Software prerequisites
These are the software prerequisites for installing Aurea Social:
Prerequisites for core module
SharePoint version
You must have a valid installation of any of the below:
- SharePoint Server 2010 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
- Service Pack 2 (SP2)
- SharePoint 2013, Standard or Enterprise
SharePoint Foundation 2010/2013 is not supported.
SharePoint 2010/2013 in Standalone mode is not supported.
The prerequisite check screen of the 2010 installer informs you if you don’t have a valid SharePoint installation (with the exception that it does not check whether your SharePoint installation is isolated from an LDAP store, an unsupported configuration for Social Sites as mentioned below).
Database
If you choose not to store Social Sites databases on SharePoint’s default server for content databases, the server you provide must be a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 server with SP1 or above or a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server.
Some very limited SharePoint 2010 configurations support the use of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, but NewsGator does not. SharePoint 2013 requires at least the 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
SQL Express is not supported.
We recommend SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012 running on top of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 for the best scalability and performance.
SharePoint cumulative updates
Although there is no prerequisite to use a certain CU, it should be mentioned that each release of Social Sites is tested with only a limited number of SharePoint 2010 bimonthly cumulative updates.
When installing on SharePoint 2010, we recommend using at least the June 2011 CU refresh (14.0.6106.5002), as all Social Sites versions beginning with 2.0 require SharePoint 2010 to have Service Pack 1 or later.
A list of all SharePoint CU's that NewsGator has tested each GA release of Social Sites since v2.0 with can be found in the topic Compatibility with SharePoint Cumulative Updates.
.Net 4.0
Social Sites versions 4.0 and later require .Net 4.0 to be installed on the server from which you are installing. SharePoint 2013 already has this. SharePoint 2010 may need this to be installed in addition to the .Net 3.5 version it should already have.
As of the 5.2 release, there is an added pre-requisite check in the installer to help avoid issues with WMI infrastructure shortcomings during installs. The new pre-requisite check does two things: 1) attempts to list the Windows services on each server in the farm, and 2) attempts to remotely run a basic Windows command (where.exe). This covers both scenarios which the installer does things remotely.
Prerequisites for Enrich module
The Enrich 5.0 module requires Social Sites 5.0.
Optionally Spotlight 5.0 can be used to create badges to recognize users who create a high number of knowledge base articles and video scenarios.
The Enrich module consists of the Knowledge Base and Video Scenarios components. To use the Video Scenarios component of the Enrich module, the Video Stream 5.0 module is also required.
If you are upgrading please read the “Instructions regarding Video Stream and Enrich Upgrades” below.
Prerequisites for Video Stream Module
The Video Stream 5.0 module requires Social Sites 5.0.
Video Stream requires the use of two installers: the Social Sites 5.0 installer and the Video Stream Additional Components installer.
The Video Stream additional components installer is responsible for installing all Video Stream components that reside outside of SharePoint. These components are:
- Video Encoding service
- Streaming service
Software prerequisites for each of these components are listed below:
Social Sites core with the Video Stream module MUST be installed first before installing the Video Stream Additional Components which is described below.
It is strongly recommended that readers read the Video Stream section of planning section below before attempting to install Social Sites or the Video Stream additional components.
Support for posting videos in the stream does not require installing the additional components.
Prerequisites for video encoding service
Install encoders based on deployment and usage scenarios below:
Encoder Installation Scenarios
| Deployment/Usage | Browser/Smooth Streaming/VC1 | Browser/Progressive Download/VC1 |
|---|---|---|
|
Native Video Stream |
Microsoft Expression Encoder4.0 (Free version) [default] |
Microsoft Expression Encoder 4.0 (Free version)*** |
|
Video Stream with Kontiki Integration |
N/A |
Microsoft Expression Encoder4.0 (Free version) [Default] |
| Deployment/Usage | Browser/Progressive Download/H264 | Mobile/Progressive Download/H264 |
|---|---|---|
|
Native Video Stream |
FFMPEG/QT-FAST-START*** |
FFMPEG/QT-FAST-START *** |
|
Video Stream with Kontiki Integration |
FFMPEG/QT-FAST-START*** |
N/A |
***For further details, see Configuring the Video Stream Encoder.
Thumbnail generation is done by Microsoft Expression Encoder but can be configured to use FFMPEG. See Appendix L - Configuring the Video Stream Encoder to enable this option.
To install Microsoft Expression Encoder you have to:
- Install .Net Framework version 4.0
- Download and install the Microsoft Expression Encoder from: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27870
- The Desktop Experience role must be activated
- Recommend installing (but optional to support popular audio codecs): Apple QuickTime (iTunes is not required)
- Install additional codecs as required. For example, there are codec libraries that support FLV1that we have experimented with in the lab like the ones from K-Lite Codec Pak (http://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm) In this case we loaded the FLV1 codec only to minimize clobbering the existing codecs installed and have not tested the possible (but remote) impact on the other installed codecs. Be sure to install additional codecs with the account that the encoding service is run as.
To install FFMPEG/QT-FAST-START:
- 1. Download the following encoding tools:
- 32 Bit
- 64 Bit
- Extract the contents of the FFMPEG file.
- Copy the ffmpeg.exe from the bin folder to the root folder of the Video Stream encoding service
- Copy the content of the presets folder to a new folder named ffpresets at the root folder of the Video Stream encoding service folder.
- Extract the contents of the QT-FastStart file.
- Copy qt-faststart.exe to the root folder of the Video Stream encoding service.
Note: Unless changed during the installation of the Video Stream additional components, the encoding service
Prerequisites for Streaming Service Software
The following will need to be installed on the server before installation if you are using Smooth Streaming:
- IIS version 7+
- IIS Media Services version 4+ (http://www.iis.net/download/SmoothStreaming)
- .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
- .NET Framework version 4.0 (required only by the Additional Components installer)
- ASP.NET