Basic installation process for Spotfire

To get Spotfire up and running in a simple configuration, follow these steps. The resulting simple installation includes the following: the server on one computer, a few Spotfire Web Player instances available for other computers, the Spotfire Analyst client on another computer, and the user directory in the Spotfire database.

Prerequisite

A database server must be up and running, preferably on a dedicated computer. Spotfire supports Oracle Database server and Microsoft SQL Server.
Note: To view the complete system requirements, go to http://support.spotfire.com/sr.asp.
Note: If you are running an earlier version of Spotfire Server, see Upgrading from Spotfire 7.0 or earlier.
  1. Download the required software.
  2. Collect the required information.
  3. Set up the Spotfire database:
  4. Run the Spotfire Server installer.
  5. Apply hotfix.
  6. Create the bootstrap.xml file.
  7. Create and save a basic Spotfire Server configuration.
  8. Create an administrator user.
  9. Start Spotfire Server.
  10. Deploy client software packages to Spotfire Server.
  11. Install a node manager.
  12. Trust the node.
  13. Install Spotfire Web Player instances.
  14. Install Spotfire Automation Services instances.
Note: Alternatively, you can use the command line after step 5 above (see Manually creating a simple configuration) or run a script that invokes multiple commands (see Scripting a configuration).