Install Litium accelerator

Before you start

Before installing Litium Accelerator 6 you must setup Litium NuGet feed.

Get started

1. Download and unpack the Accelerator package.
2. Open the solution file Accelerator.sln.
3. Open Package Manager Console och run the following command to install and update the packages.

   Update-Package -ReInstall

4. Build the solution.

Litium Accelerator source is now installed.

Binding redirects in Visual Studio

In certain Visual Studio installations you may get a build warning about mismatching assembly versions.

A typical warning in Visual Studio would look as follows. Double clicking the warning automatically resolves the binding redirects. If you don't resolve the binding redirects a run-time error will occur. 

Without correct binding redirects your application will not start and shows error message like: 

Method 'SelectController' in type 'Litium.Web.WebApi.HttpControllerSelector' from assembly 'Litium.Web.Application, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=093d4a638630e7c5' does not have an implementation.

Login

Developers working in projects can log in with Windows accounts that are members of the administrator group on the server (or the developer machine). The account can be a local server account or a domain account. When logging in with the Windows account, no account will be created in Litium for this login, but technically you will be logged in as "System" with full permissions.

The Windows account login only works for the Litium back office login page. To log in on the public site a regular Litium account is needed. This means that the back office login page handles both logging in with Windows credentials and Litium credentials. In order fo Litium to know when a Windows account should be used, the username should contain a backslash (\) to separate the domain and the username in a Windows pre-2000 mode.

Database

The database is placed in the App_Data folder inside the web application you created. When you start the web application the database will be updated to the version of Microsoft SQL version that you use locally. If you use an older version in the staging and/or the production environment, you will find a default 2012r2 version of the database in the Tools\db folder in the Litium.Setup.Core package directory that you can use and attach to the environment.

Create your accelerator website

1. In Visual Studio solution explorer, select the Litium.Accelerator.Mvc or Litium.Accelerator.WebForm project. Context click and select Set as StartUp project.
2. Start the accelerator with the Start without debugging option in the Debug menu. This will open a web browser and display the login page for the Litium back office. Log in as a user with System All permissions.
3. Open the settings by clicking the cogwheel in the upper right corner. In the left panel, expand the node Deployment where you will find the available accelerators.
   
   
4. Click on the accelerator you want to install.
5. Enter name and domain name for the accelerator website.
   
   
6. You can choose to create your website with or without sample products. If you select Create a set of sample products and product groups a few products will be created with images, prices and other product settings.
   
   If you choose to create a site without example products, site assortment, price lists etc. will still be setup.
7. Click Save in the toolbar and wait for a message that the installation was successful.
   
   Your accelerator web site has now been created.
   
   The following items that will be created:
   • A folder in Media for the accelerator files.
   • An assortment for the accelerator categories and/or products.
   • A price list.
   • An inventory.
   • The default roles Ordergodkännare and Orderläggare (B2B Accelerator only)

Secure Connection (SSL)

The My Pages, Checkout and Login page types use secure connection by default. Therefore all subpages use this connection as well. You need to create a self-signed certificate in IIS if you are using a developer or a test machine. If you are using a production machine, you need to install the actual certificate. More information on configuring secure connections are here.