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How do I install Dotnetnuke (DNN) to my domain?

  1. Create domain.
  2. Check Web Services to make sure Aspnet is on. You do not need cgi, asp, php, etc. on if it is part of the plan.
  3. Make sure Directory Indexes are on and set to default.aspx
  4. Create MS SQL server access login. Write down the user name and password.
  5. Create MS SQL database. Write down the database name.
  6. Submit a trouble ticket requesting that the NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE User Account be granted Read, Write, and Change Control of the virtual root of your website. Also request that the ASP.NET version be set correctly for the version of DNN you are using.
  7. Create FTP user and account (if not already done) so that you can upload the DNN files.
  8. Expand the DNN files in a directory on your local hard drive. Edit the web.config file to include the information you set up above. You will need to specifically modify the following lines in the web.config file:

    1. Comment out the “Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express” and uncomment “Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005“ since we are using SQL Server.

      <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express
      <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Data base.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />-->

      <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 -->
      <add name="SiteSqlServer" ConnectionString="server=(your SQL server),5801;database=Dotnetnuke;uid=;pwd=;" ProviderName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

    2. Modify the connection string using the information entered in steps 4 and 5.
    3. Make the same changes in the code that follows the connectionStrings code above to reflect the proper settings.

      <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules
      <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Data base.mdf;" />-->

      <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules-->
      <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(your SQL server),5801;Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"/>

    4. Find and change the value of databaseOwner to be the SQL user name created in step 4 above.
    5. Save the web.config file.

  9. FTP the contents of the DotNetNuke directory that you made the modifications to. They will need to be places in the root of your web site.
  10. Finally, install it.

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