Simple and Easy Steps for Sitecore 9.2 XM Installation

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This post will help you with the three basic W’s for installing …… :

What to install, in which order and from where.

Here are the simple and easy steps for installation of Sitecore 9.2 XM version with SIF.

Prerequisites:

  • OS: Windows 10, Windows Server 2016
  • DB: Microsoft SQL Server 2017
  • IIS 10
  • . NET –
    • Sitecore XP 9.2 requires .NET Framework 4.7.1 or 4.7.2
  • Search
    • Solr 7.5
  • Powershell 5.1+ – for Installing SIF

Preparation:

  • Download installation package(XM Single) from here
  • Extract the zip file you just downloaded
  • Extract this file – XM1 Configuration files 9.2.0 rev. 002893.zip

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  • Copy your sitecore license.xml file

Step 1: Solr 7.5 Install

Check out Peter Procházka’s INSTALLING SOLR 7.5 FOR SITECORE 9.2
It’s a great blog to follow for SOLR installation.

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Step 2: Install SIF

Run the following scripts in Powershell as administrator.

  • Register-PSRepository -Name SitecoreGallery -SourceLocation https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-powershell/api/v2;
  • Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework;
  • Install-Module SitecoreFundamentals;
  • Update-Module SitecoreInstallFramework;
  • Update-Module SitecoreFundamentals;
  • Import-Module SitecoreFundamentals -Force;
  • Import-Module SitecoreInstallFramework -Force;

Step 3: Update config files

Update the following files in the folder with the correct information of :

  • Prefix
  • SitecoreAdminPassword
  • SCInstallRoot
  • SolrUrl
  • SolrRoot
  • SolrService
  • SqlServer
  • SqlAdminUser
  • SqlAdminPassword

in

  • XM1-SingleDeveloper.ps1

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Step 4: Install prerequisites

Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\Prerequisites.json

Step 5: Install Sitecore 9.2 XM

Execute the script ./XM1-SingleDeveloper.ps1

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URL – http://(sitename)/sitecore/login

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Enjoy! & have fun 🙂

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