K2 blackpearl Product Documentation: Installation and Configuration Guide
Checklist: Environment Validation

You have now installed your K2 blackpearl environment and have validated some of the areas which frequently experiences issues. But how do you ensure that your environment is working as expected?

Below are the recommended steps one should follow to validate that your environment is working as expected:


On the K2 Server

  1. Stop the K2 blackpearl Service

On the SQL Server

  1. Backup K2 databases (if desired)

On the K2 Server

  1. Start the K2 blackpearl Service in console mode
  1. Open K2 Workspace

On the Developer Machine

This is recommended to be physically different computer than K2 Server if you need to validate Kerberos.

  1. Open K2 Workspace
  1. Test Visual Studio
  1. Set the destination of that client event to Process Originator to make testing easier
  2. Consider having multiple activities with client events so the process instance does not complete. This way you can delete the test instance(s) from the database via Workspace
  3. Include an e-mail event to make sure the SMTP connection is working.
  1. Test the newly deployed Process within K2 Workspace
  1. Test Reports within K2 Workspace
  1. Test Notification Events and E-mail
  1. Test SmartObject Deployment
  1. Test K2 Worklist web part in SharePoint (Note: This is optional, only required if the web part has been deployed to a SharePoint environment)
  1. Test K2 Designer for SharePoint (Note: This is optional, only required if the feature has been deployed to a SharePoint environment)
  1. In K2 Workspace, delete any unwanted, active test process instances 

On the K2 Server

  1. Close the K2 Server console window

On the SQL Server

  1. Restore the original, clean backed up databases, if desired.

On the K2 Server

  1. Startup the K2 blackpearl Server service via Windows Services

 

 


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