Installing Deployment Manager

Your Deployment Manager server will host the web interface that you will use to configure deployments and trigger releases, as well as a Windows Service that coordinates releases.

Requirements

The Deployment Manager server requires:

• Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, or Windows Server 2012 (Deployment Manager is not supported on Windows Server 2003, though Agents are)

  You can also install Deployment Manager on Windows 7 and Windows 8, although you may experience problems using Deployment Manager on these operating systems.

• .NET Framework 4.0 (download the installer from Microsoft)
• Windows PowerShell 2.0 or later

  This is automatically installed on 2008 R2, but for 2008 pre-R2 you'll need to install it (x86 download, x64 download)

Automatically installed requirements

During the Deployment Manager installation, the following will be installed automatically:

• ASP.NET 4
• IIS, with the following features:

  Web Management Tools:

  • IIS Management Console
  • IIS Management Scripts and Tools

  World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features:

  • ASP.NET
  • .NET Extensibility

  World Wide Web Services > Common HTTP Features:

  • Static Content
  • Default Document
  • HTTP Errors
  • HTTP Redirection

  World Wide Web Services > Security:

  • Windows Authentication

Installation

1. Download the Deployment Manager MSI.
2. Install the MSI, following the instructions.

   An administration application is displayed when the installation is complete:

   

3. Specify the port you want to use for the Deployment Manager web interface, and then click Use This Port.

Verifying the installation

To verify your installation, navigate to the web interface. You can find the URL for the web interface on the administration application:

The first user that visits the web interface will automatically be prompted to create an administrator account.

Configuring backups

By default, Deployment Manager will automatically back up its own database every four hours into a Backups subfolder of the directory you choose during installation (usually C:\ProgramData\RedGate\DeploymentManager\Data\Backups).

To change Deployment Manager backup settings:

1. In the web interface, on the Settings page, click Data Repository backups:

   

2. Click Change backup settings:

   

3. Make any changes, and then click Save.

Common errors

For a list of common Deployment Manager errors, see: Common errors.