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Installing Adaptive Client Manager

[AUTO INSTALLATION] | [HELP] | [MANUAL INSTALLATION]

Easy, Quick, Auto Installation

This installation should only be performed if you have completed the stps in the Before You Install section.

The ACM files and folders should now be online. What we need to do now though is complete the installation by setting up the neccessary database tables - after all, it's just an empty database at the moment.

To simplify this process, we're going to try to connect to your database and load in all the tables automatically so you don't have to. This works for most installations, however, it does depend on your host/settings.

Open up your web browser and go to the setup section. This can be reached at the location where you uploaded ACM to on your website, folowed by /setup. For example, if it was to a subfolder on your website named 'acm' it would be here:

yourwebsite.com/acm/setup/

If you've uploaded the files correctly, then you should be presented with your first look at your installation of ACM.

If you're getting a 404 error stating that the page does not exist, this could be caused due to a conflict with a Wordpress installation if you have Wordpress set up on your website. If you do have Wordpress installed and you are getting this problem then please read the Troubleshooting section.

There are 3 buttons on the setup page and clicking on each will present you with information on what you need to do. If you completed the 'Before You Install' section in these docs (as you should have) then you've already completed Step 1 and you can move straight to Step 2.

Step 2 simply asks you to complete 4 form fields with the database information that you should already have at this point (host, database name, username and password).

Once done, press the 'Save & Test Connection'. ACM will attempt to connect to your database using those settings and, if successfull, we'll also try and install the database for you. If it installs successfully, you'll see a confirmation message that states 'The Installation Was Successfull'. If this happens, you can proceed to Step 3.

If you don't get that message, and you get some error message, make a note of it, and then check out the Help section.

Step 3 basically asks you to log into the system using a default account that was created during installation. The default login details are as follows:

Username: admin

Password: password

Once logged in, you will be able to edit the default company information with your own company details

If you visit the 'Users' section of the Settings area, you will be able to add and remove new users.

Note: For obvious security reasons, the default admin user that is created in this installation process should ALWAYS be deleted once you have set up your own personal user account.