Hardware, OS and DBMS Setup
Hardware, OS and DBMS Setup
Configuration Topics
- POS Hardware
- Operating Systems
- DBMS Installation and Configuration
OS and DBMS Options
Operating System
- Enactor supports Windows and most Linux varieties
- Enactor recommends Windows 10 for client/store devices
DBMS
- Enactor supports several JDBC-compliant databases, including MS SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB
- Enactor recommends MariaDB 10.3+ for client/store devices
Hardware and OS Setup
Hardware Setup
Usually this comprises:
- Connecting all required peripherals
- Testing key hardware components (e.g. touchscreen)
Operating System Setup
Usually comprises:
- Setting display resolution
- Setting language, region and date/time
- Security policies, group memberships etc.
- Other required applications (e.g. AntiVirus, management agents)
- POS Application User configuration: often a generic user with local rights to execute and manage the POS application, set for auto-logon
- POS Service User: for Windows this is usually LocalSystem; must have full rights to the Enactor folder
Database Setup
- The DBMS should be configured to use a UTF-8 Character Set
- DBMS memory/cache settings should be optimised based on available memory for the device (recommend between 30 and 50% of memory)
- The Enactor DB and DB user need to be created once the DBMS is installed. The DB is initially empty - it will be populated by the Enactor application once installed and started
- DB settings need to be reflected in the application Installer.ini, using the same DB, schema, user etc.
Exercise 3: DBMS Installation
Store Setup - Exercise 3
- Connect to your Virtual POS Device
- Find the Downloads folder
C:\Users\training\Downloads. In this folder you will find: MariaDB installation MSI and Database setup script; Enactor POS Installation MSI; Installer.ini file - Run the MariaDB installer MSI; accept the licence, choose the default features
- Set the root password to enactor (lower case)
- Enable remote root access
- Use UTF-8 character set
- Leave instance properties as default
- Ignore feedback settings and install
- When the installation is complete, run the
setupdb.cmd file
Further Reading
For additional information and further reading on Systems Setup, please see the following guides: