How to Install UiPath on Azure from a Mac.
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This document is a beginner's guide for installing UiPath on Azure from a MacBook Pro, highlighting the absence of native support for Mac and the need for a Microsoft server VM. It outlines the setup process, including configuring storage, installing necessary software like IIS, and transferring files from Mac to the Azure VM. The author shares personal experiences with various installation challenges and concludes with successfully installing UiPath Studio and Robot.
How to Install UiPath on Azure from a Mac.
- 1. How to installand UiPath on Azure from a Mac Book Pro “Quick” Futureyou.ai, chris@futureyou.ai OR chris@yakerty.co.nz This isn’t quick but this presentation is not like the verbose version which includes all the blind alleys I went down to get UiPAth installed.
- 2. Caveat • I am a total beginner to Azure and UiPath so there will be 1000 things you experienced folks will find annoying. • Consider this a learning guide for myself. • We all know there isn’t native support for Mac with UiPath. This is the reason I am working through using Azure and a Microsoft Server vm. • Feedback to chris@futureyou.ai or chris@yakerty.co.nz
- 3. UiPath Community Edition • It doesn’t work on Azure for a bunch of reasons the main one being the machine ID that Azure gives the Windows Server VM you use. See email from Microsoft Support. • Go ahead and register for the Trial Enterprise Edition. My understanding is the trial never runs out if you are running 2 or less robots? <can some one validate>?
- 4. Setting up Azure from Scratch on a Mac Book Pro for UiPath installation
- 6. Prompted to set up some storage. Not sure when this prompt happens or if it happens to everyone.
- 7. You need a way to access the Windows Server VM from your Mac and I found this application really easy to use and free. A heads-up that everytime your vm is turned off (I have set mine to shutdown at 10pm every night to keep costs down, the IP address will reset so you need to reset your Remote desktop IP address
- 8. Back to Azure: Selecting a Windows Server vm from Azure Dashboard
- 9. Setup the vm config
- 12. You need RDP for the Windows remote server access
- 16. You see notifications showing you that the vm is deploying
- 18. Deployed!!
- 19. There she is.
- 20. Some logs
- 21. Open Remote Desktop for the first time on Mac Book Pro.
- 22. Set-up the config. The IP address is very important get it from your Azure Dashboard for your vm
- 23. The VM connection is added to MS remote Desktop
- 24. When you start the remote server connection you get this screen
- 25. Next screen
- 26. Server Manager pops up
- 27. Just checking what the local server has got configured
- 29. I started to do some random configuring as I was not sure what UiPath would need.
- 32. Not sure what the pre-reqs are…
- 35. You will find out later that my random approach to configuring the server was not successful but I did manage to fix it. You need IIS v7.5 and above and you need a certificate. All shown later
- 36. At this stage the Windows Server is up and running so I thought I would need to pull my files from my Mac and put them on the vm the next few slides shows you haw to do this.
- 42. Network drive on windows on the left and a copy of my MAC Desktop on the right – it worked
- 43. Find UiPath install files
- 44. Copy from MAC desktop to Azure Windows Server
- 45. I found the speed of reading my Mac’s hard-disk from Azure to be really slow. It would be easier to just paste the download link in Internet Explorer in the VM and download to the siftware there. So that is what I did. I then started the Enterprise Edition installation
- 46. Install Orchestra First –”fail: need IIS 7.5 and above • Lots of options to take when installing IIS, I took them all as I was not sure what UIPATH needs Refer link to install IIS 7.5 https://www.c- sharpcorner.com/article/step-by- step-setup-iis-on-azure-windows- virtual-machine/
- 47. How to Install IIS on Azure Windows Server VM
- 48. “inetmgr” console shows the version of IIS now installed. V10 > V7.5
- 49. You get prompted to add the Rewrite Module which you need to grab from the Microsoft site IIS URL Rewrite Module looks like a separate modules from the standard install so I will grab it from the Microsoft Support site.
- 51. DON’T install this “URL rewriter” like I did first time. It’s the wrong one Wrong IIS version I this install, this is for v7 I am on IIS v10. Need to do another search. https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite RECYCLE YOUR VM AND THE UIPATH ORCHESTOR INSTALL WILL WORK!
- 52. Orchestrator Installation fails, again – you need to setup the certificates.. https://www.google.com/search?q= ndows+server+2016+how+to+add+c tificate+in+local+machine%5Cperso +store&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE Dz7z5k7_hAhWUaCsKHZvZB- MQBQgpKAA&biw=1302&bih=696 ”mmc” https://orchestra tor.uipath.com/v 2016.2/docs/orc hestrator-server- installation Select Computer account
- 53. Certificate config is done. We have a cert that will allow us to continue the UiPath install.
- 54. When you install Orchestrator you will be prompted for the machine name that is in the subject of the certificate we created. What is an Application Pool… https://medium.com/@ShamreshKhan/get ting-my-head-around-application-pool- identities-and-trust-eccbaed426cc By the way…you now need an SQL server!....I did not know that!
- 55. Luckily adding SQL in Azure is super simple
- 56. When we now follow the install process again it works – phew. I am not a complete numpty. Yey!!
- 57. Install UiPath Studio & Robot – easy. Just remember you need to have your trial code license number. It should be on your trial acceptance email.
- 58. Now we can actually do something with the software. That’s it. Not the most enjoyable presentation for you I am sure. Quite pleased I went from zero to hero installing UiPath and Azure. Next step is to get something meaningful working. Many thanks, Chris.