# Installation Overview

## Before Installing or Upgrading

It is not recommended to have both a Station Setup and a Client-Server installation on the same computer. Make sure to uninstall and clear the computer from the components of the unwanted installation.

The Microsoft SQL database, the ToolsTalk 2 server application and the ToolsTalk 2 client application, can all be installed on the same computer.

## Server Installation

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
1 | Check that administrator rights are available for the computer upon which the application is to be installed. | ░░
2 | Check that administrator rights are available for the computer upon which the client application is to be installed. | ░░
3 | Check that Computers and programs are available according to the listed Prerequisites. | ░░
4 | Check that installation of the 64-bit Microsoft SQL database according to the listed Prerequisites is completed. | ░░
5 | An executable file is available for the server application. | ░░
6 | An executable file is available for the client application. | ░░
7 | Atlas Copco Data Communication (ACDC) is installed and running and is compatible with the current version of ToolsTalk 2 (only for versions of ToolsTalk 2 from 2.13 onwards). Please see the Atlas Copco Data Communication Installation User Guide. | ░░

## Station Setup Installation

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
1 | Check that administrator rights are available for the computer upon which the application is to be installed. | ░░
2 | Check that computers and programs are available according to the listed Prerequisites. | ░░
3 | An executable file is available for the Station Setup application. | ░░

## Infrastructure

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
1 | Decide on server type (virtual or physical). | ░░
2 | Decide on database location (local or remote). | ░░
3 | Decide on authentication type (none or Windows Active Directory). | ░░
4 | Verify that amount of RAM on application server is sufficient. See Prerequisites for Installation | ░░
5 | Verify that disk space for database is sufficient. See Prerequisites for Installation | ░░

## Installation

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
6 | Windows Server 2019 or higher installed on application server. | ░░
7 | Ports are open on servers. See Software Installation and select individual installation type to see port information. | ░░
8 | SQL Server 2019 or higher. | ░░
9 | .NET 8 | ░░
10 | Read through the Installation and Upgradeof the ToolsTalk 2 User Guide (latest version). | ░░
11 | Install and Configure JAVA. See Installing and Configuring JAVA. | ░░
12 | Install the latest version of the Atlas Copco Data Communication (ACDC). See Atlas Copco Data Communication Installation User Guide. | ░░
13 | Install the latest version of ToolsTalk 2, see Software Installation. | ░░
14 | Start services. | ░░

## Configuration

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
15 | Upload the license file. See Functionality Management System (FMS) | ░░
16 | Configure a database maintenance scheduled task. See Database Maintenance | ░░

## Upgrade (Client/Server and ClickOnce)

Step | To do | Check
--- | --- | ---
1 | Make sure the ToolsTalk 2 service is running. | ░░
2 | If you do not want to change the installation configurations, select Save in the installation configurator. | ░░

Relevant Information

- Installation and Upgrade