Installing Aligned Elements Web Server
  • Elements SPA Installation
  • Preparing the Windows Server
    • Before you get started
    • Install and Configure SQL Server for Aligned Elements
    • Install .NET 4.8
    • Install/Activate the IIS
    • Enable ASP.NET 4.5/4.6/4.7
    • Optional: IIS Always running part 1
    • Installing Web Platform Installer and Web deploy
    • Install URL Rewrite Module
    • Install IIS Crypto to disable Weak Ciphers and Protocols
  • Deploying the Aligned Elements Web Solution
    • Install the Aligned Elements Web Server Package
    • Setting HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
    • Optional: Open Ports in the Network on Azure hosted Virtual Machines
    • Optional: Get a SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt
    • Binding your SSL certificate to the Aligned Elements web site
    • Creating the „Temp“ and „Files“ directories
    • Remove stdole.dll from bin directory
    • Move ElementsSPA.xml from the "App_Data" folder to the "bin" folder
    • Add the Aligned Elements License Files
    • Set the necessary security permissions for directories
    • Optional: IIS Always running part 2
    • Install necessary Unicode Font
    • Install and Configure File Server Resource Manager
  • Configure Application Options in web.config
    • Configure Application Options in web.config
    • Set the Server and connection string
    • Always Require SSL
    • Referring to the Project Templates
    • Email Configuration
    • Word Add-in Configuration and deployment
      • Distribute an Add-in using the Office 365 admin center
      • Distribute the Add-in using sideloading for Windows
      • Distribute the Add-in using sideloading for Mac
    • Optional: Integration of the Aligned Elements Automation Tool
      • Importing Dashboards with Rename using the Automation Script
    • Optional: Enabling Active Directory Integration
  • Optional: Configuration of AI Features
  • Create an Initial User
    • Option 1: Aligned Elements Projects already exist
    • Option 2: New Web server, no Aligned Elements Projects exist
  • Upgrading the Aligned Elements Web Server
    • Upgrading a Server
  • Troubleshooting
    • Generic Server Error
    • Missing version of stdole.dll
    • Missing Dependencies for Txic.dll
    • Error shown: Could not load file or assembly “System.Net.Http”
    • 500 Internal Server Error
    • Error when trying to start application
    • The server is not starting after upgrading to v2.5 SP 4 Part 1
    • The server is not starting after upgrading to v2.5 SP 4 Part II
    • Load a project works but when clicking on a design Item, you are re-directed to the login
    • The application cannot connect to the license server
    • The urls in email notifications are incorrect/missing port information
    • Missing Font
    • Mismatch of server name between Windows-client and Web.
  • Cannot upload Templates
  • Running 'ElementsSPAPackage.deploy.cmd' closes the Command-Prompt window
  • Web.config Settings
    • Settings of the Web.config
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  1. Preparing the Windows Server

Install and Configure SQL Server for Aligned Elements

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1. Download SQL Server Download the SQL Server or SQL Server Express edition from Microsoft.

Note! If using SQL Server Express, be sure to install the Advanced Service edition, since it supports Full Text search on which Aligned Elements relies. (The “regular” SQL Server Express does not support Full Text search and can thus not be used for Aligned Elements.)

In e.g. SQL Server Express 2022 this is achieved by:

1) Starting the SQL Server installer

2) Select "Download Media" to dowload all files

3) In the subsequent dialog "Specify SQL ....", select "Express Advanced" (the second option from the top)

2. When installing SQL Server, make sure that during „Feature Selection“, the „Full Text...“ option is selected.

3. Make sure that a case-insensitive collation is used.

4. Make sure that the SQL Server Authentication mode is set to „Mixed mode“.

5. You now need to install a filter pack to allow sQLserver to read the content of different document types (e.g. doc, docx)

Download from https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=17062.

Select the correct version depending on your OS (32 or 64 bit)

Start installation by clicking on FilterPackx86.exe (or FilterPackx64.exe)

For further informations: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945934

a. Start SQL Server Management Studio.

b. In SQL Server Management Studio, select the instance in which you want to enable IFilters, and then run the following command (query) in that instance:

sp_fulltext_service 'load_os_resources', 1

c. Restart the SQL Server service

6. Set up a login for Aligned Elements. In the “Security” folder, select the “Logins” folder, right click and select the option “New Login…”.

  • Create a new user name with the name “AlignedElement” (not “AlignedElements”).

  • Set the password to the password that you have obtained from your Aligned contact.

  • Uncheck “Enforce Password Policy” and uncheck “Enforce password expiration”.

  • Make sure that the default language for the user is set to English.

  • Make sure that the user “AlignedElement” is assigned to the Server Roles “public” and “sysadmin”.