Installing the Communications Manager structure

This section describes steps that you must take to install the Communications Manager structure.

You can find the PrepareServer.exe installation tool in the InstallServer folder of the Communications Manager installation package.

How the tool works

PrepareServer.exe works as follows:

It checks the requirements needed for the Communications Manager structure installation. If the check fails, the installation quits.
It installs the Communications Manager structure.
It configures the resources for Communications Manager that are specified in the command line.

To install the Communications Manager structure, you must execute the following steps:

Open the command line interface (CLI). It could be PowerShell or Command Prompt.
In the CLI, navigate to the InstallServer folder of the Communications Manager installation package.
Call the PrepareServer.exe file and provide the necessary parameters. The order of parameters is irrelevant. See an example of the call below:
```
PrepareServer.exe Internal!HostName=testserver Services!User=.\ccm Services!Password=testpassword WebServer!ServiceUser=.\ccmweb WebServer!ServicePassword=testpassword Java!Home="C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.9.101-hotspot" Tomcat!Version="9.0.62" InternalPorts!StartAt=10500 PrivatePorts!StartAt=10600 Deploy!RootPath=D:\ InternalCertificate!KeystoreFile=c:\ccmsqa\ssl\internal.p12 InternalCertificate!KeystorePassword=TESTPSWRD InternalCertificate!Thumbprint=ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01
```
To simplify input, you can create a script with the required parameter values and then use it to run PrepareServer.exe.

If everything is correct, the installation will run without errors. You will be able to follow the installation process by reading the CLI output.

If the installation fails, then the unfinished deployment must be removed manually using Uninstall.exe tool described in the Uninstallation section of this guide.