. (optional)if you have never installed Sitecore 9 and later, you will probably want to:
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • execute Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Unrestricted
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2. (optional) install Sitecore Install Framework(SIF) if not yet
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • use the following commands to install the latest version of SIF
     1. Register-PSRepository -Name SitecoreGallery -SourceLocation https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-powershell/api/v2
     2. Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework

3. (optional)if you already installed previous SIF versions, you would have upgraded it to a new version 3.0
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • you should use the following command to get all the the current SIF versions
     1. Get-Module -Name SitecoreInstallFramework -ListAvailable
   • option 1: use the following command to update to the latest version of SIF
     1. Update-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -force
     2. 
   • option 2: use the following commands to remove the currents and then install the latest version of SIF
     1. Uninstall-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -AllVersions
     2. Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework

4. enable Contained Database Authentication if not yet
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   • Note: you can download the above query.
5. create a new folder D:sc100_install
6. download and unzip Package for XP Single(Note: must log into https://dev.sitecore.net/ before downloading)
   • copy / paste the following ones to D:sc100_install
     1. Sitecore 10.0.0 rev. 004346 (OnPrem)_single.scwdp.zip
     2. Sitecore 10.0.0 rev. 004346 (OnPrem)_xp0xconnect.scwdp.zip
     3. IdentityServer 5.0.0 rev. 00277 (OnPrem)_identityserver.scwdp.zip
   • unzip XP0 Configuration files 10.0.0 rev. 004346.zipand copy / paste all files to D:sc100_install
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7. let’s install the prerequisites
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:sc100_install
   • execute Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path prerequisites.json
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   • Note: Sitecore prerequisites are now installed, YOU MUST launch a new PowerShell session to run further SIF configurations
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8. install SOLR 8.4.0 if not yet
   • adjust appropriate values by editing D:sc100_installSolr-SingleDeveloper.json such as SolrPort, SolrInstallRoot if necessary
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   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:sc100_install
   • execute Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path Solr-SingleDeveloper.json
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9. copy / paste your Sitecore license file xml to D:sc100_install
10. adjust appropriate values by editing D:sc100_installXP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1 such as:
    • $Prefix
    • $SitecoreAdminPassword
    • $SCInstallRoot
    • $SitePhysicalRoot
      1. note: DON’T use double backslash  in the folder path  (for instance D:\websites) otherwise you may get the following error Failed to start service ‘Sitecore Marketing Automation Engine
      2. 
    • $SolrUrl
    • $SolrRoot
    • $SqlServer
    • $SqlAdminUser
    • $SqlAdminPassword
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11. open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
    • (optional)if you have various SIF versions on your machine, you will probably have to run 3.0 version of SIF by executing Import-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -Force -RequiredVersion 2.3.0
    • change directory to D:sc100_install
    • execute .XP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1
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12. hopefully there is nothing can stop the installation process and then note Sitecore Admin Password + SSL enabled as well
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13. open a browser (assume that you’re using the following values):
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    • navigate to https://sc100.local/to see the Sitecore default page
    • navigate to https://sc100.local/sitecoreand then be redirected to https://sc100.identityserver.local/ (log into it by using account admin / Sitecore Admin Password)
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14. DON’T FORGET to rebuild the search indexes and the Link database
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How to uninstall it?

• open D:sc100_installXP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1and uncomment the line 80 + comment out the line 77 then save it
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• open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
• change directory to D:sc100_install
• execute .XP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1
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• hopefully, it runs well and cleans everything up

Got issues?

Please send your issues (with screenshots if possible) to [email protected] so that I have a chance to understand your problem and be able to suggest the solution.

Happy Sitecore Experience Platform 10.0 Installation!

This article originally appeared on Walking on clouds (https://buoctrenmay.com/).