InstallCognos.ps1 failes with error "Installation/configuration of Cognos Analytics server requires Application Request Routing to be installed"

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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