Install Blue Prism Interact

Welcome

Click Next.

License agreement

Read the End-User License Agreement and if you agree to the terms, select the check box.

Product prerequisites

The installer checks that the prerequisites have been installed. If the installer finds any prerequisites missing these will be notified to you. Otherwise, continue with the installation.

You cannot proceed unless all prerequisites have been installed.

Destination folder

Specify the required installation folder. The default location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Prism, but you can choose your own using the Change button.

Configure Interact SQL configuration

Configure the settings for the Interact Database by providing the SQL Server host name or IP address, and the credentials for the account to create the database:

• If Windows Authentication is selected, the account must have the appropriate permissions. See Installing Interact using Windows Authentication for further information.

• If SQL Authentication is selected, enter the username and password.

  You must ensure that your database password does not contain an equals sign (=), semi‑colon (;), or speech marks ("). These characters are not supported, and will lead to issues when trying to connect to the database.

Click Test connection to proceed to test the SQL credentials and verify connectivity.
A notification will display the result of the test. You will only be able to move on to the next step if the test is successful. If the test failed, see Troubleshoot an Interact installation for further details.

Configure Interact Cache SQL configuration

Configure the settings for the Interact Cache Database by providing the SQL Server host name or IP address, and the credentials for the account to create the database:

• If Windows Authentication is selected, the account must have the appropriate permissions. See Installing Interact using Windows Authentication for further information.

• If SQL Authentication is selected, enter the username and password.

  You must ensure that your database password does not contain an equals sign (=), semi‑colon (;), or speech marks ("). These characters are not supported, and will lead to issues when trying to connect to the database.

The database name can be left as the default value or changed as required.

Click Test connection to proceed to test the SQL credentials and verify connectivity.
A notification will display the result of the test. You will only be able to move on to the next step if the test is successful. If the test failed, see Troubleshoot an Interact installation for further details.

Interact IIS setup

Configure the Interact website.

• Enter a site name.

• Enter a host name in lowercase characters – This will be used as the URL for the site. The first part of the default host name must not be changed. You can only change the .local part of the host name. Ensure that you consider your DNS and Domain structure when choosing a host name.

  The use of uppercase characters in URLs is not supported.

• Enter the port number.
• Select the appropriate SSL certificate.
• Leave Start Website selected, unless you do not want the website to automatically start at the end of the installation.

Interact Remote API setup

• Enter a site name.

• Enter a host name in lowercase characters – This will be used as the URL for the site. The first part of the default host name must not be changed. You can only change the .local part of the host name. Ensure that you consider your DNS and Domain structure when choosing a host name.

  The use of uppercase characters in URLs is not supported.

• Enter the port number.
• Select the appropriate SSL certificate.
• Leave Start Website selected, unless you do not want the website to automatically start at the end of the installation.

IADA IIS setup

• Enter a site name.

• Enter a host name in lowercase characters – This will be used as the URL for the site. The first part of the default host name must not be changed. You can only change the .local part of the host name. Ensure that you consider your DNS and Domain structure when choosing a host name.

  The use of uppercase characters in URLs is not supported.

• Enter the port number.
• Select the appropriate SSL certificate.
• Leave Start Website selected, unless you do not want the website to automatically start at the end of the installation.

Configure IADA SQL configuration

Configure the settings for IADA by providing the SQL Server host name or IP address, and the credentials for the account to create the database:

• If Windows Authentication is selected, the account must have the appropriate permissions. See Installing Interact using Windows Authentication for further information.

• If SQL Authentication is selected, enter the username and password.

  You must ensure that your database password does not contain an equals sign (=), semi‑colon (;), or speech marks ("). These characters are not supported, and will lead to issues when trying to connect to the database.

The database name can be left as the default value or changed as required.

Click Test connection to proceed to test the SQL credentials and verify connectivity.
A notification will display the result of the test. You will only be able to move on to the next step if the test is successful. If the test failed, see Troubleshoot an Interact installation for further details.

Ready for Installation

Click Next to install Interact.