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Content Composer Web Client Installation and Update
Platform
Content Composer
Product
Web Client Installation and Update
Release
Foundation 23.2
License
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2023-12-18T13:30:07.070000
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Note: The Content Composer Web Client installation package also installs the Microsoft IIS URL Rewrite Module 2, if not yet available.

To install Content Composer Web Client, complete the following steps.

  1. To obtain the Content Composer Web Client installation package, contact the Hyland Software Technical Support group.
    For a list of Technical Support phone numbers, go to hyland.com/pswtscontact.
  2. Save these files locally, so that you can access them during the installation procedures.
  3. Unzip the installation package and then navigate to the setup directory.
  4. Double-click the Hyland.ContentComposer.WebClient.Setup.exe file.
  5. In the Hyland Content Composer Web Client Setup dialog box, click Install.
    The installer initializes itself. This may take a few minutes.
  6. If the IIS URL Rewrite Module 2 Setup dialog box appears, read and accept the License Agreement, and then click Install.
  7. In the IIS Settings dialog box:
    1. Optionally change the default values for Application Name and Application Pool.
    2. If Content Composer is configured for HTTPS, select Require SSL.
    3. Click Next.
  8. In the Destination Folder dialog box, optionally change the folder and then click Next.
    The installer continues with the installation process.
  9. In the Completed the Content Composer Web Client Setup Wizard dialog box, click Finish and then click Close.
  10. After the installation has been completed successfully:
    If Content Composer is configured for HTTPS If Content Composer is configured for HTTP

    1. Import the SSL certificate used on the REST API server into the Personal and Trusted Root Certification Authorities Windows certificate stores on the server hosting the Web Client in IIS.

    2. In Internet Information Services (IIS):

      1. Under Sites, right-click Default Web Site and then click Edit Bindings.

      2. In the Site Bindings dialog box, click Add.

      3. In the Add Site Binding dialog box, from the Type drop-down list, select https.

      4. Ensure that Port number 443 is used.

      5. From the SSL certificate drop-down list, select the SSL certificate imported in the previous step.

      6. Click OK and then click Close.

    3. From the [Installation path]\hy-app\configs directory, open init-config.json in a text editor that supports UTF-8.

      Example: C:\Program Files\Hyland\COCO_WEBCLIENT\hy-app\configs

    4. Find the following line and replace <app_server> with the IP or DNS name of your Content Composer Rest API server.

      "baseApiUrl": "https://<app server>:9010/mws"

    5. Save and close the file.

    6. Ensure that the MWS Rest API server is configured for HTTPS.

    1. From the [Installation path]\hy-app\configs directory, open init-config.json in a text editor that supports UTF-8.

      Example: C:\Program Files\Hyland\COCO_WEBCLIENT\hy-app\configs

    2. Find the following line and replace <app_server> with the IP or DNS name of your Content Composer Rest API server.

      "baseApiUrl": "http://<app server>:9010/mws"

    3. Save and close the file.
  11. Ensure that your firewall allows communication through port 9010.
  12. Restart Internet Information Services.
  13. To access the Web Client:

    • If Content Composer is configured for HTTPS, in your browser, type https://HostName/Content Composer Web Client Default Web Site .

      Example: https://localhost/COCO_WEBCLIENT

    • If Content Composer is configured for HTTP, in your browser, type http://HostName/Content Composer Web Client Default Web Site .

      Example: http://localhost/COCO_WEBCLIENT