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How do I Install DotNetNuke v2.x on your server ?
Below is a step by step installation procedure to install DotNetNuke portal version 2.x on our server.
To have DNN 2 installed, you need to have one MSSQL database.
Please backup all your existing files before you done any DNN installation.

Installation Instructions

A) Getting DotNetNuke and Uploading to Webserver

 

- Download DotNetNuke from http://www.DotNetNuke.com

- Upload the zip file from FTP, and then later on unzip the file using Copanel's File Manager.
- After that move all the files using File Manager from unzipped folder to the root folder (public_html) of your  website.
- Create a new MSSQL Database from your copanel (only if you intend to use MSSQL as database backend)
- Set the read and write permission for ASP.net,IUSR and IWAM for the root folder (public_html)

 

B) Customizing the web.config file

 

This step is only necessary if you intend to use DNN with MS SQL database backend.  Skip to Step C if you want to use MS Access as database backend.

- Open the Web.config file (under root) with any text editor.

- Edit the line

<data defaultProvider="AccessDataProvider" >

to

<data defaultProvider="SqlDataProvider" >

 

- Update the database connection information

<add name = "SqlDataProvider" type = "DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke.SqlDataProvider" 
connectionString = "Server=<localhost>;Database=<DB_NAME>;uid=<User_Name>;pwd=<DB_password>;" 
providerPath = "~\Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider\" objectQualifier = "DotNetNuke"                        databaseOwner = "dbo" 
/>

Update the highlighted fields with your account information. 
Note: objectQualifier will be prepended to the table names.  You can leave it blank or set it as whatever you wish.
Note: To avoid any conflicts, we would highly recommend using a fresh database for the application install.

 

 

C) DotNetNuke Setup

- Open your browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/

- DotNetNuke will setup all the database objects when it first loads.  This process MAY run for several minutes.  DO NOT hit the stop button on the browser
 
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