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After you install the server components, the License Manager utility and the Administration and Monitoring Console start automatically. In the License Manager, click Activate License… to activate your serial number. For more information, see Activate a license. The Administration and Monitoring Console is where you set up ABBYY FlexiCapture.

If the Administration and Monitoring Console shows an error

1

Open the IIS Manager console

Click Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2

Start the server if it is stopped

Select Start on the Manage Server menu.
3

Check that Default Web Site is running

Start it the same way if it is stopped.

What’s covered

Authentication methods

Compare Windows and Basic (IIS) authentication, FlexiCapture authentication, and SSO via SAML 2.0.

Create a database

Create a database from the Administration and Monitoring Console, with client drivers and file storage.

Create a database manually

Build the database by hand, from a blank database through the Description and DBInitFill scripts to the first administrator.

Connect to a Microsoft Azure file share

Connect the Application Server to a Microsoft Azure Files share for file storage.

Connect to an existing database

Point the Application Server at an existing SQL Server, Oracle, Azure, or PostgreSQL database.

Set up the Processing Server

Assign the Processing Server’s role, point it at the Application Server, and add Processing Stations.

Upload a project

Add a FlexiCapture project to the Application Server.

Use timeouts to prevent processing delays

Close inactive sessions and return stalled tasks to the queue with timeouts.