Create or Identify Folders and Directories for a PLM Integration¶

This example shows how to create the folders and identify the directories that are required for installing an aP Connect Agent for a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) File System integration.

Prerequisites¶

Before proceeding, complete these prerequisites:

Determine which physical configuration scenario you want to use. For more information about physical configuration scenarios, see File System Integration Physical Configuration Options.
Obtain the ZIP file that contains the installer and other files that are required for the installation of an aP Connect Agent. For more information, see Agent Installer Files.

Create or Identify Folders and Directories for a PLM Integration¶

Create or Identify the Directory for the aPriori Program Files¶

Caution:

You can install an Agent by using either an Install Wizard or a Command prompt. If you plan to install the Agent by using a Command prompt, for this release, there must not be any spaces in path to the Agent installation folder.

On the machine or server that you want to install your Agent to, navigate to or create an aPriori folder.
Note the directory for, that is, the full path to, the aPriori folder. For this example, the Agent is going to be installed to a shared K: drive. The aPriori folder that is on the K: drive is named aPriori. Therefore, in this example, the directory for the aPriori folder is
```
K:\aPriori
```
Note:

Do not create a folder for the installation files in the aPriori folder. The Agent installer creates an installation folder based on the directory that you specify in the options.ini property file.

Create the Agent Installer Folder¶

The Agent installer folder will contain the files that you extract from the aP Connect Agent installer ZIP file that you obtain from aPriori, including the installer executable, the option.ini properties file, and any other files that are provided in the ZIP file.

Navigate to the folder that contains the zipped installation files that you obtained from aPriori.
Extract the zipped folder to the aPriori folder on the machine that you are going to install the Agent to. The extracted folder is the installer folder.