FME Flow: 2024.2
Install the FME Flow Core, FME Engines, and Web Application Server
Start the FME Flow Installer.
(Windows only) Installation Extractor
On the Installation Extractor dialog, specify a Destination folder in which to extract installation files. Note that this folder only specifies where installation files are extracted—it does not specify where FME Flow program files are installed. That location is specified later in the installer.
Tip Take note of the specified Destination folder location. Following installation, you may wish to:
- Review the installation .log file.
- Remove these files to save disk space.
Click Install.
When extraction is complete, the installer opens. Proceed through the installer to the Choose Setup Type dialog.
Choose Setup Type
Select the Distributed/Fault Tolerant install option.
Custom Setup
Select FME Flow Core Components, FME Engine, and Web Services.
Optionally, select FME Flow Database. If you do so, note that:
- This option is supported, but not described in Distributing FME Flow Components. Do not select FME Flow Database if you already completed the previous step, Install the FME Flow Database, or if you plan to configure the FME Flow Database on your own database server. If you specify FME Flow Web Application Server under Web Application Server (below), the installation is equivalent to an Express installation.
- The step to define Database Server Type (below) will not appear.
Destination Folder
Specify the installation directory for FME Flow. Do not specify a UNC path.
User Account
Specify the Windows user account that will run the FME Flow System Services. This account must have:
- Read/Write access to the FME Flow System Share that you specify in the next dialog. The System Share is the location where FME Flow stores Repositories and Resources files. (For more information, see Provide a Remote File System for the FME Flow System Share.)
- Read/Write access to the FME Flow installation directory that you specified in the previous dialog.
- "Log on as a service" rights on this machine. For more information, see this Microsoft Docs article.
Note If unsure, you can update account settings for the FME Flow system services after installation in the Services manager (Windows) or Linux equivalent.
Note The FME Flow Database service always runs under the local system account.
FME Flow System Share
Specify a directory on another machine to store FME Flow System Share files, which include Repositories and Resources. If this is a Linux installation, specify the mounted directory. For more information, see Provide a Remote File System for the FME Flow System Share.
Tip As a best practice, specify the full UNC path to the FME Flow System Share, even if it is on the same (local) machine where you are running the installer.
Note If you are upgrading to a newer version of FME Flow, make sure the specified directory is empty of files from the previous installation. Otherwise, conflicts may occur that can produce unexpected results in performance.
FME Flow External Hostname
If this FME Flow installation will be available to users outside an internal network (for example, on an external website), specify the external hostname that users will enter when connecting to FME Flow. For example, if you are hosting FME Flow on myfmeflow.com/myfmeflow, enter myfmeflow.com.
Otherwise, enter the internal server hostname, IP Address, or DNS.
If a load balancer or reverse proxy is deployed through which to access FME Flow, check Advanced and provide the External Web Traffic Port. Specify this port only if it differs from the Web Application Server Port (below).
FME Flow Core Hostname
Specify the name of the machine hosting this installation of FME Flow.
Database Server Type
Note This dialog does not appear if you elected to install the FME Flow Database in step Custom Setup (above).
Specify the type of database for the FME Flow Database. If you installed, on a separate machine, the PostgreSQL database included with the FME Flow installer, select FME Flow Database. If you are configuring the FME Flow Database on your own database server, select the database server type: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL. For more information, see Provide a Database Server.
Database Server Parameters
Specify the connection parameters for the FME Flow Database. Optionally, to customize the connection parameters in the JDBC connection string, check Specify JDBC Connection String.
If Microsoft SQL Server was specified in the previous dialog, check Use SQL Server instance name to use that value instead of Port.
FME Flow includes a default JDBC driver for PostGreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server. If your database requires a special version of the JDBC driver, check Use Custom JDBC Driver and specify the JDBC Driver. If Oracle was specified in the previous dialog, you must specify the JDBC Driver.
If you elected to install the FME Flow Database in step Custom Setup (above), a Database Parameters dialog appears instead:
- Install the FME Flow Database files to: By default, FME Flow Database files are written to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Safe Software\FME Flow\pgsql\data.
Note Unless modified, C:\ProgramData is the default value of the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% environment variable.
To change the installation directory of FME Flow Database files, modify the path.
Database User
The installation creates a user account under which to use the FME Flow database. Specify a User Name (defaults to fmeflow) and Password for the database user account.
Note The password for the FME Flow Database user account is encrypted in FME Flow installation files. Take note of the User Name and Password that you specified. You may need to reference it later.
If you installed the PostgreSQL database included with the FME Flow installer, specify the same User Name and Password that you specified for Database User previously, under Install the FME Flow Database.
Web Application Server
Choose a Web Application Server:
Apache Tomcat (Expand for instructions)
This selection is valid if you have already completed the step to Provide a Web Application Server.
Web Application Server Parameters
Specify the connection parameters for the web application server.
The Web Application Server Port should be the same as the one that was specified when Apache Tomcat was installed. The default Apache Tomcat port is 8080.
The Web Applications Directory and Shared library directory can be found in the webapps and lib folder, respectively, under <ApacheTomcatInstallDir>/tomcat/.
FME Flow Web Application Server (Expand for instructions).
This selection is valid if you want to use the Apache Tomcat web application server provided with the installer, and have not provided your own under Provide a Web Application Server.
Web Application Server Port
Specify the port to use for communication with the web application server. On Windows, port 80 is the recommended default. On Linux, port 8080 is recommended.
Note Common applications, including Skype and Internet Information Services (IIS), may already be using port 80. To free this port, turn off these services. Alternatively, select a different port, such as 8080.
Follow the remaining dialogs to complete the installation.
What's Next?
If you are configuring the FME Flow Database on your own database server, and did not install the PostgreSQL database that is included with the FME Flow installer, proceed to Configure the FME Flow Database on a Separate Database Server. Otherwise, proceed to Log on to the Web User Interface.