Help with installing EPiServer CMO

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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I'm trying to install EPiServer CMO like this:

install-package episerver.cmo

It works for a while, and then when it says "Resolving actions to install package 'EPiServer.Cmo.7.6.1'", it throws this error message:

install-package : Already referencing a newer version of 'Microsoft.jQuery.Unobtrusive.Validation'..
At line:1 char:1
+ install-package EPiServer.Cmo
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand

Does anyone know what to do?

#123484

Jul 07, 2015 16:04

valdis

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If you have already installed jQuery validation package and it's newer version - try to install pacakge using "ignore dependencies" switch.

install-package episerver.cmo -IgnoreDependencies

But not sure whether CMO module will be able to find your validation scripts if they are newer version. Is it possible for you to install required version by CMO of jQuery validation in your site?

#123487

Jul 08, 2015 0:12

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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The installation worked with the -IgnoreDependencies parameter, but now it tells me it doesn't have a connection string, which it doesn't.

I have never installed CMO before; should I use the same database as the CMS, or should I create a seperate database for the CMO?

#123491

Jul 08, 2015 9:34

valdis

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You should be safe to run against the same DB

#123553

Jul 08, 2015 12:05

Dmytro Duk

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It looks like you are trying to install CMO from the scratch using NuGet package. Unfortunately, installing CMO as NuGet package is not fully supported right now. CMO NuGet package contains assemblies only and we use it to publish CMO updates (usually bug fixes).

The usual steps when installing CMO for EPiServer CMS 7.x (scenario #1):

Install EPiServer CMO module on a website using Deployment Center (including CMO module, UI, database, aggregation and thumbnail services). Sometimes you have to check "Show all sites" option in the Deployment Center in order to see target site.
Install the latest CMO NuGet package in Visual Studio to get latest binaries.

This is not ideal installation path, but it works pretty good for EPiServer CMS 7.x sites.

You can use the following steps when you need a new EPiServer CMS 8 website and CMO (scenario #2):

Create a new EPiServer CMS 7.x site
Install CMO using Deployment Center
Upgrade all EPiServer NuGet packages to latest version, so in the end of the day you have a new website with latest EPiServer CMS 8.x and CMO.

Starting from some later EPiServer CMS 7.x version it is not possible to use Deployment Center to install modules, because Deployment Center fails when reading site settings that were moved from the web.config to the site database. Now Deployment Center is obsolete.

You have to deploy CMO manually on an existing EPiServer CMS 7.x or 8.x website when you cannot install CMO using Deployment Center (scenario #3).

I think the easiest way is creating a new dummy EPiServer 8 website with CMO and separate CMO database (as it is described in scenario #2). Then you can copy CMO files and configuration to your target site and use that CMO database on a target site. Then you install the latest CMO NuGet package in Visual Studio to get latest binaries.

We see this CMO installation problem and I hope it will be solved soon.

#123566

Jul 08, 2015 15:07

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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Dmytro; when installing CMO via the deployment center the deployment center tells me it has created the wizard:

Wizard created

But, I can't see any wizard. I'm so far unable to install it this way.

#123651

Jul 13, 2015 14:54

Dmytro Duk

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Please check if wizard window is not focused and hidden behind the main installation window. Try to switch to wizard using Alt+Tab.

#123652

Jul 13, 2015 15:00

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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It isn't, unfortunately. Do you know some other way to get the files?

#123653

Jul 13, 2015 15:02

Dmytro Duk

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Does it look like a similar issue?

#123655

Jul 13, 2015 15:04

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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Yes, that seems like the same problem.

#123656

Jul 13, 2015 15:13

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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Thank you for your help, I have submitted an incident :)

#123657

Edited, Jul 13, 2015 15:50

Peter Tollnes-Flem

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I have another questiom; in the installation process I'm given the option to install the Live Monitor integration with CMO. Since I already have live monitor, will it manage to use that installation with CMO?

#123658

Jul 13, 2015 16:08

Dmytro Duk

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CMO will silently install Live Monitor module if it is not deployed on target website. It checks whether EPiServer.Trace.dll exists in the site bin folder.
By Live Monitor I mean old module that can be installed in Deployment Center. It should be possible to install corresponding NuGet package EPiServer.LiveMonitor 7.x and upgrade it to the new version 8.

#123711

Jul 16, 2015 17:55

Anders Gustafsson

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Dmytro; Do you have any news on the CMO installation problems with CMS 8+ that are mentioned above?

Thanks!

#133195

Edited, Aug 27, 2015 14:35

Marcus Utter

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@Dmytro, in scenario #3 which files should be copied and where to? I thought I managed to do this step but no CMO option is visible in the EPiServer edit mode and the CMO plugin is not visible in the plugin manager even after restarting the site and clearing temporary files.

#142072

Nov 30, 2015 12:47

Dmytro Duk

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Well, I don't have a full list of CMO files documented anywhere. It should be something like this:
The whole folder and it's content:

/modules/_protected/CMO

The following files in /bin:

ComponentArt.Silverlight.Server.dll
ComponentArt.UIFramework.lic
ComponentArt.Web.Visualization.Charting.dll
ComponentArt.Web.Visualization.Charting.Shader.dll
EFExtensions.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.AggregationContract.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.Cms.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.Core.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.Gadgets.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.Trace.dll
EPiServer.Cmo.UI.dll

Also see web.config changes after CMO installation.

#142076

Nov 30, 2015 15:15

Dmytro Duk

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@Anders Gustafsson
We have released CMO 7.7 that is compatible with CMS 9 and enable users to upgrade to latest platform version and run CMO. However, there is no news about installation right now.

#142086

Nov 30, 2015 17:13

Marcus Utter

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@Dmytry, thanks for the list!

The install seems to be successful and no error messages show up for me now but the CMO tab doesn't show up. I've reset the IIS and removed temporary files but still it doesn't show up. I also tried to navigate to the CMO directly by navigating to mysite.com/episerver/CMO where I suppose it would be located.

Any ideas?

#142097

Edited, Nov 30, 2015 20:41

Dmytro Duk

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It sounds like CMO module is not initialized properly and/or CMO assemblies are not associated with CMO modules.

Please check that you have all CMO-related changes in your web.config. It should be easy to compare config files from 2 sites where CMO is installed on one of them.

Make sure that /modules/_protected is configured as a home for protected modules. This is default configuration in CMS 8, something like that:

<episerver.packaging protectedVirtualPath="~/EPiServer/" protectedPath="modules\_protected"/>

Other protected modules like Chell, CMS and Packaging UI should be deployed in that folder.

Make sure that CMO resources are deployed in /modules/_protected/CMO folder:

#142121

Dec 01, 2015 11:07

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Dmytro, Is it still at this time Scenario #3 that is applicatable if you have CMS 9.6.1? Is CMO a dying product? Why isnt this intallation proceedure thruu Package Managment Console updated at this time (april 2016)?

Thank you for any answer.

Regards.

#147128

Apr 06, 2016 16:05

Dmytro Duk

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@Gosso, as you probably have already seen in the Spring 16 Features list, A/B testing is going to be integrated into the Edit UI to provide better user experience and make changes testing easy and natural. It is possible to install A/B testing as usual NuGet package.

#151140

Edited, Jul 12, 2016 11:28