Install FME Server: Express Installation for Windows

This chapter provides information for an Express installation of FME Server for Windows. Before getting started, take a few minutes to review Planning an FME Server Installation.

To Perform an Express Installation for Windows

  1. Obtain the Installer
  2. Run the Installer
  3. Starting and Stopping FME Server
  4. Log on to the Web User Interface
  5. Request and Install a License
  6. Verify the Installation

Following Installation (Recommended)

As a security precaution, we recommend updating the password for the FME Server Database following installation. If the password is not updated, a user with knowledge of the default settings for connecting to the FME Server Database may log in and make changes.

To update the FME Server Database password

  1. Start pgAdmin4.exe from <FMEServerDir>\Utilities\pgsql\pgAdmin 4\bin\.
  2. If this is your first time starting pgAdmin4, it will prompt you to set a master password. Choose something you will remember.
  3. If pgAdmin auto-connects to the FME Server Database, an entry appears in the Object browser, under Servers, similar to the following:

    4. fmeserver (<hostname>:7082)

    If pgAdmin III does not auto-connect to the FME Server Database, add a new Server for it. To add a New Server:

    1. Right-click on Servers and Select Create > Server....
    2. In the General tab of the Create - Server dialog, specify the Name for the server connection. This can be anything, such as fmeserver.
    3. In the Connection tab of the Create - Server dialog, specify the server properties, using the Database Connection details in the fmeCommonConfig configuration file, for DB_TYPE=postgresql, as follows:

      4. Property

      Value from fmeCommonConfig.txt
      Host name/address DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Port DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Maintenance database DB_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>
      Username DB_USERNAME=<username>
      Password DB_PASSWORD=<password>

    4. Click Save.
  4. In the Object browser, select the FME Server Database server, and locate and expand Login/Group Roles.
  5. Right-click the fmeserver database user account and select Properties. Under Definition, change the Password and click Save.
  6. In the following configuration files, update the value of the DB_PASSWORD parameter that corresponds to DB_TYPE=postgresql with the new password specified above.

    7. When finished, save both files.

  7. (Recommended) Encrypt the FME Server Database password.
  8. Restart FME Server.

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