Adding a console, backend component or agent handler

The Add a new component to an existing installation menu in the Installation Center is used to install consoles, backend servers or agent handlers on machines other than the one you performed the first installation on.

Agent handlers can be installed on machines that belong to Active Directory domains other than the one on which the backend Component is located. For further information, refer to Installing SES Evolution servers on different Active Directory domains.

Adding these components to a single environment does not require an additional license.

Proceed as follows to add a console, backend component or agent handler:

  1. Log in to the machine using a Windows account with the following characteristics:
    • If the machine belongs to a domain, the Windows account must be a domain account,
    • It must hold administration privileges and be allowed to open an interactive session on the local machine,
    • Only for the backend component, access is required to the database instance with the "sysadmin" server role.
  2. Run the SES_Evolution_Installation_Center.exe file.
  3. Click Add a new component to an existing installation.
  4. Select the component to install.
  5. If you are adding a backend component, enter the address of the administration database instance and the login credentials of the super administrator account on the database.
    When adding an initial console or agent handler, enter the address of the backend component.
    If you are adding an additional console, enter the address of the backend component and the console’s installation key. To obtain the key:
    1. Open an existing administration console,
    2. Go to the Backoffice > System > General menu.
    3. Click the Copy button to the right of the Console Setup Key field.
    4. If necessary, click the Refresh button to renew the key. This allows the SES Evolution administrator to ensure that no console will be installed without their approval.
  6. Define the various parameters. For more information on the parameters to enter, see Installing the solution. The password of the intermediate certification authority of the backend component or agent handler cannot be viewed during the initial installation since the password is already entered in the Certificates section of the standard installation.
  7. Apply these changes to complete the process.