How to install Nodinite for a Proof of Concept (POC)

Get up and running with Nodinite for your Proof of Concept (POC) quickly and confidently. This guide provides:

✅ A clear, step-by-step checklist for a successful POC installation
✅ Best practices for environment setup, security, and agent configuration
✅ Tips to avoid common pitfalls and ensure a smooth evaluation
✅ Links to in-depth documentation and e-learning resources

Info

You get the short-hand information required to conduct a POC on this page.

You can sign up for our free e-learning package at nodinite.com/learn

What are you going to prove?

We recommend defining clear use cases for your POC. Prove Nodinite's value by running at least three scenarios:

1. A simple scenario, like a managed file transfer.
2. A more complex scenario, such as request-response with multiple systems and message formats.
3. An advanced scenario involving correlated events, splits, multiple receivers, and business user involvement.

Prepare the run-time environment

Note

The customer or a partner with access to the target environment must perform these steps before installing Nodinite.

#	Task	Description	Docs
1.	Windows Server	You need a Windows Server with at least a 100GB system disk and 16GB RAM. This instance can be a virtual machine and should be domain joined. NOTE: You cannot use a Windows Desktop OS like Windows XP/7-11	Planning your Nodinite Installation
2.	SQL Server instance	You need a SQL Server instance where the service account is sysadmin	SQL Server options
3.	Create a service account	You can use one or more accounts according to your least privilege policy. Remember to check the password never changes option	How to set Logon as a Service right
4.	Local Administrator	Ensure the service account in step 3 is local admin on the Windows Server in step 1	Local Accounts
5.	Sysadmin	Ensure the service account in step 3 is sysadmin on the SQL instance in step 2	DatabaseMaintenance System Parameter
6.	Linked Server	Create a linked server against localhost or localhost\namedinstance depending on target sql instance	Linked Servers
7.	SSMS and DacFx	Install SSMS and DACFramework on the Windows Server with IIS in step 1	Latest SSMS DacFx
8.	IIS	Install and configure the IIS prereqs	IIS Prerequisites
9.	DTC	Configure the DTC on Windows Server and SQL instance	MSDTC

Installing Nodinite

Now it is time to install and configure Nodinite.

#	Task	Docs	Release Notes
10.	Install the Nodinite Install and Update tool	Install the Nodinite Install and Update Tool Managing Install and Update Tool	Release Notes
11.	Download a version of Nodinite	How to download	Release Notes
12.	Install Nodinite	Install Nodinite
13.	Install Log Agents	Configure Microsoft BizTalk Server Logging Agent Logging
14.	Install Monitoring Agents	Monitoring
15.	Manage alerting	Email with options (SMTP) Webhook

POC

Now it is time to make use of Nodinite.

#	Task	Docs
16.	Working with Nodinite	Working with Nodinite

Post Installation

Optionally, if the server is on the Internet, we recommend that you apply additional security settings on the environment.

#	Task	Docs
17.	Post installation steps	Post Installation Steps Hardening