HCP can be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 and later Microsoft Windows versions, and on Ubuntu Linux 16.0.4 LTS or later LTS versions.
The Installation procedure depends on the selected operation system.
Windows Installation
Windows Installation Prerequisites
- Windows Server 2012 R2 or later servers versions
- Static IP address is needed for the HRD devices to connect to later
- Accessible and whitelisted through the firewall ports for HTTP and HTTPS, the default ports are 3000 and 3002
- A user with sudo permission
- Accessible booking system (e.g. Office 365) over HTTPS port TCP 443
- Access to NTP Server over port UDP 123
Installation Steps
In this part of the guide, we will use Windows Server 2016 as our operating system, however the same steps can be used on all supported windows versions.
- It is highly recommended to update your windows using windows update service, this will make sure the proper .Net and build packages are included is the OS.
- Download the latest Humly Control Panel version and copy the installation file to your server.
- Unzip HCP Installer file using your preferred tool, we recommend 7zip, the extracted files should look like this.
- Start the automatic installer “setup.exe” which will handle the installation of all prerequisites.
- Accept the license agreement for installing MongoDB.
- Accept the license agreement for installing Node.js
- Based on your operating system, Visual C++ "2015-2019" Run-time Libraries (x64) might need to be installed, the installer will detect this, if prompted to press Install-button
- Accept the license agreement and press Install
- Based on your OS, restart might be required after installing Visual C++ "19" Runtime Libraries (x64), please restart your windows, and run the “setup.exe” file again and accept the license agreement for MongoDB and Node.js
- After the installation of the prerequisites, Humly Control Panel installation should start, Accept the license agreement and press Next
- The prerequisite window should appear to confirm which packages are should be installed before installing HCP, in our case, everything is installed by the setup.exe installer
- Select the installation path and the user permissions and press Next
- Next up is to create credentials for the Mongo database. It is the database which stores the meetings, users and Humly Control Panel settings. If you want to install the database on an external mongo db server, please refer to the document on installing the HCP database on external mongodb server.
- Now the installer will start the process of Humly Control Panel installation, this might take several minutes, please wait until the installation is done.
- When the installation is finished, you should see the below window, press Close
- Verify that HRM service is running under services.msc
- Now you should be able to access the HCP via browser using http://localhost:3000, or from another PC via http://<IP or FQDN>:3000
- HCP is ready now for the booking system configuration
- Now the server is ready to connect with the booking system
The following steps will guide the steps for different booking system configurations. Choose your booking system:
Nexudus
- Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 or http://<server IP or FQDN>:3000 if you are connecting from another computer.
- Based on your browser, you might see certificate warning as the certificate will be used now are self signed certificates. The certificates can be changed in later step if you want to use public TLS.
Proceed to the next step by accepting the certificate
Once done with your initial booking system preparation for Nexudus move on to Step 3: Connect HCP to Booking System
Office 365
Based on the Authentication method you will be using to connect Office 365, the process might vary, the process of connecting HCP to Office 365 using the legacy authentication method is very similar to the process of connecting HCP to Exchange servers. This is explained in detail in the later step.
In the next example, we will use Modern Authentication to connect HCP to Office 365
- Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 or http://<server IP or FQDN>:3000 if you are connecting from another computer.
- Based on your browser, you might see certificate warning as the certificate will be used now are self signed certificates, the certificates can be changed in later step if you want to use public TLS.
Proceed to the next step by accepting the certificate.
Once done with your initial booking system preparation for Office 365 move on to Step 3: Connect HCP to Booking System
Exchange Server
The process for all Exchange servers version is the same, the below example, we are connecting Humly Control Panel to Exchange 2019.
- Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 or http://<server IP or FQDN>:3000
- Based on your browser, you might see certificate warning as the certificate will be used now are self signed certificates, the certificates can be changed in later step if you want to use public TLS.
Proceed to the next step by accepting the certificate
Once done with your initial booking system preparation for Exchange Server move on to Step 3: Connect HCP to Booking System
Google G Suite
This article will cover the process of connecting Humly Control Panel to Google G Suite booking system.
- Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 or http://<server IP or FQDN>:3000
- Based on your browser, you might see certificate warning as the certificate will be used now are self signed certificates, the certificates can be changed in later step if you want to use public TLS.Proceed to the next step by accepting the certificate
Once done with your initial booking system preparation for Nexudus move on to Step 3: Connect HCP to Booking System
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