"With OutSystems, we can publish our application with the click of a single button. How awesome would it be if we could create an entire OutSystems infrastructure with just one click? This is possible! In this session, we will tell you all the secrets about unattended installation and/or upgrading the OutSystems platform."

1. | OutSystems Unattended Installations
Unattended OutSystems
Installations.
Improving quality and minimizing downtime.

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@ inherman.slange@transfer-solutions.com /herman-slange
Herman Slange
IT Architect | Transfer Solutions
@ innicolay.moot@transfer-solutions.com /nicolay-moot
Nicolay Moot
Support Engineer | Transfer Solutions
OutSystems Elite partner
OutSystems Global Training partner

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Use cases.

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Case: Large retailer with multiple
brands.
Over 50 Front End servers and 60 AzureSQL databases all in
Microsoft Azure.
Requirement: Fully automated
Entire infrastructure fully automated using Ansible.
Transfer Solutions provides OutSystems platform support and
responsible for unattended installation, patching and
upgrading.

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Case: Large international company.
Business critical and internationally used platform.
Requirement: Minimal downtime
Regular OutSystems patching and/or upgrading with low to zero
downtime.

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Why you should
automate?

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● Consistency in installations
across all environments.
● Same versions, same
configuration.
● Increase quality.
● Speed up the process.
● Rule out human errors.
● Reduce cost

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Installation options.

9. | OutSystems Unattended Installations
● Manual
■ Download the installer checklist
from outsystems.com and get
started.
■ Prerequisites, installation,
configuration, post installation
and tuning
● Partly automated
■ Follow the unattended guide:
https://success.outsystems.com/Documentati
on/11/Setting_Up_OutSystems/Unattended_I
nstallation_and_Upgrade
■ Still a lot of manual pre- and post
installation steps

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● Fully automated
■ Based on powershell.
■ Generates config files and tuning.
■ Extensive logging support.
■ Repeatable.
■ Intelligence build into modules to
skip or force actions.
■ Prerequisites checks for
hardware and operating system.
■ System Tuning.

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Prepackaged versus live
installation.

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● Prepackaged
■ Generated using prebundle script
once.
■ All OutSystems version will stay
the same.
■ No download or internet access
required during
installation/patch/upgrade.
■ Option to choose your own
platform executable.

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● Live installation
■ OutSystems version can stay the
same but has to be specified.
■ Internet access required.
■ Download depends on internet
connection therefor making the
maintenance longer.

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Installation in detail.

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● What is done automatically?
■ Run Hardware and server checks
■ Windows server options
■ IIS installation and configuration
■ Exclude OutSystems from virus scanner
■ Install Platform software
■ Install Development Studio
■ Prepare server.hsconf
■ Run configurationtool (silent)
■ Upload License file
■ Configure Admin password
■ Install ServiceCenter and Systems components
■ Install optional packages

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● What is not done
automatically?
■ Create database before starting.
■ Setting up the hostname.
■ Add SSL certificates to IIS.
■ Environment registration in
Lifetime .

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How to get started.

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● Download tools from github
■ https://github.com/OutSystems/OutSystems.
SetupTools
● Create your own scripts
■ Include modules
● Test the tools until they run
properly.
■ Check the log files, play with log
levels etc.
● Stage to your environment
■ check log files for result

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Secrets.

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● Getting prompted for passwords:
■ step1: Describing the passwords
■ step2: Updating Config with password

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● Installing custom or newer versions then available in
repo
■ step1: Start with offline Bundle and update configuration.xml
■ step2: Manually download installers and place them in the
sources folder.

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Platform Upgrade .

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● What to expect
■ 10 to 11 upgrade supported.
■ In place upgrade only supported
when hardware and software
requirement match to
OutSystems 11 (Windows Server
2016).
■ Prepare your applications first!

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Support tools &
documentation.

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● Useful additional modules e.g.
■ Get information on your
OutSystems platform installation
■ Perform basic tasks like restarting
or installing modules
■ Extend with your own OS
Performance tuning
■ Check for new OutSystems releases
See:
https://github.com/OutSystems/OutSystems.SetupTools/tree
/master/src/Outsystems.SetupTools/Functions

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● Documentation is made
available in Github in the
Docs folder

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Lessons learned.

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● Lessons learned
■ Modules don’t provide rollback,
make backups yourself.
■ Applications are not
automatically re-published
■ Save password externally or keep
the powershell scripts safe.
■ Powershell skills required
■ OutSystems platform knowledge
required
■ OutSystems 11 - no High
Available RabbitMQ installation

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Support.

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For bugs and enhancements on
the modules:
● Use GitHub.
For installation problems:
● Use Outsystems Support or
certified support partner.

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Special thanks to.

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Pedro NunesPaulo Costa
OutSystems Cloud & Stack
Product Manager
OutSystems Cloud and Infra
Architect

33. | Integrate OutSystems with Office 365| Integrate OutSystems with Office 365
Please visit our other presentations
Oct 29. 15:30 - The 4 Layer Canvas in Practise (Marlies Quaadgras)
Oct 30. 13:50 - Integrate with Office 365 (Martijn Habraken)
Oct 30. 14:35 - Responsive UI With Realtime database (Martijn Habraken)
Oct 30. 15:30 - Enter the O-Zone: OutSystems & Oracle (Matthieu de
Graaf)
Oct 30. 15:30 - Unattended OutSystems Installation (Herman Slange &
Nicolay Moot)

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Thank You!
@ innicolay.moot@transfer-solutions.com /nicolay-moot
@ inherman.slange@transfer-
solutions.com
/herman-slange

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