Installing the Administration Interface Remotely

When you install EFT Server, you also install the administration interface. After you have installed EFT Server and the administration interface on one computer, you can also install the administration interface on remote desktops. You do not need a separate license for each installation of the administration interface.

This procedure is for installing only the administration interface on a computer that is remote from EFT Server. To install EFT Server and the administration interface on the same computer, refer to Installing the Server, Interface, and Modules.

To install the administration interface remotely

  1. Close all unnecessary applications so that the installer can update system files without rebooting the computer.

  2. Start the installer, then click Next. If this is a fresh installation, the Choose an installer page appears. (Illustrations below show EFT Server Enterprise installation; the procedure is the same for EFT Server SMB.)

  3. Click the list and then click EFT Server or EFT Server Enterprise.

  4. Click Next. After installation components are loaded, the Welcome page appears.

  5. Read the Welcome page, then click Next. The License Agreement page appears.

  6. Read the license agreement, then click I agree to accept it. (Clicking Cancel aborts the installation.) The Choose Components page appears.

  7. To install only the administration Interface, clear the EFT Server check box, then click Next. The Choose Install Location page appears.

  8. The default installation location appears in the Destination Folder box. Leave the default or click Browse to specify a different folder, then click Next. The Configuration data path page appears.

  9. Leave the default or click Browse to specify a different folder, then click Next. The Choose Start Menu Folder page appears.

  10. Keep the default shortcuts, specify an existing folder, or type a name for a new folder, then click Next. The administration interface installs.

  11. When installation is complete, click Next.

  12. Click Finish. The administration interface appears and the EFT Server Administrator Login wizard appears.

  13. Click A remote computer, then ensure the remote EFT Server's IP address appears in the drop-down list. If the remote EFT Server's IP address does not appear in the list, ensure you can connect to it from this computer and that remote administration is allowed on EFT Server. Otherwise, click New and configure the remote connection.

  14. Click Next. The EFT Server Administrator Login page appears.

  15. Click the Authentication box and specify the type of authentication to use for this login. Future connections will default to the authentication type that you specify during this initial login, but you can choose a different type. Authentication types include:

  16. In the Username and Password boxes, provide the login credentials that you created during installation, then click Connect. The Welcome page appears.