EASA is a flexible and robust platform to run business applications and share results across an organization's network.

EASA is designed with the following core principles in mind:

• Customers have diverse needs thus EASA is easily customized
• A default EASA Server installation simply works 'out-of-the-box'
• As a customer's needs expand further configuration may be required

This section is a reference for an EASA Administrator.

• Prior to Setup or Upgrade...
  Check software and hardware requirements

• Setup EASA 6.1 on Windows with a local database
  Get a full EASA installation running on a single-machine

• Setup an EASA 6.1 cluster
  Install and configure an EASA Server and an EASAP/Excel Server

• Update from EASA 6.0 to EASA 6.1 with a local database
  6.1 adds many new features and functionality

• Move to a newer EASA version
  Keep prior data safe during upgrade from an earlier EASA version

• Setup EASA with a remote database
  EASA database may be run on a separate machine

• Test the EASA web pages
  After installation, do some final checks

• Author Tutorials and Example EASAP's
  Run an example or Author a new EASAP

• Install EASA as a Service
  Production deployment requires EASA is run a service

• Start or Stop EASA
  Start/Stop procedures differ by whether EASA is running as a service or as an application

• Obtain, install and check a license key
  EASA provides a free 30-day license, after this time a license key is required

• Java and memory-related tasks
  EASA is a Java application, a customer may wish to modify the default settings especially memory allocation

• EASAP Builder and Compute Server Config Tool
  The EASA Client consists of the EASAP Builder and Compute Server Config Tool.

• Uninstall EASA
  Sequence to remove EASA from a machine

These tasks may be required after installing EASA:

• Configure a Compute Server
  Connect to a task-dedicated machine

• Use a language besides English
  Menus may be translated to a local language

• Connect to an external database
  Steps to connect to a database

• easa-share folder
  Central configuration for an EASA cluster

• Modify default MySQL passwords
  Change password for security reasons

These tasks fall to an EASA Administrator:

• Monitor the EASA system
  Keep an eye on system vitals

• System Diagnostics
  Watch realtime performance

• Announcements and Alerts
  Keep Authors and Users informed

• Enable email
  Send email from an EASAP or for administrator notifications

• Backup and cleanup tasks
  Managing logs and files

• Preload an EASAP
  Preload big or popular EASAPs to lower startup lag

These tasks involve database, networking and security:

• Data Folder Migration
  Keep data safe across EASA versions

• EASA Cluster Configuration Sequence
  Deploy a cluster into production

• EASA-Share Folder Configuration for Cluster Server Installations
  \easa-share\ folder contains centralized configuration

• EASA Web Service Client
  Use a web service API instead of a GUI

• Users, Groups and EASAP categories
  Setup and maintain access control

• Configure LDAP Authentication
  Authenticate via an existing LDAP server

• Configure SAML Authentication
  Authenticate via an existing SAML identity provider

• Configure SSO Header or Cookie Proxy Authentication
  Authenticate with HTTP headers or a cookie using a proxy server

• Enable TLS using a Certificate Authority and Keystore Explorer
  Install a third-party key

• Enable a 'Let's Encrypt' certificate
  Configure a free SSL/TLS certificate which will automatically renew

• keytool
  Use a self-signed certificate via the Java keypair utility

• Keystore Explorer
  Use a self-signed certificate via Windows keypair utility

• Configure TLS/SSL between a MySQL database and EASA
  Use a secure connection between Hibernate and MySQL

• Configure TLS/SSL between a SQL Server database and EASA
  Use a secure connection between Hibernate and SQL Server

• Configure Apache as a Proxy Server for an EASA cluster
  Use an Apache proxy in front of EASA

• Configure IIS as a Proxy Server for an EASA cluster
  Use an IIS proxy in front of EASA