Windows - Installing

Prerequisites

The individual performing this installation has some Windows experience.

Administrator level server access.

Prerequisites are installed as per the Windows - prerequisites guide.

Please install NMAP from https://nmap.org/download.html

Please install the latest Visual C runtime from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0

Install on Widows Server only. Windows 10 is not supported.

NOTE - This guide is for a new install of Open-AudIT. If you wish to upgrade an existing installation, see the UPGRADE guide.

NOTE - AntiVirus Software. If you have AntiVirus software running, allowing the services of Opmantek (omkd), Apache (apache2.2) and MySQL (mysql) to auto start and run is essential. These services are used by Open-AudIT. You should only need to do this once. If your AntiVirus program keeps prompting you about Open-AudIT, please post to the forums or send an email to support with the name and version of your AntiVirus software.

Installation Steps

Download OpenAudit for Windows find the Windows Installer at our downloads page Opmantek Downloads Page

The downloaded package should be run as administrator (Right click the file and select "Run as administrator").

Accept the Windows UAC prompt.

Accept the license agreement by clicking "I Agree", "Install", "Next", "Close".

You will now have three new services installed - omkd, apache2.2 and mysql. The omkd service is used to run the Open-AudIT Enterprise service. Apache and MySQL are used by the XAMPPlite bundle.

You should now be able to browse to http://localhost/ and receive an Open-AudIT logon page.

If you are an Open-AudIT Enterprise user, you may wish to click the link and enter your license details.

That's it - you're good to go. Open-AudIT is installed and working