myContactCenterManual

Installation packages

What the installation packages set up on a computer — programs, services, shortcuts, firewall rules — how to install them, also without prompts, and what remains after removal.

Each package is a Windows Installer file (MSI). It installs for all users of the computer and requires administrator rights to do so.

Installing

  1. Start the package with a double-click and confirm the prompt for administrator rights.
  2. Follow the wizard: license agreement, destination folder, installation. The default destination folder is C:\Program Files\ilogixx GmbH\myContactCenter\<Package>.
  3. For Server, Routing Service, Dispatcher, Logger and Wallboard, the configurator starts by itself at the end — see The configurators.

If a newer version of the same package is already installed on the computer, the package stops with a message saying so. It replaces an older version — see Updating. If the .NET runtime is missing, the package also stops — see Requirements.

What the packages set up

Package Folder under …\myContactCenter Services Shortcuts
Server Server with the subfolder SwyxCDSServer myContactCenter Server, myContactCenter SwyxCDS Server Configurator
Routing Service RoutingService and ExternalDatabase myContactCenter Routing Service, myContactCenter ExternalDatabase Routingservice Configurator
Dispatcher Dispatcher myContactCenter Dispatcher Dispatcher Configurator
Logger Logger myContactCenter Logger Logger Configurator
Wallboard Wallboard – myContactCenter Wallboard on the desktop; Wallboard and Wallboard Configurator in the Start menu
Admin Admin – myContactCenter Admin on the desktop and in the Start menu
Agent Agent – myContactCenter Agent on the desktop and in the Start menu

In the Start menu, the Agent and the Administration are under ilogixx GmbH › myContactCenter; the configurators and the Wallboard entry are one level lower, under Configurators.

In addition,

  • the packages create their folders under %ProgramData%\ilogixx GmbH\myContactCenter, the Administration there also the templates for reports, dashboards, wallboards and scripts, the holiday files and the dictionaries — see Folders, files and logs,
  • they add rules for their ports to Windows Firewall — see Firewall,
  • the Agent package registers the Agent as the program for tel:, callto: and mailto: links — see Setting up workstations.

The settings file appsettings.json is not part of the package. It is only created by the configurator or the program and is kept during an update — see Settings files.

Services after installation

The package creates the services and sets them to start automatically, but does not start them; at first, they run under the local system account. Only the configurator enters the service account, enables the restart after a crash and starts the service — see The configurators.

Installing without prompts

Like any MSI, a package can also be installed without a user interface, for example to distribute the Agent to many workstations:

msiexec /i "<Package>.msi" /qn
  • Agent and Administration are suitable for this. You specify registration points and other defaults for all users with a settings file in the program folder — see Defaults for all users.
  • Services need their configurator. Without a user interface, it does not start by itself; run it from the Start menu afterwards. Until then, the service does not run, and the Server Configurator has neither created nor updated the database.
  • The Wallboard does not know any registration points without its configurator. In that case, enter them in its settings file — see Wallboard.

There is no way to set up the services without a user interface.

Removing

Remove a package in the Windows settings under Apps or Programs and Features. It stops and removes its services, as well as its shortcuts and firewall rules.

What remains:

  • the settings files appsettings.json in the program folder and in the user profiles,
  • the data under %ProgramData%\ilogixx GmbH\myContactCenter with logs, backups, recordings and templates,
  • the databases with their SQL logins.

A new installation can build on this.

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