Cloud Connector Installation
The Meridian Cloud Connector can be installed from the landing page of the Meridian Cloud Tenant. The Meridian Cloud Connector is delivered as an MSI package with an INI file for configuration settings. The default settings of the Meridian Cloud Connector can be changed in the INI file before the installation of the Cloud Connector. The Meridian Cloud Connector installs the Meridian Site Cache in the Windows application tray.
The default Site Cache settings use external authentication local workspace. Site Cache runs in remote mode only and is not available in online/offline mode.
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. All communication with the Meridian EDM Server will go through the Meridian web server.
The package requires:
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.
Important!
Google does not support Google Authentication in Internet Explorer. If you want to use Google Authentication for the Cloud Connector, switch your default browser to Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
Users cannot change the Site Cache URL using the Cloud Connector unless you have enabled access to the setting.
To enable users to change the Site Cache URL:
Setting this value will enable the site cache options for the Accruent Application Integration, which can be accessed from the icon in the system tray. However, this value also enables other options that you may not want users to access. Review the linked documentation for more information.
Once this setting has been enabled, users can change their site cache URL by following these procedures.
The package can also be installed from a command line with the parameters listed in the Command Line Parameters column below.
Options Settings
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| USEOPENID |
USEOPENID |
Authentication method:
0 - Active Directory for on-premises users
1 - External authentication by an OpenID provider using the settings above.
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The Features section contains settings to install the application links, which can be any of the following:
Setting the feature to 1 installs the link, 0 skips link installation.
Following are example .ini file contents.
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[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
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:
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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
Enable Users to Change the Site Cache URL