Configure umbraco 3.0

Install and setup
A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005.

Contents

• Introduction
• Configure SQL Server 2005 for umbraco
• Install umbraco 3.0 Files
• Configure IIS for umbraco
• Configure umbraco 3.0
• Congratulations!

Configure umbraco 3.0

You will need to edit the web.config file to specify the location and connection string information for your database.

1. Using My Computer or the Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder containing the umbraco web site files.
   Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot, according to these instructions.
2. Double-click the Web.config file.
   
3. If prompted, select the radio button next to “Select a program from a list of installed programs”, click OK, click Notepad, place a check mark in the box next to “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”, and click OK.
4. Near the middle of the file, find the following line:
   <add key="umbracoDbDSN" value="Server=127.0.0.1;Database=YOUR_DATABASE;User 8
   ID=YOUR_USER;Password=YOUR_PASSWORD;Trusted_Connection=False"/>
   
5. Modify the following umbracoDbDSN items to match your database configuration.
   Note: according to these instructions, the values would be:
1. Server=127.0.0.1
   Database=umbracoCMS
   User ID=umbracoUser
   Password=denmark
   Trusted_Connection=False
   
6. Save the Web.config file.

Set up umbraco from a web browser

1. Using a web browser, navigate to http://localhost.
   
2. Click Next.
   
3. Your database should be found and identified as None, meaning your database is empty.
   Note: If your database is not found or is unavailable, double-check your umbracoDbDSN settings in the web.config file.
4. Click Install.
   
5. Click Next.
6. Click Next.
   Note: If there are any permission problems, return to Set File Permissions, above.
7. Enter a password for the umbraco user interface, and click Change Password.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Next.
   
10. Finally, delete or rename the \install folder
    Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\install, according to these instructions.