This is a series of posts to build a M3 Lab from beginning to end so I get a better understanding of how all the components fit together. This is purely as a lab and doesn’t do any tuning and may even miss some version requirements.

Because there is a lot in the way of screenshots (these would have been invaluable as I was following the install guides!), I’m going to break this up in to 5 posts:

In this section I’ll run through the installation and general configuration of Smart Office itself. This shall include some of the supporting components needed within Smart Office.

Take a deep breath, this is a long and arduous road…well, actually, it’s not that bad – but there are a lot of screenshots 🙂

Install Smart Office

Here we will install Smart Office.

This assumes that the Smart Office server has already had the LCM Service installed and is registered against LCM.

Reference: ISOIG_1.1.0_LCM9_W.pdf

Ensure that .Net 3.5 is installed on the LCM Server (we require it for the SignTool). Under Server 2008r2 this is installed from the Server Manager, Add Features.

On the LCM Server, install the .Net4.0 (dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe) from Microsoft, then install .Net4.5 (dotNetFx45_full_x86_x86.exe)

LCM -> Applications -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> IFL_PROD -> Grid Hosts, Right Click -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Host -> Add Host
I added a description – everything else is at the default
And on the summary, click Finish
The install should take under a minute
And now you should see
Upload the M3_UI_Adapters to LCM. LCM -> Admin -> Admin View -> Upload. Select the package
Yes to verify the package
Click OK
Click No (as we want to upload the Smart Office package too)
Extract the Smart Office download (InforSmartOffice_1011_LCM9.zip)
In LCM -> Admin -> Admin View -> Upload, navigate to the location where you extracted Smart Office, then in to the server directory where you should find InforSmartOffice_10.1.1.zip
Yes to verifying the package
Click OK
Yes to update
OK
Log back in and we should see Infor Smart Office 10.1.1 and M3 UI Adapter 10.2.1.1
Install the M3 UI Adapter LCM -> Actions -> Install -> M3 UI Adapter 10.2.1.1
We only have the one grid at this stage
I’ve appended the ‘PROD’ environment to the description
We’re to install to my ISO server M3ISO10
I’ll be installing to C:\LifeCycle\MSISO10.m3.desperatedesigns.org\grid\IFL_PROD\applications (which is consistent with work)

Note: this is a poor place to put the directory, this is the actual data, so all the ViewDefinitions etc. I should have created a directory structure similar to work which is
LifeCycle\WLSO02\grid\IFL_PROD\applications\M3_UI_Adapter\webapps\mne\WEB-INF
And the summary
You should get an install successful message and now we have our first component on our ISO server
We can now start it.
Deploy GDBC on M3ISO10 – the Smart Office server. LCM -> Applications -> GDBC 2.0 -> GDBC, Right Click ->Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application Maintenance -> Deploy Application on Hosts
We deploy because we can’t install – presumably because there is already a GDBC instance in this grid.
Select the M3ISO10 server
Summary screen is displayed
After a few seconds the deployed application task message comes up
Looking at the Hosts tree, we will now see we have the GDBC on our ISO Server
Change the GDBC min & max heap sizes. Right click on the GDBC -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Configure Application
Edit Properties
Application Properties -> Grid Defined Properties -> Max Heap should be set to 512
Click Save
Click Save
Install Smart Office, we’ve already uploaded the Smart Office package, now we need to gather some information about the Grid. In LCM -> Applications -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> IFL_Prod, Right Click -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Grid -> Grid Management Pages
Expand the View
Expand Detail
Record the ports for the Default Router (http: 42122, https: 42123)
Actions -> Install -> Infor Smart Office 10.1.1
I have only installed one grid, so next
I’ll leave it with the default description
I’m creating my default System Profile Name as PROD and a Suffix of IFL_ISO10_1_PROD
The System Profile Name I believe relates to the profile within Smart Office itself that contains your settings

Note: that the ports are those that we recorded earlier!
Select the server that we are going to install against. M3ISO10
And the Summary
Installation should take < 1 minute and you should see something like this (MangoServer takes several seconds to start, and it should do so automatically)
Export the Installation Point. MangoServer -> Infor Smart Office 10.1.1 -> Export Server Information
You’ll be prompted for a location to export to. I’m going to export it to C:\Temp\MangoExport on my LCM Server
We get a summary, click Finish
And we get the Task Complete message

And should see the jadeconfig file in the directory we exported to

Now we need to sign it
We need to set up a cert for self signing the installation. To do this we need the SignTool which is in the “InforSmartOffice_1011_LCM9.zip” file we extracted.
We need to unzip the SignTool.zip which is under SignTool. I’m extracting this on my LCM Server (M3LCM10)
You should see something like this
If you haven’t already done so, install .Net3.5sp1, .Net4.0 (dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe) and .Net4.5 (dotNetFx45_Full_x86_x64.exe) from Microsoft
Run the SignTool.exe
At the Welcome window, click Next
Select the .jadeconfig we exported earlier (I exported it to C:\Temp\MangoExport)
Click on the Create a new self-signed certificate
Give the Self Signed Cert a name, and select an appropriate location (I left it as the default which is the directory for the .jadeconfig file. I left the password blank :-O
If creation was successful, then the path to the file should be populated

Click Next
It should now come up with a finished message.
In LCM we need to Import the Installation Point. On the MangoServer right click -> Infor Smart Office 10.1.1 -> Import Installation Point
Navigate to the directory that the SignTool exported to (as noted on the Finished page)
Click Finish on the Summary page
After a few seconds you’ll get the usual Task Import message
Export the Certificate from the Grid. In LCM -> Applications -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> IFL_PROD, Right Click -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Grid Maintenance -> Manage Security
We want to Export the Grid SSL cert
Select a directory to export to
At the Summary, click Finish
And we get the following message
Now navigate to the directory you saved the cert (C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\) and double click on the IFL_PROD.der to install
Click Install Certificate
Click Next
Select Place all certificates in the following store and set the store to Trusted Root Certification Authorities
Click Finish
Click Yes
Click OK
I can now go to the installation point and install and run Smart Office
http://m3be10.m3.desperatedesigns.org:42122/mango/index.html
(This can be found by right clicking on the MangoServer -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Monitor Application -> Web Components)

Of-course you won’t be able to do much at the moment as you don’t have any rights to do anything. 🙂
In LCM, find the M3_UI_Adapter, Right Click Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Configure Application -> Edit Role Mappings
Under app-user “Included Members” click Edit
Click Add
Under Global, set the defined to authenticated and click Add
We should now see authenticated at the bottom. Click Ok
Click OK
Click Save
Click Save
We need to do the same thing for the MangoServer. Right Click on the MangoServer -> Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Configure Application
Edit Role Mappings
Under Administrator click Edit
Click Add
Because I am lazy and don’t need to worry about other people having administrative access, I am going to once again use authenticated, and I’ll also add grid-admin so I can change that later if I decide to. Click Add
We should now see that we have two entries
Click on OK
Click on Save
Click Save
Now when we start Smart Office we get the Administration Tools
Lets set up the Profile. Double Click on the Profile Editor and then click on Advanced
Go down to M3 and Enable the M3 Configuration
Scroll down to the MForms section
1. Application Server. This can be determined by going in to LCM -> IFL_PROD -> M3BE_14.1.2-PROD, right click, Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Configure Application
  
  Under the Connection Dispatchers we have the ME
  
  So we will use 10.255.255.70:9973
2. RuntimeUrlLogon. We can get this from the default Router. So on the MangoServer, right click, Lawson Grid 10.1.9.0 -> Application -> Monitor Application
  
  Web Components
  
  click on the Default Routers HTTP Port, this will open Internet Explorer
  
  Copy the URI that is marked as mne
3. RuntimeUrl. The same as the RuntimeUrlLogin
Filled out it should look something like this

I haven’t done the WebService because it isn’t installed yet.
Click Save.
Exit from Smart Office
From LCM -> M3_UI_Adapter -> M3 UI Adapter 10.2.1.1 -> M3 BE Integration Tasks -> Retrieve Base MNE Data
Click Next
Click Next
Click Finish
And we should get
Stop the M3_UI_Adapter
Start the M3_UI_Adapter