You can perform a custom installation if you have pre-existing installations of Tomcat, PostgreSQL or MySQL. To do this, perform the same steps as the bundled installation until you get to selecting the installation type. At this point, select "Custom installation with existing Tomcat and PostgreSQL" and click Forward.

The next screen will ask if you want to install Tomcat or use a pre-existing installation.  Select the desired option, and click Forward.

If you chose to use a pre-existing Tpmcat installation, the next screen will ask what directory Tomcat can be found in. Enter the directory and click Forward.

Be sure to run the installer as a user that has access to the tomcat directory files and has permissions to restart Tomcat or else the installer will fail.

Next you will need to choose which database server you plan on using. Either MySQL version 4 or greater or PostgreSQL version 7.4 or greater can be used. If you chose PostgreSQL, you can either choose to install it with NetDirector, or use a pre-existing installation. Make your selection, and click Forward.

In this example we chose to use a pre-existing PostgreSQL. Then next screen asks for the IP address of the database server. Here we are installing both the database and Server Manager on the same Linux server so we can simply input ‘localhost’ as the IP address (NOTE: 127.0.0.1 will also work). Click Forward.

Then you will need to enter TCP/IP port address for the database server you are using. PostgreSQL uses 5432 by default (MySQL uses 3306) so the installer will default to this port. Click Forward.

After entering in the network information for the database server you now need to tell the installer what user you want the installer and subsequently the Server Manager to communicate with the database as. For demo purposes in this example we are using root as the username, but this is NOT recommended in a live network install of a non-demo version of Server Manager. Click Forward.

Now you need to enter the password for the username entered in the last screen.

Once you click Forward, the installer will check the information provided by attempting to contact the database with the username and password given. If the information was entered with correct credentials you’ll be asked to verify the installation info. If you are happy with the settings select yes to install the Server Manager.

If you are reinstalling the NetDirector Server Manager you will see a screen (not shown) asking if you want to install a new demo database or upgrade the current installation.

NOTE: The installer will automatically ask you if you want to restart Tomcat. In order to successfully run the NetDirector Server Manager you should answer yes and let the installer restart Tomcat.

After installation the NetDirector application can be reached at its default URL: http://servername:8080/netdirector. Once you go to the URL you will see the login screen.

There is only one user in the NetDirector system at this point - the administrator of the management system. To setup the system you’ll need to login to the Administrator section of NetDirector. The default username for the administrator account is ‘admin’ and the default password is ‘admin’. Once logged in you can change the administrator’s password in the Manage Users screen.