# Installation of FileMaker Server in pictures

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Yesterday I installed yet another linux server and made screenshots for you.  
Your language may vary on the dialogs, but the buttons should be in same place.

New VM in VMWare and I drop the CentOS 7 iso on it:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.20.10](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/1f2910a4a9494233ffd78d79e9c5977ef927b101.jpeg)

now I confirm it's CentOS 7 64-bit:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.20.17](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/7f8379df762b5efb1db0ebb19657d0f65339c3bc.jpeg)

I uncheck easy installation and continue:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.20.23](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/37f0c6d0cb60e0fa869edd4ba5c8f98858138140.jpeg)

Not sure what BIOS, so I keep default:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.20.25](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/0da7aff0939cd5327e1c075e851202eb382ba54d.jpeg)

Now I click done button:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.20.30](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/c11937cba40880b9cff20a18a8e60eb4b28ad515.jpeg)

Or you click customize button there in the middle and change CPU, RAM or disk space.

Now we boot it and press return for first menu entry:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.22.04](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/9f9ed60e363f1b5510e7c9aea667c9571ce98aa4.jpeg)

may take a while:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.22.23](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/7b4cc254acc0a84104dec5ff1ef4155a7f549328.jpeg)

welcome and pick a language:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.23.54](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/59d9c807c67fdad5fa59894940a52171bf203d0b.jpeg)

this screen take a few seconds till all options are initialized automatically. We click the software button on the right to choose:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.24.18](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/2e4727aed4499f3258e997b6fa77a252eeaec4c7.jpeg)

and here we pick server with GUI as I like to have a desktop on a VM:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.24.39](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/ba81a534844b0e745115d1aaf512f70ec617d40d.png)

and I pick the disk as destination:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.25.17](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/41ba8740a6b18785c0cd20d39170ccfd339782ba.jpeg)

and I enable the ethernet connection for VMware with the on/off toggle on the right:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.25.36](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/884b7df39b4bf23e842efab839a25f2cab22b6ee.jpeg)

we are online:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.26.05](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/f8091b78cbebc164c39368b5df94cd112e6995d7.jpeg)

all set, so click install button:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.26.15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/5f698a51a57d9c94279293de63f95d8def151f82.jpeg)

wait

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.26.42](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/07fc4f02c2cd520fe49d38e330b7f881ec9c8018.jpeg)

now I can set passwords for root and create an user:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.26.48](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/74859de633f34c0393825ec57e7355f41424bd64.jpeg)

User setup done:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.27.22](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/2005bcdc4bdf92a56b3c8b5b73ea9bc3102c3f0d.jpeg)

you see message it's installing in the bottom?

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.36.43](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/38a09d7e46d375e858c948569dcfc9228901e12a.jpeg)

Done. So press restart button on bottom right:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 09.57.30](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/1056d2b7b918880ec9226c185560ed6896626d7f.jpeg)

somewhere we have to agree to license agreement:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.00.01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/1/1f547c0d2716f89e85b4e87406f5d2d214407b62.jpeg)

little checkbox on the bottom:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.00.09](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/05cfd0bdccc4631711bc8cc661be1d52e5c2b8f0.jpeg)

now click button on bottom right to quit configuration

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.00.17](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/8/8f7c15ce2e50aac71ea6acfd6fa948ab346b2415.jpeg)

Now login first time:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.00.33](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/b/bd43a56b939a21f85c5efeeb1bf231c03b9282fe.png)

with my secret password

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.00.37](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/e/ec35bccd0c482fa15c8031d27cd8effefce3d2c3.png)

Let's pick a language again

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.04.48](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/31828ad22a752ea3ff63d974e0d4ab8b9570a8b0.jpeg)

and a keyboard:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.04.54](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/fcc8f0790f7e57159f9577cb2269a79ad423ca6c.jpeg)

we turn off location as it doesn't make sense for a VM:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.05.04](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/f114aa0398dc6224ffdc773933522cf17409f44f.jpeg)

Now we can click skip button on top right:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.05.08](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/5bee6583c63481125b057e64191ed89c4afb1176.jpeg)

Setup done 🙂

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.05.13](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/385e66ecdedc2af1b2435b6f413953f2e5f571b0.jpeg)

This is desktop. We downloaded FileMaker Sever zip

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.06.14](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/b/bacbbf9727f2f2aefea85845a0f151415062f969.jpeg)

unpacked and not going to Terminal, You can open a terminal with contextual menu. Just click on the desktop with right mouse button and pick terminal from menu. We cd in the folder and list files:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.07.45](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/7/7cffbc7beefc08e8b9c4d09580f1e26449b51673.jpeg)

We run the sudo yum install command:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.08.09](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/2/272666974b068ed219f07d7a5caac2739a2f57c9.jpeg)

May ask for password and then may wait for lock on package database. This is blocked as long as some other background service looks to update packages.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.08.16](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/2/2fa3544cbbaac494db30d10abff2d74754dfc6b9.jpeg)

Installation runs

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.12.24](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/d/daba1c948c0de86c016525162b750a967cb22f44.jpeg)

Do I want to install? Yes, please.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.12.32](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/bfaa7688abbe6d27ad3655f87d21bed08b6fdbf9.png)

It asks to pick a GPG key:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.12.51](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/6/690f5d420c1762cfab9ceb32e5c96dfcb5617e8b.png)

Installing packages:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.13.06](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/e/ef11a566be0d9de6d851d33e819548332c8fa263.png)

Agree to FileMaker license:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.13.23](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/e8b6a12a478c12720388ca32d9285366b38ca910.png)

and 0 for a normal server:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.13.27](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/d/dac7563489542498982aef3d52049ef854f3d761.png)

Next user name and password:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.13.35](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/e93f1ee1b1d4494be4c861914932ed2a24ff2863.png)

and a PIN:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.13.45](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/6/6d24282284d4d68f044c69716dfa9287331224c1.png)

Installation runs:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.14.10](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/78e520eefbd574886ea769ee867e1c9c9662cb2e.png)

Waits for connection:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.16.49](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/4423e6d8fe3b6b0f3e69ca1d0471722d67fe279b.png)

and done.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.17.33](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/0a3666b032c160b9c9e662eb35cbb15434ae41a9.png)

We can restart the server. Then double click the icon on the desktop to go to admin console.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.23.37](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/0/0e3382309bba1c875e66b8a051672d0a7d9e0fc6.jpeg)

We enter our secret admin/admin password:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.24.20](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/4143ed97500bc19beed8ca005f79df093b995195.jpeg)

Check the SSL certificate to use:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.24.30](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/9d0b2cc9a283e9dfe48a0d0018f3118b9e8eb600.jpeg)

For a throw-away test server this is fine:

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.24.35](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/7e02cfd0b43b1473e4848342d06b80811448ea42.jpeg)

and done!

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2020-10-27 um 10.24.50](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/1X/65b81baf8207bbfdd1020855e75073ac504458ee.jpeg)

Now you can enable plugins in connectors settings tab and copy the MBS plugin in the right folder or use the script based installation.

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