Installing NOC Wizard is fairly easy and straight forward. You will be required to have a basic understanding of MySQL and PHP. These procedures are for V3.0.0 or later.

PRE-INSTALL

Be sure that the following items are done prior to doing the NOC Wizard install

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1. Linux Operating System (Desktop or Server). We use Red Hat Enterprise WS on our development box. But any version of Linux should work
2. Apache -> 1.3.26 (or later)
3. PHP -> 4.2.x (or later) (to my knowledge it hasn't been tested on PHP 5.X)
4. MySQL -> 3.23.xx (Compiled into PHP) (or later)
5. ionCube loader -> The install program will attempt to do this for you.
6. Be sure that register_globals is set to ON. This can be found in your PHP.INI file. This is critical. If you don't turn it on then everytime you try to login, it'll look like you've mistyped your login or password. If it's turned off and you turn it on, you will need to restart Apache in order for the change to take place.
7. If you plan on using AUTHORIZE.NET or other credit card processor, you will also need to install cURL. The installation script will test to see if cURL is installed and working.
8. We suggest that PHP and APACHE are compiled with SUEXEC or PHPSUEXEC, otherwise a few of the features built into NOCWizard won't work. Also the Installation program will have an error when trying to create the config.inc file.
   

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 - Create a MySQL Database and User

STEP 2 - Download the latest stable version. This is a Windows based executable.

STEP 3 - Run the file. It will upload all the files and auto-install ioncube.

• This step will upload the files VIA FTP so you will need the ftp login and password for this site.
• To change the default install directory, click the ADVANCED button on the FTP settings.

STEP 4 - Once the program has finished uploading the files, you will need to edit the post install scripts.

• Edit the config.inc file and the post-install.sql file. The system will automatically upload the modified files.

STEP 5 - Import the database.sql file located in the install directory

STEP 6 - Import the post-install.sql file located in the install directory. THIS MUST BE DONE LAST

STEP 7 - Browse to wherever you installed it to. http://www.yourdomain.com/yourinstall and you will see a welcome screen walking you through the last step/

Default Login -> sales@nocwizard.com
Default Password -> password

ALL DONE. Once you've done the above you should be able to login. If you have any problems, please let us know.

POST INSTALL SUGGESTIONS

SUGGESTION 1 - Login and click the CONFIG TAB then click the SECURITY link then change the system key. The default key is blank so leave that field empty on the first run. Refer to the forums for any mysql errors you may see.

BUILT IN SUPPORT

With Version 3.1.0 this has changed a bit. I'll update the site once I've settled on how Support will work from within NOCWizard.

COMMON ERRORS

ERROR 1 - Be sure that you enter the correct INCLUDE and WIZARD URL in the first step of the install script. Failure to do this will cause the program to behave funny or not even work.

ERROR 2 - Be sure that you enter the correct key information. If you mistype even one letter or number then your program will give you a bad key error and not work.

ERROR 3 - Be sure that you install ioncube prior to running anyting. Since all the INCLUDE files are encrypted, they will not run properly if you don't have ioncube installed.

ERROR 4 - Be sure that register_globals is set to ON. This can be found in your PHP.INI file. Otherwise when you try to login, even though you may enter the correct login and password, the script will just keep returing to the login page. If register_globals is set to OFF and you change it to ON, you'll need to restart APACHE in order for the changes to take effect. For more information about this option, visit THIS LINK. At some point, we will rewrite NOCWizard so that this variable can be either ON or OFF, but at present, it MUST be set to ON in order for the program to work.

ERROR 5 - You get a blank screen after logging in OR you get a message stating something like "HEADERS ALREADY DEFINED". This message typically means there is a space at the beginning of the config.inc file or at the end. The config file should begin with <?php and not have ANY spaces or carrage returns above it and end with ?> and not have any spaces or carrage returns after it.