StifleR Server installation

This is the StifleR 2.14 (current) release documentation. For other versions, please select the Drop Down list at the Top Left and select the correct version.

Prerequisites

  • Review StifleR Server Requirements page for server specifications, etc.

  • Open the required firewall ports

  • Create and populate the StifleR Administrative Security Groups

  • Activate Microsoft .NET 4.8

  • Provide installation account with Administrator rights

  • Enter license key (optional at this point)

  • Decide on whether the StifleR Service will be using SSL (optional at this point, but recommended). For more information on using SSL, see this page.

Optional components

Internet Information Services (IIS):

The StifleR Server API runs its own web service, so IIS is NOT required unless:

Installation

From an Elevated Command prompt launch StifleR.Installer64.msi. You also can launch installation as it is – the installer will ask for elevation when needed.

At the "Welcome" screen, feel welcomed, and then click Next.

At the "End-User License Agreement" screen, once you have reviewed the EULA, check the box: I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.

At the "Destination Folder" screen, enter the path to the directory where the StifleR server program files should be installed and then click Next.

At the "Ready to install..." screen, click Install to begin the installation.

At the "Completed" screen, the installation wizard is complete. Make sure that checkbox on the bottom left is set to Launch Configuration Editor. Click Finish and enjoy a nice cup of tea, you’ve earned it.

After you press finish, a new configuration window will pop up. To get started, you will need configure several items:

  • Groups with full Administrator access to StifleR

  • Groups with Read access to StifleR

  • StifleR Server license key

  • SignalR endpoint certificate thumbprint

  • Web Service endpoint certificate thumbprint

There may be other items to configure, based on your environment. Toggle over to "Show advanced" to see all of those other items.

Note: The Administrators groups are not created automatically. They must be created in advance. Please refer to the StifleR Administrative Security Groups section.

Note: If using a local or domain account, the account must have "Logon as a Service" rights.

Aftrer configuring critical settings, please click the Verify button. After verification is complete, press the Save button to save all settings and start the StifleR service.

Post-installation checks

Checking the StifleR service state

Open services.msc to validate that the 2Pint Software Stifler Server service is installed and running, or run the following PowerShell command and validate that the service is present and running:

Checking the StifleR installation directory

  • If using a licensing file for licensing, check for the License.nfo files. If this is missing the service may not be licensed properly.

  • Open up the configuration file, StifleR.Service.exe.config, and check that the expected values are present.

Checking the event logs

To validate that the StifleR Server Event Logging structure has been created, execute the following PowerShell command:

Validate the following output:

Checking WMI configuration

Execute the following PowerShell command to verify that the WMI Class Root\StifleR and methods were created successfully:

Validate the following output:

Execute the following PowerShell command to get the StifleR License information:

Validate the following output:

Checking API permissions

To test access to the StifleR Server API, open a web browser, and enter the StifleR Server URL such as:

http(s)://servername:9000/api/test

The page should display the results of your permissions as in the example below:

Checking StiflerRules website availability

To learn more about this file see: StifleRulez.xml Configuration Guide

This file is hosted on GitHub, but you can also host it yourself on the same server that will host the Dashboard. If you'd like to host it in your environment, follow the StifleR dashboard installation page, then follow the instructions in the StifleRulez.xml Configuration Guide.

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