Written by Douglas Robar     For umbraco versions: umbraco3.0

Install and setup
A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0 on Windows Vista. (including IIS7, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studio Express, and umbraco 3.0)

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Configure umbraco 3.0

You will need to edit the web.config file to specify the location and connection string information for your database.

  1. Using My Computer or the Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder containing the umbraco web site files.
    Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot, according to these instructions.
  2. Double-click the Web.config file.
  3. If prompted, select the radio button next to “Select a program from a list of installed programs”, click OK, click Notepad, place a check mark in the box next to “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”, and click OK.
  4. Near the bottom of the file, find the following line:
         <add key="umbracoDbDSN" value="Server=127.0.0.1;Database=YOUR_DATABASE;
         User ID=YOUR_USER;Password=YOUR_PASSWORD;Trusted_Connection=False"/>
        
  5. Modify the following umbracoDbDSN items to match your database configuration.
    Note: according to these instructions, the values would be:
         Server=127.0.0.1
         Database=umbracoCMS
         User ID=umbracoUser
         Password=denmark
         Trusted_Connection=False
        
  6. Save the Web.config file.

Set up umbraco from a web browser

  1. Using a web browser, navigate to http://localhost or http://localhost/install.
  2. Click Next.
  3. Click Install.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click Next.
    Note: If there are any permission problems, return to Set File Permissions, above.
  6. Enter a password for the umbraco user interface, and click Change Password.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Next.

Finalize umbraco configuration

  1. Finally, delete the \install folder
    Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\install, according to these instructions.