Change FootPrints Installation Path

This article will explain on how to change FootPrints installation path; from drive C:\ (under folder location of “FootPrintsServiceCore”), to destination pathof drive D:\ (with folder location of “FootPrintsServiceCore” – same folder name as source).

Steps for change FootPrints installation path are as follows:

1. Stop all FootPrints related services:

· Stop all Footprints Windows Services

i. FootPrints Schedule Service – C-FootPrintsServiceCore-bin-FPSch

ii. FPTomcatService

iii. FootPrints Watch Service – C-FootPrintsServiceCore-bin-FPwatch

· Stop Default Web Site.

2. Copy C:\FootPrintsServiceCore to D:\FootPrintsServiceCore (with ACL intact)

· Ensure “IUSR” have full access to “D:\FootPrintsServiceCore” including all sub files and directories.

3. Change Windows Environment Variable path below to d:\ [System Properties > Advanced]

· Path: c:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Perl\bin

4. Change Application pointers in IIS Virtual Directory below to d:\ [Default Web Site]

· Virtual path /footprints

· Virtual path /MRcgi

· Virtual path /help

· Virtual path /tmp

· Virtual path /MRimg

5. Change Reference of IIS – PERL Configuration [IIS > Server-name > Management > Configuration Editor]

· On: Server Level
Section: system.webServer/security/isapiCgiRestriction (Edit Item):
Set value to: d:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s

· On: Default Web Site > MRcgi
Section: system.webServer/handlers

i. Section: On: Default Web Site Web.config/MRcgi Web.config
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1. Ensure “allowPathInfo”=True

2. Script Processor: d:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s

ii. On: Default Web Site Web.config/ <location path=‘MRcgi’ />
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1. Ensure “allowPathInfo”=True

2. Script Processor: d:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s

iii. On: ApplicationHost.config/ <location path=‘Default Web Site/MRcgi’ />
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1. Ensure “allowPathInfo”=True

2. Script Processor: d:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Perl\bin\perl.exe “%s” %s

6. Change MRlocalDefs (D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\cgi) file, set all references to D:\

· $CMI = “d:\\FootPrintsServiceCore\\”;

· $PERL_PATH = “d:\\FootPrintsServiceCore\\bin\\Perl\\bin\\”;

· $TOMCAT_DIR = “d:\\FootPrintsServiceCore\\bin\\Tomcat\\”;

· $MR_securedocdir = “d:\\FootPrintsServiceCore\\etc”;

7. Change MRprojects (D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\etc) file, set all references to D:\

8. Change ABList.txt (D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\etc) file, set all references to D:\

9. Run the following script

· [D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Utilities\ExecutiveDashboard]
perl ConfigureTomcat.pl –networkInterface * –networkPort 9000

· [D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\cgi\]
perl MRchangePermissions.pl

10. Edit these file and change reference of “C:\” below to “d:\”

· ExecutiveDashboard.xml [D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost]

· server.xml [D:\FootPrintsServiceCore\bin\Tomcat\conf]

i. <!DOCTYPE server-xml [

ii. <!ENTITY fpServerConfig SYSTEM “file:///C:/FootPrintsServiceCore/bin/Tomcat//conf/fpServerConfig.xml”>

iii. <!ENTITY fpEngineConfig SYSTEM “file:///C:/FootPrintsServiceCore/bin/Tomcat//conf/fpEngineConfig.xml”>

iv. ]>

· applicationHost.config [c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\]
Ensure all references already pointed to d:\ FootPrintsServiceCore

11. Edit FP windows services to run on D:\ via registry for these services [under “HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\services”]

· FootPrints Schedule Service – C-FootPrintsServiceCore-bin-FPSch

· FPTomcatService

· FootPrints Watch Service – C-FootPrintsServiceCore-bin-FPwatch

12. Edit Registry find any value of “C:\FootPrintsServiceCore” and change C:\ reference to d:\ (Literally change every “C:\” to “d:\”)

13. Rename “C:\FootPrintsServiceCore” to “D:\FootPrintsServiceCore-OLD”

14. Restart the server.

15. Start back Default Web Site.

16. Login to FootPrints and change the FP Attachment directory.