How to Install Cognos BI Server 8

This is step by step how to install Cognos BI Server at Windows..
First of all, make sure that:
- U've already installed the IIS (Internet Information Services)
- U've already installed the database application (ex.SQL Server 2005)

This is how to install Cognos BI Server:
- Run issetup.exe
- Follow the command at the installation











- After the installation completed, open the Cognos Configuration, and open up the Content Manager.
- Fill up your Content Store-Resource Properties with the right information (Type, Database Server n Port Number (port number 1433 is the default), User ID and Password, Database Name). Before that, u have to make a new blank_database, then u can put the database name at this Resource Properties.

- After that, start the Cognos Service
- If the Service has run properly, open the IIS. (Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Internet Information Services)
- Make a new virtual directory on Default Website, named it Cognos and put the path to/C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent, this virtual directory has read access
- Make another new virtual directory inside Cognos virtual directory, named it cgi-bin, put the path on C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\cgi-bin , it has read an execute access.
- If all of that steps have done, then open up the Web Service Extensions, still inside the IIS, then set ALLOW the ‘All Unknown CGI Extensions’


- The last step, open ur browser, then type http:\\localhost\cognos, and the Cognos BI Server has been completed.