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Quickly Setup Sitecore 10.3 XM with SIA

The latest version Sitecore 10.3, is packed with new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever to manage your digital content and deliver personalized experiences to your customers.

If you’re looking to install Sitecore 10.3 XM, one of the easiest ways to do it is by using the Sitecore Install Assistant (SIA). In this blog post, let’s walk through the steps to install Sitecore 10.3

Prerequisites:

A Windows machine with a minimum of 16GB of RAM
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or later
IIS 10 or later
.NET Framework 4.8 or later
Microsoft PowerShell 5.1 or later

Preparation:

Download the installation package (Graphical setup package XM scaled) from here.

Installation:

Extract the downloaded zip file

Right-click on the Setup.exe and execute in Administrator mode

Install the prerequisites

Install Solr 8.11.2 by entering the Port, Windows service path prefix, and Install path

Note: Make sure the port number differs from earlier Solr-installed versions. Check out my blog to discover which processes are using which ports – https://madhuanbalagan.com/sitecore-10-sif-installation-roadblocks

Solr installation is successful!

Fill out the Site prefix, admin password(going with b, so easy to remember), and choose the Sitecore license file

Fill out the SQL server Instance name, admin username, and password.

It auto-fills Solr URL, System root, and Windows service name

Note: Navigate to Solr URL and ensure it’s running as expected

Select the optional module if you plan to create a Headless SXA site

Review the summary to make sure the settings are correct

The Installation wizard in SIA validates all the settings before starting the install

Installation takes around 10-15 minutes (you can get a coffee!). If it errors out, check out the log.

Yayy! It’s successfully installed. Is it easy to install with SIA? It’s indeed a great tool!

Let’s log in and explore!

Roadblocks:

Error # 1: Solr access to the path denied

Solr installation failed with error – Access to the path ‘C:\Users\MANBAL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\solr-8.11.2\server’ is denied.

Resolution:

I wasn’t running at the setup.exe in Admin mode. Ran in Admin mode (restarted the machine just in case) fixed the issue.

Error # 2: Unable to create core index

Error CREATEing SolrCore Unable to create core [wc10.3.xm.local_core_index] Caused by: Can’t find resource ‘solrconfig.xml’ in the classpath or ‘C:\Solr\Solr.8.11.2solr-8.11.2\server\solr\sc10.3.xm.local_core_index’

Resolution:

Do not use the same port used for the earlier installation. For some reason, it doesn’t work. Always use the new port and new Solr instance name.

Now that we installed Sitecore 10.3 XM, I’ll be installing Sitecore Headless Rendering (previously known as the JSS module) in my next blog post.

Hope this helps. Happy Sitecoring!

April 5, 2023

Sitecore

Installing Sitecore 10 using SIA(Sitecore Install Assistant)

Sitecore 10 is out! I tried installing it using SIA(Sitecore Install Assistant) along with SXA and it installed smoothly without any errors!

Prerequisites:

No need to install any prerequisites(includes Solr, SIF) manually, SIA will take care of it.

Preparation:

Download installation package (Graphical setup package XP Single) from here.

Installation:

Extract the file zip file downloaded and click on Setup.exe

Install the prerequisites to make sure the required SIF and Windows Server prerequisites are up to date.

Install Solr 8.4.0 by filling Port, Windows service path prefix and Install path and Install.

Note: Make sure the port number is different from earlier versions of Solr installed.

Fill out site prefix, admin password (going with b, so easy to remember) and Confirm password (new to Sitecore 10), and license file path.

Fill out SQL server instance name, admin username and password.

Double-check the Solr URL (browse to make sure it’s running successfully), System root and Windows service name

Select optional module SXA if you need. I’m going for it, time to explore SXA! Would be nice if Horizon is listed here.

Review the summary to make sure the settings are correct.

SIA validates to make sure the files look good.

Install. This takes around 10 minutes (you can get a coffee!). If it errors out, check out the log.

Yayy!! It’s installed. Is it easy to install with SIA? It’s indeed a great tool!

Check out the release notes for what’s new in Sitecore 10.

Error:

While installing got this error –

Failed to start service ‘Sitecore Marketing Automation Engine – sc10.xp.dev.localxconnect.dev.local- MarketingAutomationService (sc10.xp.dev.localxconnect.dev.local- MarketingAutomationService)’.

Failed to start service Sitecore Marketing Automation – MarketingAutomationService

Resolution:

This could be due to a license expiry issue. In my case, I had a valid license file. Resolved the issue by moving the non-self signed certificates to trusted certificates.

I ran this command as an admin and got a couple of certificates that were non-self signed.

Get-Childitem cert:\LocalMachine\root -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Issuer -ne $_Subject }

Now I moved it to Trusted Root by running the following command.

Get-Childitem cert:\LocalMachine\root -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Issuer -ne $_Subject } | Move-Item -Destination Cert:\LocalMachine\CA

Failed to start service Sitecore Marketing Automation Engine

Moved Non-Self Signed Certificates to Trusted Root

After moving, I tried the SIA again and it worked perfectly.

Happy Sitecoring!

August 4, 2020

Sitecore

Install Sitecore 9.3 (using SIA) quickly in 20 minutes!

I’m participating in Sitecore Hackathon 2020 for the second time. One of the requirement is to have sitecore 9.3 installed on your machine except for commerce . I want to share my experience how i quickly installed Sitecore 9.3 using SIA(Sitecore Install Assistant) in 20 minutes!

Note: No need install any prerequisites(includes Solr) manually, SIA will take care of it.