v9 deployment service

[Scott Rixon]

My issue was the deployment service was running as domain account and not local system. I have the database hosted on another server and was using SSPI to connect to it. I changed the SQL connection for the deployment service to use an SQL database user and switched the service back to local system and it worked..

I now have it working with SSO too....

[Carolyn]

Changing the deployment service to run under Local System with a specified SQL login worked for me too. Thanks for your post.

[RKushner]

Is this workaround supposed to work on a PC which also has the v7.6 Designer? I have to do maintenance on v7.6 applications until the transition to v9 is complete. Meanwhile I am unable to deploy v9 bacause I don't work on the PC that has the Engine on it...

[Carolyn]

I don't think you can have both versions of the designer on the same pc. I had to deinstall my v7.6 designer, only got it on my VM now.

But it would work if you had a pc with v9 designer on it.

[RKushner]

I already have both designers (v7.6 & v9) on my local (physical) PC. I copied the v9 designer from the server which has the whole v9 install, engine, designer, deployment service, etc. I found this workaround in the install documents. But how to deploy...

[Winston]

How do we install the Deployment service only?  Metastorm setup/install doesn't allow me the option to choose this.  Do I need to uninstall the designer, then reinstall again?

Thanks

[Winston]

In response to my question. (Using Windows 7) Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs & Features -> Right click - Metastorm -> Change.



This will allow you to install the engine &deployment service (as opposed to running Metastorm setup.exe).

[Eden]

I've tried almost everything in this string, and I'm still getting the following error message:

Fatal -> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.DeploymentService.DoDeploy(IEntity rootEntity, IEnumerable`1 entities) at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.DeploymentService.Deploy(IEntity root, IEnumerable`1 entities)

I'm trying to deploy from the server running deployment services.

[Vijay Kotecha]

Hello Eden,

I suspect the problem you are seeing is with a file contained in the Deployment folder.

Please navigate to your installation folder, normally, C:\Program Files\Metastorm\BPM\Deployment.

The file in question is Metastorm.Deployment.Core.addin.
(Before making any changes please ensure the deployment service is stopped)

Open this file in notepad.

Ensure that the following section looks like this;

<Path name="Metastorm/Deployment/Services">
    <Service id="Wcf" label="Wcf Hosting Service" type="Metastorm.Common.Wcf.WcfHostingService" start="Auto" />
    <Service id="LoginManager" label="Login Manager" type="Metastorm.Deployment.Core.Authentication.LoginManager" start="Auto" />
    <Service id="SynchronizationService" label="Synchronization Service" type="Metastorm.Deployment.Core.Synchronization.Programmatic" start="Auto" />
  </Path>

We have noticed in some instances, where the last line in the section is missing and can cuase the failure you are seeing.

Once you make the changes, restart the deployment service.

Try to deploy a simple proces.

Best Regards,

Vijay Kotecha