Cloud Connector Installation

By default, when you download the Meridian Cloud Connector installation package, it can be run immediately without any configuration on your part and will connect the client to your Meridian Cloud tenancy automatically. Alternatively, the package can be manually configured to install the components and to connect to an on-premises Meridian Enterprise deployment.

This client is for Internet use only, not for LAN users. If installed, the application links and Application Integration are configured to work in Remote mode only. All communication with the Meridian EDM Server will go through the Meridian web server.

The package requires:

  • Windows x64 operating system

  • .NET Framework

  • SQL Compact or MS Jet are NOT required

The package can be configured by creating or editing the file Meridian Cloud Connector.ini located in the same location as Meridian Cloud Connector.msi. The file should include the settings in the INI Settings and Features sections described below.

ClosedINI Settings

The package can also be installed from a command line with the parameters listed in the Command Line Parameters column below.

Options Settings
INI Setting Name Command Line Parameter Description
N/A ALLUSERS=2 Set to 2 to install the client separately for each user of the machine instead of for all users of the machine (default). The ADDLOCAL parameter must only be set to WEBCLIENT and no other features. The MSIINSTALLPERUSER parameter must be set to 1.
LANDINGPAGEURL LANDINGPAGEURL

The installer will add a desktop shortcut to this URL, which should be the landing page for the Meridian Cloud tenancy.

For example, https://<TenancyName>.meridiancloud.net.

SITECACHEURL SCURL URL of the site cache server to be used
LWSFOLDER LWSFOLDER Local workspace folder location
TENANTURL TENANTNAME

URL of your tenancy at the domain specified by M360DOMAIN. Used only for external authentication by an OpenID provider.

For example, https://<TenancyName>.meridian360.com.

ISSUERURI ISSUERURI https://auth-prd.meridiancloud.net/auth. Used only for external authentication by an OpenID provider.
M360DOMAIN M360DOMAIN meridian360.com for customers in North America, meridian360.eu for customers in Europe. Used only for external authentication by an OpenID provider.
N/A MSIINSTALLPERUSER Set to 1 to install the client separately for each user of the machine instead of for all users of the machine (default). The ADDLOCAL parameter must only be set to WEBCLIENT and no other features. The ALLUSERS parameter must be set to 2.
SKIPUI SKIPUI

Controls display of the setup wizard dialog pages:

0 - Even if all parameters are specified in the .ini file, will display all pages so that the user can modify them.

1 - Pages will not be displayed, only settings in the .ini file will be used.

USEOPENID USEOPENID

Authentication method:

0 - Active Directory for on-premises users

1 - External authentication by an OpenID provider using the settings above.

ClosedFeatures Section

The Features section contains settings to install the application links, which can be any of the following:

  • AMHook (generic Application Integration)

  • AutoCAD

  • Inventor

  • SolidWorks

  • Revit

  • MicroStation

  • Office

Setting the feature to 1 installs the link, 0 skips link installation.

Following are example .ini file contents.

[Options]
LANDINGPAGEURL=https://MyOrganization.meridiancloud.net
SITECACHEURL=https://MyWebServer/BCSiteCache
LWSFOLDER=c:\bc-cache
TENANTURL=https://MyOrganization.meridian360.com
ISSUERURI=https://auth-prd.meridiancloud.net/auth
M360DOMAIN=meridian360.com
SKIPUI=0
USEOPENID=0
[Features]
AMHook=1
AutoCAD=1
Inventor=1
SolidWorks=0
Revit=1
MicroStation=1
Office=1

ClosedInstall Package from a Command Line

To install the package from a command line, use the Command Line Parameter settings described in the INI Settings section above.

Example

In this example, the package is installed silently:

msiexec /i "Meridian Cloud Connector.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\MeridianCloudConnector\" INSTALLDIR32="C:\Program Files (x86)\MeridianCloudConnector32\" ADDLOCAL="WebClient,AMHook,Revit,Office,AutoCAD" SCURL="https://MyWebServer/BCSiteCache" LANDINGPAGEURL="https://MyOrganization.meridiancloud.net" TENANTNAME="https://MyOrganization.meridian360.com" ISSUERURI="https://auth-prd.meridiancloud.net/auth" M360DOMAIN="meridian360.com" LWSFOLDER="C:\cache" USEOPENID=1 /quiet

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