Introduction

This guide describes Mideye Server 5 installation, upgrade and uninstall procedures for Windows server. This document refers to the Pre-install checklist.

Prerequisites

Before executing the Mideye Server 5 installation package you need the following:

An updated Windows Server platform.
An empty database on Microsoft SQL or MySQL dedicated to Mideye. This empty database must be created before executing the installation package.
If Windows SQL Server 2008 or 2008R2 is being used follow the instructions below after a successful installation:
1. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Mideye Server 5\config”
2. Edit file “application-prod.yml”
3. Go to row “Jpa:”
4. Change “org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect” TO “org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2008Dialect”
5. Restart the server.

Administrator Account

In order to install Mideye Server 5, it is necessary to execute the installation package as a local administrator.

Obtaining the Installation Package

Mideye Server installation package can be downloaded here with username and password provided by support@mideye.com. Provide your phone number when asking for credentials since the download page is protected with two-factor authentication.

Firewall

For required firewall openings, please refer to the Firewall section of the Pre-install checklist. During the initial server configuration, the communication between the Mideye Server and the secondary Mideye switch will be verified. This firewall opening must be completed before it is possible to proceed with the installation.

Installation Path

The Mideye Server default installation folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Mideye Server 5, but this can be changed during the installation. In this document, all the paths referring to the Mideye Server’s installation directory are referred to as %installdir%.

Server installation

Execute the Mideye Server installation package as a local administrator and follow the instructions on the screen.

To proceed further, accept the license agreement.

Specify what TCP port the web service should be listening to. The default port is 443.

Mideye Server 5 comes with an auto-generated self-signed certificate for the web GUI. A custom certificate can be manually imported later using the web GUI.

Specify the IP/hostname and TCP port of the Microsoft SQL Server. The default value is 1433. Next, enter the name of the created empty database dedicated to Mideye. If a Windows account is used to connect to the database, add the domain in the “Domain (Optional)” box. Enter the username and password.

If using any other database than Microsoft SQL Server, these configuration settings will not work. Instead, the database properties need to be manually entered in the configuration-prod.yml located in %installdir%\config after the server installation has succeeded. Open the file as an administrator and add the database URL manually. The syntax of the URL is explained in the file.

Configure the properties for the database connection

Select the installation directory and press “Next”.

By clicking on “Install” the Mideye Server installation will start. The install procedure will extract the files from the installation package to the selected directory.

The next window confirms that Mideye Server was successfully installed. The Mideye web interface IP or hostname can be reached from your favorite browser on the TCP port selected in the installation. If you can not access the GUI from a remote browser, you should install a browser of choice on the local Mideye server host. It is not recommended to use the Windows default browser.

If a connection to the Mideye Server Web GUI fails, verify that the MideyeServer service is running on the Mideye Server. See the section Troubleshooting for further troubleshooting.

Initial server configuration

The first time browsing to Mideye Web GUI, two options will be presented:

Create a new clean Mideye Server 5

Selecting “New” will give the option to configure a new server, with no imported settings.

Import settings from Mideye Server 4

As an option, settings from an existing Mideye Server release 4 can be imported. See the section Import wizard for further details.

New installation

The following section will show a new installation of Mideye Server 5. Before proceeding, make sure to have the customer-specific TCP port available. Contact support@mideye.com for further information.

Enter the Setup Challenge located in the mideyeserver.log

To protect the web interface from unauthorized access, a challenge from the Mideye Server logs must be fetched before proceeding. This challenge is located in %installdir%\log\mideyeserver.log and can only be accessed by local administrators.

Copy the challenge and paste into the Setup Challenge window

Create a strong password for the root user

Enter the customer-specific TCP port obtained from Mideye Support. The Web GUI will automatically try to connect to secondary public Mideye Service based on the TCP port provided, and the connection must be established before proceeding. DNS records are used for accessing this service (secondary.mideye.com), and if no DNS is available on the Mideye Server the IP address can be added manually using the “Show advanced settings”. Replace the hostnames with the following IP addresses:

primary.mideye.com : 217.151.192.84
secondary.mideye.com: 79.136.112.54

If no connection can be established, make sure that no firewalls are blocking the TCP-traffic between the Mideye Server and Mideye’s public secondary service. For further troubleshooting, contact support@mideye.com.

When the “Connection to Secondary Mideye Switch is valid” shows up with a green bar, select “Continue”.

Be advised, that during a new installation, the Mideye Server will only be able to contact secondary.mideye.com. The firewall opening to primary.mideye.com will first take place after traffic has been sent from the customers Mideye Server to secondary.mideye.com. This will take a few days to complete. During this time, the installation can be completed and traffic will be handled by secondary.mideye.com.

Enter the customer-specific TCP-port obtained from Mideye Support

The next step of the initial server configuration will add an LDAP profile for searching user accounts. This step is optional and by clicking “Skip,” this step can be ignored.

Give the LDAP profile a friendly name and choose “LDAP Server Type”. Add the IP or the hostname of the LDAP server and specify which port to use.
The Mideye server needs a service account with read permissions to the LDAP catalog. The account can be specified with DN or with UPN.
Check the LDAPS box if TLS protection should be used. Make sure to select the correct port if enabled. Click “Fetch certificate” to import the certificate.
Add the search base of the LDAP directory. This must be specified in DN-format.

Click “Test connection” to verify the settings, and try to find a user with the “Find User” button. As an option, user search can be restricted to certain groups by adding group names (DN format) in the Group(s) field.

Final step is to add a RADIUS client. This step is optional and can also be done later.

Give the RADIUS client a friendly name.
Specify an IP or hostname of the client.
Add a shared secret for the RADIUS client.

Review the configuration and click “Finish Setup”

Once the post-installation is done, simply login to the Web GUI using the root account. For further configuration of the Mideye Server, see the Reference Guide.

Import wizard

It is not possible to directly upgrade from Mideye Server 4 to Mideye Server 5, but there is an option to migrate configuration data with the import wizard. The import will also include the last 100 000 login statistics and accounting entries from the last year. It is recommended to keep a backup of the old R4 database if older statistics and accounting data must be retained.

Before proceeding, make sure you have the following information available:

IP or hostname of the old SQL-server
Name of the database
Credentials with read access to the database
Mideye Server 5 must be able to contact the Mideye Server 4 database

Select installation type “Import settings from Mideye Server 4”

Review the overview of the import wizard

To protect the web interface from unauthorized access, a challenge from the Mideye Server logs must be fetched before proceeding. This challenge is located in%installdir%\log\mideyeserver.log and can only be accessed by local administrators.

Select what kind of database that should be used to migrate the settings to Mideye Server 5.

Enter the IP or the hostname of the old Mideye Servers database
Enter the port used by the old database
Enter instance (if applicable)
Enter domain if Windows account is used
Enter Database name
Enter username and password

Click Continue to connect to the database.

Note that this wizard will only work with release 4.6.5 and above. If an older version is installed, upgrade to a newer version of Mideye Server 4 before proceeding.

Review configuration data that will be imported.

Progress bars will show the import status. The current version (5.0) might not show the bars in all web browsers. If that’s the case, make sure the migration is completed by viewing the log file %installdir%\log\mideyeserver.log before refreshing the page.

Upgrade

If a previous version of R5 is already installed, the installation package will give an option to upgrade the Mideye Server. Note that upgrade from releases prior to R5 will not work, please refer to the Import wizard section for instructions how to automatically import Server R4 settings.

Backup

Before proceeding with an upgrade, take a backup of the Mideye Server file system and the Mideye database. Some files containing customized settings may need to be replaced after the update.

Mideye Server file system

To take a backup of the Mideye Server, copy or compress the whole Mideye Server installation directory. The default directory is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mideye Server 5

Database

To back up a database on Microsoft SQL Server, use SQL Server Management Studio. Right-click the database used by Mideye and choose “Tasks” followed by “Back up”.

To take a backup of the Mideye Server database on MySQL, run the following command:

# mysqldump -u[username] -p[password] [database name] > mideye_backup.sql

where [username]/[password] are the database login credentials.

Upgrade from Mideye Server 5.x

The installation package will automatically detect if a previous version of R5 is installed. To execute the installation/upgrade package, local administrator privileges are required. Upgrade involves a service re-start with an approximate downtime of 40 seconds.

Uninstall

If the latest version of the Mideye Server is already installed, executing MideyeServer.exe will give you the option to remove it. Removing the Mideye Server keeps the database, configuration and log files intact. These can be removed manually.

Configuration

Modify database configuration

Open \Mideye Server 5\config\configuration.yml as an administrator. Navigate to the database section (see example below) and modify according to the new database settings.

driver: net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
url: jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433/mideye;domain=mideye.com;prepareSQL=2;useNTLMv2=true

    username: "username"
    password: "password"

Other configuration changes

For further configuration of the Mideye Server, please refer to the
Reference guide .

Troubleshooting

A list of the most common problems are listed below. If the Mideye Server service fails to start after installation, look for error messages in the log file located in %installdir%\log\mideyeserver.log

Error message: ERROR [XNIO-2 task-19] HikariPool: HikariPool-2 - Exception during pool initialization.java.sql.SQLException: Login failed for user 'user.name'.

This error message is due to invalid credentials to the SQL database. Verify the configuration in %installdir%\config\configuration-prod.yml. Also, check the database log files. Manually start the Mideye Server service from Services.

Enable TCP/IP 1433/tcp on MS SQL Server Express

If the express version is used, TCP/IP is not enabled by default. This can be enabled from “SQL Server Configuration Manager”, submenu “SQL Server Network Configuration”. Once enabled, open properties for TCP/IP and add 1433 to ‘TCP Port’ at the bottom of the window (IPAll).

Support Contact

Email: support@mideye.com
Phone: +46 (0)854514750

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