Installation

System requirements

Windows Client

EarthCape WindowsCclient is shipped with MSI (Microsoft Installer) that normally requires administrator rights to install.

Contact your IT administration for instructions how to install it in case you do not have administrator account.

Web Client

EarthCape Web Client is an ASP.NET based web application and requires a Web Server (IIS) to be hosted on.

Database connection

NOTE: if you are not administering the database yourself, contact your database or system administrator about your database options, login credentials and host address.

EarthCape Windows Client default configuration will create SQLite database in user's C:\ProgramData\EarthCape folder.

Default Admin user is created with empty password and set by the user upon first login.

Database connection parameters are located in EarthCape.Win.exe.config and web.config files for windows and web clients respectively.

Connection string can be modified to connect to one of the supported database engines.

Example connection strings:

  • localhost: your host address
  • db_user: your database username
  • db_password: your database login password

MySQL:

<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="XpoProvider=MySql;Server=localhost;Database=ec_database;User Id=db_user;password=db_password;persist security info=true"/>

SQLite:

<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=c:\earthcape.db3;Version=3;" providerName="System.Data.SQLite" />

MS SQL Server connection, Windows authentication:

<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Integrated Security=SSPI;Pooling=false;Data Source=;Initial Catalog=earthcape"/>

MS SQL Server connection, SQL server authentication:

<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="User Id=db_user;password=;Data Source=db_password;Initial Catalog=earthcape"/>

If permissions allow a new database will be created on the server upon first connection. Admin user is created with an empty password and prompted to set a password on first login.