The installation of a STEP system is comprised of multiple components:
- An Oracle 19c RDBMS server software installation is recommended
- A STEP database
- An installation of the Java Runtime Environment that runs the application
- The latest STEP version
Important: The complete list of platform and software support is available in the 9.3 Platform and Software Support section of the System Release and Patch Notes documentation here.
To install a STEP system you must perform the following steps:
- Review the system requirements. These requirements can be found in the System Requirements section of the documentation here.
- Run all required pre-installation tasks. These tasks are detailed in the Pre-Installation Tasks section of the documentation here.
- Run the installation script (install.pl).
Before proceeding with the installation, however, an installation scenario must be decided on that best fits the client's needs. The two primary questions that must be answered are: should you use a Single or a Clustered Application Server setup, and who needs to be involved in the setup?
Single vs. Clustered Application Server Setup
Determine whether the system being installed consists of one or more Application Servers. The installation must be performed on all servers in the setup. For more information, see the Pre-Installation Tasks section of the documentation here.
Who Needs to be Involved in the Installation?
When running the installation script to install a STEP system (including all third-party software) a number of pre-installation steps are performed before actually installing the software itself.
The pre-installation steps require that the user running the installation scripts is a privileged user. This might be an issue on Linux where certain kernel parameters must be set, and OS groups and users must be created. On Windows, the STEP Installer must be a member of the Administrator group. For more information, see the System Requirements section of the documentation here.