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Install worker

Ensure you have followed Plan for worker installation guide.

Setup signing certificates for Client Web Service

First prepare signing certificates for Client Web Service. This involves the following:

Download Token Signing Certificate

Go to Zervicepoint Admin Web

  • Download Token Signing Certificate from AdminWeb > Edit Store > Worker Authentication

Take a note of the thumbprint of the certificate as it will be used later for the installation.

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Install Token Signing Certificate

  1. Double-click the "certificate.cer"

  2. Click "Install Certificate..."

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  3. Select "Local Machine"

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  4. Select "Place all certificates in the following store" and browse to "Personal"

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  5. Click "Finish"

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The Token Signing Certificate is now installed.

Generate Data Signing Certificate

Run the following command in PowerShell (Run as administrator) in order to generate a self-signed certificate for data signing and then export the public certificate to C:\Cert folder.

$StoreName = "MyStoreName"
$cert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -Provider "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -Subject "CN=Client Web Service Data Signing - $($StoreName)" -CertStoreLocation "cert:\LocalMachine\My" -Type CodeSigningCert -KeySpec Signature -KeyLength 2048 -NotAfter (Get-date).AddYears(5)

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path C:\Cert -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Export-Certificate -Cert $cert -FilePath C:\Cert\$($cert.Thumbprint).cer -Type CERT

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Take a note of the thumbprint of the certificate as it will be used later for the installation.

  • Upload data Signing Certificate to AdminWeb > Edit Store > Worker Authentication > Data signing Certificate > Upload certificate > Save

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Download Zervicepoint media

Zervicepoint Worker media is available in AdminWeb > Edit Store > Worker Authentication tab.

Download

ZervicePointWorkerSetup.zip contains two files.

  • ZervicePointWorkerSetup.exe is the installer

  • ZervicePointWorkerSetup.xml is a configuration file that contains the current store settings when downloading the media.

If you make any worker authentication changes that affect the Worker media, you must download a new media.

Install Zervicepoint Worker

On the worker server, extract the ZervicePointWorkerSetup.zip and run ZervicePointWorkerSetup.exe.

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Now that the worker is installed, the next step is to configure a ProvisioningKey and create a credential in the context of the service account that runs ProvisioningSystem and ProvisioningSystemInventory.

Generate Provisioning Key

  • Generate Provisioning Key AdminWeb > Edit Store > Worker Authentication > Generate Key > Save Key > Save

GenerateKey

SaveKey

Add ProvisioningKey to service account credential store

Run Powershell in the context of the service account(s).

Option 1

Start-Process powershell -Credential (Get-Credential -UserName "domain\svc-zp-backend" -Message "Enter the credential of the service account for Zervicepoint")

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Option 2

Shift-Click on the PowerShell window and click 'Run as a different user'

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Then in the context of the service account, import the Zervicepoint Mgmt Api Module and create a credential using the Set-ZPKeyCredential cmdlet.

Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Zipper\ZervicePoint\Powershell\ZervicePoint.WebApi.PowerShell'

# Note: WorkerKey must changed of you changed the value of the credential when installing Zervicepoint worker
Set-ZPKeyCredential -Name WorkerKey -Key "<provisioning key>"

Start Services

Start-Service -Name ProvisioningSystem,ProvisioningSystemInventory

Check the event log "Zervicepoint" in Event Viewer and verify that there are no new error messages.

Next steps

Now that the Worker is installed, we recommend creating a service and a data source in order to ensure that ProvisioningSystem and Client Web Service is working.

  • ProvisioningSystem should be able to inventory a custom activity and execute and return data to workflow.
  • Client Web Service should be able to respond and return data to a zervicepoint form via either a web service or an dynamic dropdown.

You can use the following guides to create and add a custom activity/data source to your Zervicepoint store.

Having trouble?

Check this help article for common errors when installing worker media.

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