Test Instance: To Deploy an Instance

This activity will walk you through the process of preparing the environment and deploying an MYOB Acumatica instance that you can use to perform the activities of this guide.

Story

Suppose that you are preparing to create a custom barcode-driven MYOB Acumatica form. Before you can start the customization, you need to deploy an MYOB Acumatica instance by using the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.

Process Overview

You will prepare the environment that you will use to customize MYOB Acumatica. Then you will deploy an MYOB Acumatica instance with the data for the T210 Customized Forms and Master-Detail Relationship course.
Note: This instance will contain the data that you can use for testing of activities in this guide, the PhoneRepairShop customization project, and the source code of the extension library of the customization project.

Step 1: Preparing the Environment

Before you begin deploying the needed MYOB Acumatica instance, do the following:

  1. Make sure that the environment that you are going to use conforms to the System Requirements for MYOB Acumatica 2024.1.
  2. Make sure that the Web Server (IIS) features that are listed in Configuring Web Server (IIS) Features are turned on.
  3. Install the Acuminator extension for Visual Studio.
  4. Install MYOB Acumatica. On the Main Software Configuration page of the , select the Install Acumatica ERP and Install Debugger Tools check boxes.
    Tip: If you have already installed MYOB Acumatica without debugger tools, you should remove MYOB Acumatica and install it again with the Install Debugger Tools check box selected. The reinstallation of MYOB Acumatica does not affect existing MYOB Acumatica instances. For details, see To Install the MYOB Acumatica Tools.

Step 2: Deploying an MYOB Acumatica Instance

You deploy an MYOB Acumatica instance and configure it as follows:
  1. Open the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, and do the following:
    1. Click Deploy a New Acumatica ERP Instance for T-Series Developer Courses.
    2. On the Database Configuration page, make sure that the name of the database is PhoneRepairShop.
    3. On the Instance Configuration page, do the following:
      1. In the Local Path to the Instance box, select a folder that is outside of the C:\Program Files (x86), C:\Program Files, and C:\Users folders. (We recommend that you store the website folder outside of these folders to avoid an issue with permission to work in these folders when you perform customization of the website.)
      2. In the Training Course box, select T210 Customized Forms and Master-Detail Relationship.

    The system creates a new MYOB Acumatica instance, adds a new tenant, loads the data to it, and publishes the customization project.

  2. Make sure a Visual Studio solution is available in the App_Data\Projects\PhoneRepairShop folder of the MYOB Acumatica instance folder. This is the solution of the extension library in which you will implement the customization in the activities of this guide.