Search Server 2010 Installation Prerequisites

The most common point of failure for Search Server is during the initial setup steps. This KB goes over the prequisites

• You have purchased and deployed Microsoft Search Server 2010. See also: Product Licensing Search.
• An understanding of Microsoft Search Server 2010, Best practices for Search Server 2010
• Before beginning the installation, review these Microsoft documents.
  • Hardware and software requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb905370(v=office.14).aspx#BKMK_hw_reqs
  • User requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff717834(v=office.14).aspx
  • Installation of Microsoft Search Server 2010: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808898(v=office.14).aspx
• Both search and CMS servers can browse to each other across the network.
• The search, SQL, and CMS servers must be on the same domain.
• On your Microsoft Search Server 2010 server
  • Create a Windows user for search purposes. The user should be
    • a domain user
    • assigned the "log-on as a service" role
    • a member of the administrators group.
    • That user must be logged in when Microsoft Search Server 2010 is being installed.
    • Open port 6080 (used by the Protocol Handler Service)
• On your Ektron server
  • Open ports 6080 and 6081 (used by the CMS File Helper Service to communicate Ektron services and copy files between the Web and Search servers)
• On your SQL Server
  • Set SQL Security to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode
  • Through SQL Management Studio, add the Windows login that you created on your Microsoft Search Server 2010 server. Assign to that user
    • db_creator role
    • securityadmin SQL role

• Hardware and software requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb905370(v=office.14).aspx#BKMK_hw_reqs
• User requirements: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff717834(v=office.14).aspx
• Installation of Microsoft Search Server 2010: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808898(v=office.14).aspx