Summary
InstallCognos.ps1 failes with error "Installation/configuration of Cognos Analytics server requires Application Request Routing to be installed" in FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 R3
Question
Environment:
- FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 R3
- Windows Server 2016
- Cognos Analytics
Silently Installing Flexera Analytics via InstallCognos.ps1 fails with the following error:
PS C:\Temp\2017 R3\FlexNet Manager Suite\Support> set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Force
PS C:\Temp\2017 R3\FlexNet Manager Suite\Support> .\InstallCognos.ps1
Installation/configuration of Cognos Analytics server requires Application Request Routing to be installed.
At C:\Temp\2017 R3\FlexNet Manager Suite\Support\InstallCognos.ps1:70 char:2
+ throw "Installation/configuration of Cognos Analytics server requires Applicati ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStoppeC:\Temp (Installation/co...o be installed.:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Installation/configuration of Cognos Analytics server requires Application Request Routing to be installed.
Answer
IIS Application Request Routing (ARR 3) is required to install Cognos Analytics.
Please launch
Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0 at
https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx to download and install
Application Request Routing 3.0.
Additional Information
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21976435&aid=1