Installing FCAS 4

FirstClass Application Services can be installed on a Windows or a Macintosh computer and can be installed on the same computer as your FirsClass Network Store (FCNS) or on a different computer altogether. The purpose of this document is to assist you with the installation process.

This section describes how you can install FCAS on a Windows computer. FCAS can be installed on the same server as your FirstClass Server and network store, or it can be installed on a separate computer. If installed on a separate computer, it will require two steps

This section describes how you can install FCAS on a Macintosh computer. FCAS can be installed on the same server as your FirstClass Server and network store, or it can be installed on a separate computer. If installed on a separate computer, it will require two steps.

After running the installer, you must process the batch files. This process is identical for both Macintosh and Windows installation.

Installing and configuring FirstClass Application Services
This help document will assist you in installing and configuring FCAS in either a Windows or Macintosh environment.

Like Internet Services, FCAS must make a persistent connection to your FirstClass server and the executable must be launched.

Just like FirstClass Server and Internet Services, you can run FCAS as a service on a Windows Computer

Updates to FCAS are delivered to your FC Updates Service folder on the Admin desktop. Updates for windows contain both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of FCAS. Accompanying each executable is a companion pdb file that will generate better logging in the event of an application crash.
For Macintosh, you will find an fcasd.dmg disk image that contains a shell script along with the related files to assist you in performing the installation.

In addition to the FCAS executables, you may also find that the rad.fcx and appmonitor.fcx online applications need to be replaced.