Installation - RCCMD for macOS

Installation with the Install Builder r/2020-04-07/MacOSX/

Releasing the file for installation

Apple distinguishes between installable software and original certified software. Due to this fact, an application for macOS that ultimately does not come from the Apple Store itself, may simply be rejected the first installation attempt. Instead of installing as wanted, macOS offers to drop this piece of software into Trash:

To continue the installation, click on the lock symbol under Settings/Security. Now click on the "Cancel" button of the warning message. macOS will offer you the option "Open anyway":

This will trigger a warning message with the "Open" button:

Approving a file for the installation

 If someone wants to install something on an Apple PC, extended system rights are sometimes necessary or the installation cannot be carried out.

Apple's installation manager needs to hand over the entire installation process to the 3rd party software. To confirm this step, the installation manager asks for the corresponding password.

RCCMD installation dialogue

The installer is multilingual, you may choose the default language (English) or a language that is more familiar to you.

Due to the fact that the language of the installer has nothing to do with the language of RCCMD itself, feel free to choose your language - it is possible to adapt the language later on.

For this Installation guide, we choose the default language "English".

When ready, click on OK

The RCCMD Welcome Screen

After selecting your preferred language, RCCMD needs some information for the installation process:

In general, the installer asks for some basic data that are necessary for the initial setup configuration. Before you continue, please ensure a valid key is available and at hand. RCCMD will ask for it. At any time up to the start, it is possible to abort the installation by clicking "Cancel"; Until the final click, no changes will be made to your operating system.

Click NEXT

Copyrights, license agreements, and other stuff to read

In this step, you can review the license agreement. To continue the installation, you must accept these terms. If you do not agree, the installation process will be terminated without making any changes to your system.

Accept the agreement and click “Next”

 Select installation directory

The installer selects a typical Apple installation directory and recommends it for installation.

If the installation directory does not fit your system, adjust the location according to your wishes and ideas.

After selecting an installation path, click "NEXT"

The license key:

Enter your license key - this was given to you by your dealer with the UPS documentation, is included in the documentation of your CS141 / SITEMANAGER or SITEMONITOR or was brought to you via e-mail.

If you do not have a license key at hand, simply enter "DEMO" at this point. RCCMD will use an internal evaluation key and start the test phase.  You can change the license key at any time via the web interface.

By doing so, RCCMD will be unlocked to the full version on restart.

After entering the license key (or "nothing"), click "NEXT".

Optional modules:

The WebIf installs the user interface you need for convenient and mandatory configuration.

If the WebIf is not selected, please select it so that it is installed.

Why is this optionally when I need it?

It’s simple: other software versions may use modules that are really not important. In this case, you need it.

Click "NEXT" to continue

http(s) and port setting

RCCMD is configured via a modern web interface.

To provide access to the web interface, RCCMD needs to know whether you want to use http/https or on which port internally the interface should be accessible. The default port for RCCMD is port 8443, but you can select any port that fits your network and is not occupied. RCCMD is configured via a modern web interface.

In order to access the web interface, RCCMD needs to know whether you want to use http/https and on which port internally the interface should be accessible. The default port for RCCMD is port 8443, but you can select any port that suits your network and is available:

Please note:

RCCMD comes with its own certificate, but it was not created on the macOS. A modern web browser will of course notice this and complain that although there is a valid certificate, it cannot be guaranteed that the website is also what it claims to be. Since this is a local installation, you may ignore this notice accordingly.

Click "NEXT"

Summary and start installation

In the next step, RCCMD shows you your selection, i.e., the installation directory, the available disk space and the estimated disk space required for the installation. With "Back" you can go back to the individual configuration steps and with "Cancel" you can cancel and discard the installation.

Click "NEXT" to confirm your choices, then click "NEXT" to start the installation.

Installation progress and firewall

The installer shows you an overview of the installation process.

RCCMD will ask you whether the firewall should be configured automatically so that you can access the web interface afterwards. With this question, the installation is completed and RCCMD is ready for use.

Confirm the firewall question with a click on "YES"

First start of the web configurator

The Safari web browser will inevitably detect that RCCMD is using a supposedly invalid certificate. This is not quite correct:

The certificate is valid, but it was not issued on this computer. Thus, the computer cannot authenticate itself as credible to itself. However, since you are on your own computer and are sitting in front of the machine via the WebIF or via the URL https://localhost:8443, you can ignore this notice and confirm the certificate permanently.

Quick configuration

The installation of RCCMD on macOS is completed. Now proceed with the chapter for quick configuration of RCCMD via the web interface.