Preparatory tasks
Helpful tools
The following tools will help you with the installation:
- Putty
Putty is a free SSH and Telnet client for Windows. You can download Putty from the following link: https://www.putty.org/
- WinSCP
WinSCP is a free SFTP and FTP client for Windows. You can download WinSCP from the following link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/
Activities outside of Intrexx
Before starting the installation, make sure to also inform yourself about the actions to be performed outside of Intrexx. This includes, among other things, defining a host name in the DNS, and installing a front-end web server and a database. Both the front-end web server and the database are not components included with Intrexx. You must obtain and install these separately.
Detailed information about NGINX as the front-end web server and PostgreSQL as the database is available in the following sections:
More information
System requirements
Before installing Intrexx, please check whether all requirements are met and that all necessary preparations have been made.
You will find the relevant information in detail in the following section:
Download Intrexx installation package
Contact INTREXX GmbH to gain access to the Intrexx installation package.
Internet access If your server has access to the Internet, you can save the setup files directly on the server.
If your server does not have access to the Internet, then download the setup files to a computer with Internet access first. Then transfer the files, for example with WinSCP, to the Linux server where you want to install Intrexx.
Unzip Intrexx installation package
Unzip the installation package with the following command:
tar -xvzf intrexx-silent-linux.tar.gz
The installation of updates is described in the following section: Linux – Download and install updates