System Requirements

- Hardware: myNet.Office(TM runs on any PC desktop min 512K MB, and used PC as host server.
- OS: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows XP, Linux, and UNIX.
- Web Apps Servers: support for application servers: Web Logics, Web Sphere, Sun Web Server, Tomcat Apache.
- Databases: Ms SQL, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle …
Note Before the installation, please Update your Internet Explorer. Click [Tools] -> [Windows Update] on your web browser.

 n-tier website vs. single tier website

What is single tier web?
A web site that doesn't have database to keep data. Data submitted is kept in email or text file. Static HTML and template websites are not n-tier web. Single n-tier website is easy to build and design but less powerful. It focuses mainly on text and graphics. You can buy a single tier template HTML website for just 50.0$.

What is n-tier web?
Introduction to a n-tier web is a web site that has at least 3 tiers:

- Client (Front) Tier:  Web pages, interfaces and forms where users submit data or interact with web browser.
- Middle Ware Tier:  Web application server runs, such as IBM Web sphere, Apache, Tomcat, BEA Web logic...  
- Database Tier: Backend warehouse database, such as MySQL, Ms ACCESS, Ms SQL, ORACLE... myNet.Office uses MySQL.

What is a web application server? It is like a web operating system, a manager of your website.
What is a database server? It is like data warehouse where the web site stores data and information.
What is an ebusiness site? Make it simple. An ebusiness site just like any single tier website on the net. But it has more tiers and more features, such as database, e-commerce, administration, security, complex business logistic, management (manager) tools built-in.
 

Picture: Architecture of n-tier web site.
 

Simply described, from the picture, you see that at Tier 1, a user at his or her computer opens web browser to request or submit data at your website. Data sent to the Tier 2, where the Web Application Server, like Apache Tomcat, receives the data. Like the site manager, it calculates, manipulates data, and then it sends customer data to a backend warehouse, or Tier 3, where the database server, like MySQL, stores the results of customer data. And thus the process keeps continuing.

myNet.Office is a n-tier web site.
To deploy or to make these tiers talking same protocol, communicating drivers, exchanging data is not an easy task. Even Web Developers have problems to make them working all together.

To build and design myNet.Office, we keep in mind that the technology should be simple, not for the engineers, but for people to use.

To solve the above deploying web n-tier problems, we design the Installation to make it easy so that every one, need not be a web developer, can setup and use.
The n-tier web installation is divided into 3 parts:
1) Installation and configuration of Web Application Server 2) Installation and configuration of Database Server 3) Installation and configuration of the Software Product myNet.Office.
Just imagine that if you don't have the myNet.Office Installation, see this Deployment Guide of a similar Internet Software to guide you deploying n-tier web.

Getting Started with myNet.Office Installation

SKILL REQUIREMENT: of this step is "Install Ms.OFFICE, or any software". There is no programming involved.

Insert the myNet.Office CD Installation, a popup menu appears. If you download myNet.Office from website, click on AutoRun.exe.
Click [Read the Manual and Instruction] on CD Menu.
This User Guide will appear. It contains the Installation manual, and the User Guide tutorial.



Click [Step1]-> Install JVM  on CD Menu

In this step, you are required to install JVM so that myNet.Office installation can run on your computer. You can uninstall it from [Add/Remove Program] in [Control Panel] of the Windows. Or leave JVM there. If you remove JVM when you re-install myNet.Office, you must re-install JVM.
The installation will guide you through the process of installation JVM. Keep clicking on Next ... and you are DONE with this Step1.

Note: If asked, restart computer. Open the myNet.Office CD and close so that the menu will popup again.

 Click [Step2]-> Install myNet.Office on CD Menu
 

The next screen is [Installation Of myNet.Office]. Click on Next Note: The CD Menu is always running in the background to guide you the next step.   The next screen is [License Agreement]. Accept and Click on Next The next screen is [ReadMe Installation Installation].  Click on Next
The next screen is the installation of Application Server:  [Choose Installation Location]. At Destination Folder, type in: C:\mynetoffice and Click Next. Note To make the Installation simple for you, please accept the Destination Folder name is: C:\mynetoffice. DO NOT CHANGE.
The next screen is [Configuration] screen. Enter: - HTTP/1.1 Connector Port: 80 (default is 8080) - User Name: admin (what ever) - Password: xxxxxx (what ever) Click Next.
In this screen [Java Virtual Machine] path selection. It is auto searching the path of Java Virtual Machine, and prompts it to you. You just accept the default path. And click on Install button to process installation and Finish. That is it for the Installation of Web Application Server. Now Go to the Installation of Database Server backend.
The Installation of Database Server backend is very straight. Just CLICK NEXT AND ACCEPT ALL DEFAULTS. And... Finish.
The next screen is the installation of myNet.Office system: [Installation of myNet.Office] screen. Click Next. Note Except the myNet.Office - Core, the rest you can select or not select to install. It is NOT effect the system.
The next screen is: [Select the installation path]. Please accept the default. And click Next Which is C:\mynetoffice\webapps\ROOT  .
This is the Final Installation screen. THAT IS IT.... DONE...YOU JUST OVERCOME THE OBSTACLE OF THE  INSTALLATION OF THE INTERNET SOFTWARE. You see that ...During the deploying myNet.Office, We didn't ask you to do anything except click Next, or accept the default. We just made the complicated deploying n-tier web based software simple for you. THIS IS ALSO OUR CHALLENGE.
Click [Finalize and Launch myNet.Office] ON CD Menu. This is the FINAL STEP OF THE INSTALLATION CD menu. In this step, myNet.Office will configure, and update all installation components. You are not asked to do anything. Then it  launches myNet.Office. Note - If myNet.Office does not launch, you can install again. - You can always launch myNet.Office by opening web browser, and type: http://localhost or http://www.mycompany.com -> Login as Admin

Uninstall myNet.Office

To uninstall myNet.Office is simple.
All you need to uninstall 3 things: Web Application Server, Database Server and myNet.Office.
In Windows -> Open [Control Panel] -> Open [Add/Remove Program] -> To remove [Apache Tomcat]  -> Restart computer

To Remove myNet.Office
After restart computer. Use Windows Explorer -> Delete the folder C:\mynetoffice.

YOUR SYSTEM NOW IS CLEAR.

FAQs

After the Installation, myNet.Office doesn't open up?

Make sure that the Tomcat Apache web server, and myNetOfficeSql database server services are automatically started. To check and start services, go to [Control Panel] -> [Administrative Tools] -> [Services] tab -> Look at Services of Apache Tomcat for web server, and myNetOfficeSql for database server. If they are not started, right click on it, then select its Properties, and Start drivers and also select started as Automatic.

If I need to re-install, what do I do to start over again?

To start over you must Un-install myNet.Office -> See Un installing myNet.Office -> Run CD Installation. You can skip each tier to reinstall.

What happens next after I have successfully installed myNet.Office?

First login as Administrator. You should change the password or create a new admin account. To open myNet.Office any time, open web browser, type: http://localhost, or http://www.mycompany.com. Check demo template site. Take a tour. Modify it. Use it.

If I can't setup myNet.Office, what do I do?

It should be easy. However if you can't setup, please check your sales representative, or check our supports.

 Support & Contact

Email Support	Phone Support: Free for the first 30 days
Website Forum Support Check our Forums. You will see Q & A and support posting from members and our developers.	Service Fee Contact your sales representatives. Setup and Hosting Service Install and hosting your site. Training Per myNet.Office System Training myNet.Office. Consulting Fee Customizing website.