Capture Server Pro - Create a New Farm

After the Capture Server web applications are installed, they need to be connected to a farm before they can be used. You can use the Create a Farm wizard to create a new farm.

Create a Farm

1. Open the Capture Server Farm Administration site, usually at http://servername:7216.
2. On the Sign In page, sign in to Farm Administration.
   1. Select the User Catalog that can validate your credentials.
   2. Type your Username.
   3. Type your Password.
   4. Click Sign In. If you are opening the Farm Administration app for the first time, the Add a Farm wizard will launch automatically.
3. On the Create a Farm wizard's Welcome page, click Next Page. The wizard will proceed to unpack the Capture Server features and then check the prerequisites.
4. On the Check Prerequisites page, if all of the prerequisite actions have the Passed status, click Next Page.
5. On the Activate Your Services page, enter the product license key in the text box, click Activate, and then click Next Page.

NOTE: If the computers on your network have no access to the Internet, the activation will fail. For instructions about how to activate a product license offline, refer to the Activate a Product License Offline Article.

6. On the Configure Your Services page, configure the service account and ports, and then click Next Page.
7. On the Configure Your Farm Settings page, configure the farm settings, and then click Next Page.
8. On the Configure Default Administrator page, configure the default account that you will use to configure your initial settings in the Configuration app, and then click Next Page.
   • Type a User Name.
   • Type a Password.
   • Type the password again in the Confirm Password
9. On the Configure Your Databases page, configure the databases, and then click Next Page.
   
   NOTE: If you selected Rename for the Database Names option, the wizard will proceed to the Advanced Database Configuration page. Otherwise it will proceed to the Ready to Install page.
   
   
10. If you chose to rename the databases, rename the databases on the Advanced Database Configuration page, and then click Next Page.
11. On the Ready to Install page, review the components that will be installed, and then click Next Page. The wizard will proceed to install the farm features.
12. On the Installing Features page, when all of the features have the Completed status, click Next Page. The wizard will proceed to perform some final installation tasks.
13. On the Completing Install page, when all of the features have the Completed status, click Next Page.
14. On the Install Successful page, click Finish.
15. On the Capture Server Homepage, usually at http://servername:7210, finish preparing your farm for processing by configuring processes, jobs, and other features.