Installation Guide
Introduction
System Requirements and Prerequisites
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Tested Software
Administrator Privileges
Items Included with Silk Test
Licensing Information
Silk Test Licensing
Generating a Silk Test License Policy
Finding the Host ID
Silk Meter Installation
Uninstalling a Previous Version of Silk Meter
Installing Silk Meter on Your License Server
Modifying Your License Server Configuration
Installing Silk Test
Installation Prerequisites
Resetting the TEMP Environment Variable
Downloading the Silk Test Executable File
Installing the Standard Suite of Silk Test Products
Installing the Complete Suite of Silk Test Products
Installing Silk Test Workbench
Installing Silk4J
Installing the Silk4J Eclipse Plug-in Manually
Enabling and Disabling Rumba
Installing Silk4NET
Installing the Silk4NET Visual Studio Plug-in Manually
Integrating Silk4NET with a Visual Studio 2017 Agent
Installing Silk Test Classic
Installing Silk Test Runtime or the Silk Test Agents
Installing the Classic Agent for Unix
Uninstalling Silk Test
Silk Test Silent Mode Installation
Creating a Silent Installation Properties File
Setting Up the Silent Installer
Using the Web Installer to Install in Silent Mode
Verifying the Success of the Silent Installer
Viewing Error Codes
Uninstalling in Silent Mode
Prerequisites for Testing with Apple Safari on a Mac
Installing the Silk Test Information Service on a Mac
What To Do Next
Upgrading Silk Test to a New Version
Configuring a Silk Test Workbench Database
Configuring an SQL Server Database
Creating a New SQL Server Database
Creating a New SQL Server Admin User
Setting Up Users in SQL Server
Preparing the SQL Server Silk Test Workbench Database
Configuring an Oracle Database
Selecting an Authentication Method
Oracle OS Authentication
Oracle Database Authentication
Creating a New Oracle Database
Setting Up Oracle OS Authentication
Setting Up the Oracle Client
Preparing the Oracle Database for Client Connectivity
Creating the ORA_DBA Group
Creating Server Access for Users
Setting Up Users for Silk Test Workbench in Oracle
Creating the Password Authenticated Schema
Preparing the Oracle Database
Setting Up a SQL Server or Oracle Database Without a Domain
Creating Users Without a Domain
Setting Up SQL Server Without a Domain
Setting Up an Oracle Database Without a Domain
Creating a Data Source Name
Creating a Data Source Name for an Access Database
Creating a Data Source Name for a SQL Server Database
Creating a Data Source Name for an Oracle Database
Connecting to a Database
Logging On
Changing Your Logon Password
Configuring a Database Connection
Sharing Database Configurations