1. Right click setup.exe and choose Run as administrator

2. The Welcome screen appears. Click Next

3. Read the licence agreement. If you do not accept the agreement you cannot proceed. To accept the agreement, click Yes.

4. The Choose Destination Location screen appears. If you want to change the setup location, click Change. In the Choose Folder dialog, enter the path to the desired location and click OK, and then click Next.

5. The Start Copying Files screen appears. If you want to make any changes, click Back. When you are ready to proceed, click Install

6. The Setup Status screen appears. The installer starts copying files.

7. When setup is complete, the Site Configuration dialog appears. If you wish to configure the site now, please proceed to the topic Configuring the site below. 

If you prefer, you can click OK in the Site Configuration dialog. This accepts the defaults and completes the setup without configuring the site. You can configure the site at any time by running WDS Site Manager from the Beyond 20/20 folder in your computer's Start menu. 

Note: Your site will not work until you configure it.

8. When you have finished setup, whether or not you chose to configure your site at this time, the Complete screen appears. Click Finish

Configuring the site 

Configuring a site means to select or configure the web site and database using the Site Configuration dialog box. The Site Configuration dialog box appears just before the end of setup.

You can also configure a site at any time, as follows: 

1. Run WDS Site Manager as administrator from the Beyond 20/20 folder in your computer's Start menu. (right click and select Run as administrator)

2. In WDS Site Manager, select the site you want to configure, and then click Configure Site. The Site Configuration dialog box appears. 

The Site Configuration dialog box has three parts: 

  • IIS (see below)  - Used to specify the web site and virtual directory for a WDS site. 
  • Database (see below)  - Used to select and configure the database for use by a WDS site. The database is used as a repository for information about site users, tables, reports, languages, and so on. 
  • Description - Optional. Notes entered here will be copied to the Description section of WDS Site Manager. 

IIS

The IIS section of the Site Configuration dialog box is used to specify the web site and virtual directory for a WDS site. 

To specify a web site: 

1. In the IIS area, choose a web site. The default is Default Web Site. If you have created one or more non-default web sites, you can use the drop-down list to select the one you want to use. For this example we will select the default web site. 

Note: Web site cannot be left blank. 

Note: To create non-default web sites, you must be running a server operating system such as Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019. 

For more information about creating non-default web sites on the server, open IIS Manager under Administrative Tools and click Help to access Microsoft's online help system. 

2. If you wish to use a virtual directory under the selected web site, either enter a name for it or else accept the default. The virtual directory will be created automatically. (The default is based on the WDS version and site number. For a first setup it will be wds82_1.) 

  • If you leave Virtual directory name blank, the site will be created at the root of the specified web site. Its web address will be http://WebSiteName
  • If you enter a name in Virtual directory name, a virtual directory with that name will be created. The site's web address will be http://WebSiteName/VirtualDirectoryName 

For this example, we will enter the virtual directory name Site1. Our site's address will be http://WebSiteName/Site1

Database

The database is used as a repository for information about site users, tables, reports, languages, etc. 

  • This version of WDS provides an installation of SQLite for use as a default database. If you select Use default, the only required configuration is to give the application pool user read/write access to the folder. see https://support.beyond2020.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002218921-setting-repository-folder-permissions. 
    Note: According to the SQLite official website, "SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain." 
  • If you do not wish to use SQLite, you must install a database system and create a database before you can configure the site. Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server or can be used for this purpose. The database must be created before you can configure the site.

To use the default database:

1. In the Database area of the Site Configuration dialog box, click Use default. The connection string will be entered automatically. 

2. Click OK. 

3. If you have not already changed the administrator password, a message will advise you to do so. Click OK.

When you click OK, the virtual directory will be created and the database schema will be created if it didn't exist already. For the WDS site to work, a special application pool should be created in IIS and the site should be configured to run under this application pool.

To Create an Application Pool and run your WDS under it:

1. Run IIS Manager (Administrative Tools->IIS Manager)

2. Expand your machine and then select Application Pools and click Add Application Pool

3. The Add Application Pool dialog appears. Enter a Name and select .Net v2.0. For this example, we will call our application pool WdsSite1AppPool

4. Click OK

5. For Wds to run under this application pool, we must set it so that it can run 32 bit applications. Right-click WdsSite1AppPool and select Advanced Settings...

6. The Advanced Settings dialog appears

7. Set Enable 32-Bit Applications to True and click OK

5. To set our site to use WdsSite1AppPool, expand Sites and locate the web site or virtual directory where WDS is installed.

6. Right-click the virtual directory, select Manage Application, and select Advanced Settings.

7. The Advanced Settings dialog box appears. Set the Application Pool to WdsSite1AppPool and click OK


Next, continue setting up WDS by Setting Archive folder permissions, https://support.beyond2020.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002196434-setting-archive-folder-permissions, Running site diagnostics, https://support.beyond2020.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002097678-how-to-run-diagnostics, and Testing the Setup, https://support.beyond2020.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002196435-testing-a-wds-site.