Installation

    

The following guide is intended to help you to carry out the installation and configuration of Qlik Sense successfully. Please note the system requirements for the Qlik Sense server installation. You will find these in the Installation Notes for the application server (CP-Server).

 

Important:

The user account under which the installation is carried out will later be registered in the QMC (Qlik Management Console) as an admin user. This user should therefore also be used as the service user with which to run the Qlik services.

 

Important:

Please be sure to make a note of all user and password details. This information will be required for future Qlik updates.

 

The Qlik Sense Setup Guide will take you through all the installation steps:

 

 

1. Run the installation

The Qlik Sense server installation runs automatically before the CP-Server installation. Click "Install".

 

 

2. Accept the licensing terms

To confirm that you accept the Qlik Sense server licensing terms, select "I accept the license agreement". Then click "Next".

 

 

3. Select the cluster

If you already have an existing cluster up and running, you can add more nodes to it by clicking "Join cluster". However, in connection with the CP software, a local Qlik cluster is sufficient for most purposes. Click "Create cluster" to generate a new local cluster.

 

 

4. Specify the server name

Enter the host name of the server on which Qlik Sense is to be installed. In most cases, the correct host name should already appear here.

 

 

5. Database access

Enter the information required for the for the installation of the local SQL database. If no SQL database yet exists, we recommend selecting the option to install a local database. The default values should only be changed here if you are experienced in the installation of SQL servers.

 

In the "Advanced settings", you can define other options. However, these settings do not normally need to be changed.

 

 

6. Service user

Enter the name and password of the service user which will run the Qlik services. As mentioned above, we recommend running the Qlik installation and then the configuration via the CP-Setup Guide with this service user.

 

Important:

The user specified here must be a domain user user with local admin rights and with read and write access to the shared folder.

 

 

7. Folder share

In this step, enter the folder that you have previously configured and shared as the root folder for the Qlik files. As mentioned above, the Qlik service user must have access to this folder.

 

 

8. Access log (Logging)

You can have the Qlik Sense access logs stored in a separate database or in an existing database. We recommend creating a new logging database.

 

Then set a read and write access password for the specified service user.

 

 

9. Installation directory

Specify the installation directory for the Qlik Sense server.

 

 

10. Repository database password

Enter the password for access to the repository database.

 

 

11. Finish the Setup Guide

To complete the installation, you can choose other options (e.g. whether to create a desktop shortcut and/or to start the Qlik Sense server when the setup is complete) and whether various other objects should be installed as well. If you choose to install these other objects, you will need to confirm the licensing terms.

 

Then click "Install" to run the installation.