Installing the Process Discovery Server

Ensure that the server meets the requirements. See System Requirements for Process Discovery Server.

1. The following default external ports are opened automatically in the Windows Firewall during the Process Discovery Server installation process.

These ports are intended for an installation that does not use SSL/TLS (see below for SSL/TLS ports). Open them in your hardware firewall prior to installing the server:

Default Port  (Not using TLS)	Port Used by	Port Used for
80	NGINX	Communication between the Discovery Robots and Console users with the Process Discovery Server
3306	MariaDB / MySQL	Database Management System
5341	SEQ	*Can be installed remotely
27017	MongoDB	Mongo Database

If you will be using SSL/TLS , open the following ports in your hardware firewall prior to installing the server.

Only SSL/TLS v1.2 is supported.

Default Port	Port Used by	Port Used for
443	NGINX	Communication between the Discovery Robots and Console users with the Process Discovery Server

2. (Optional) You can override the default port setting if you want. At this time, make sure the ports you choose to use are open in the hardware firewall. Be sure to write down the port numbers you use; later you will need to configure them in the installation settings.

3. (Optional) The following default back-end ports are used in the Process Discovery Server. We recommend NOT to open them in the firewall. They are customizable, if required:

Default Port	Port Used for
5058	Communication between the Process Discovery Server and the User Management Tool
50100-50130	Communication between the Process Discovery Server and the Console
51000-51030	Communication between the Process Discovery Server and the Console

Before proceeding with the installation, you must have a preexisting dedicated Windows version database server installed and ready. The supported database management systems are:

• MariaDB 10.3.7 or higher

• MySQL 8.0.11 or higher

• MongoDB 4.4.3 or higher

The database requires the same processor and RAM as the Process Discovery Server, with a minimum of 1TB of available hard disk space.

Databases are installed to collect, analyze, and work with the data received from the robots. Nintex Process Discovery uses four application databases.

The Process Discovery Server installation package automatically installs the RabbitMQ Server. You can opt to connect to a preexisting RabbitMQ instance later in the installation procedure. See Customize queue manager.

If you want to connect to a preexisting RabbitMQ instance, you may need to add permissions to the admin RabbitMQ user at this time. To do so, follow these steps: Rabbit MQ user management.

1. Download the Process Discovery Server installation file, nintex-pd-23.5.0.395-full, to a local folder on the server.

2. If you have received your Process Discovery license key file from your contact at Nintex or the Nintex distribution partner, download it and save the license key file to C:\Nintex\PDServer.

   During the installation process, you will be prompted to provide the license key. Therefore, it is important to choose a folder location that is easily accessible and memorable for future reference.

   If you don't have a license key now, you can install it after the Process Discovery Server installation is complete. See Set up the License After Installation.

Install the Process Discovery Server with the System Manager.

If you need to make changes like enabling TLS or configuring masking, you can do it by using the command-line instructions (CLI). There is no need to uninstall the previous version. Simply rerun the System Manager installation and adjust the config.json and secrets.zip files as required. You can use the original template and make changes there.

Follow these steps to activate your Process Discovery license (if you did not do so previously during installation):

1. Copy the license key file to the Install folder location that you created during the Process Discovery Server installation.

   By default, the format of the installation folder location is C:\Nintex\PDServer.

2. From the Windows Services app or the Windows Task Manager > Services tab:

   • Restart the Kryon Server - Process Discovery Service.

   • Check the Status column of the Kryon Server - Process Discovery Service to ensure that it shows Running.

Verify the Process Discovery Server installation by checking that you can connect to the following components:

1. Connect to the RabbitMQ Management Plugin:

   From a web browser on the Process Discovery Server, enter the following URL: HTTP://{FQDN of Server}:15672

   Log in with the following username and password:

   Username: admin

   Default temporary password: Nintex2023!

2. Connect to Process Discovery Components:

   From a web browser on the Process Discovery Server, connect to the Process Discovery components:

   1. PD Console: ​HTTPS://${FQDN}/console

      Log in with the following username and password:

      Username: Pdconsole

      Default temporary password: Pd123456! (If you changed the password, use the newly created password)​​

   2. Seq logging server: ​HTTPS://${FQDN}/seq​​

   3. Aerobase management: ​HTTPS://${FQDN}/authadmin

      Log in with the following username and password:

      Username: authadmin

      Default temporary password: Nintex123! (You may be asked to change the password. If you do, be sure to write it down)

If you connected successfully to the above components, installation of the server is complete.