Sep 22, 2025

LifeCycleX Installation

OVERVIEW: This page walks you through the process of installing GlobalSign's LifeCycleX for the first time. At the completion of this procedure, you will be able to automate administrators and role-based users to efficiently monitor, manage, action and report on all aspects of certificate management requirements. Learn more about LifeCycleX through frequently asked questions here.

Prerequisite

• Make sure to complete environment preparation found in the Prerequisite for LifeCycleX Client.

Step 1: SQL Database Setting

1. Make sure to have an empty database ready. 

2. The application user must be a “db Owner”. 

3. Fill in the SQL server name or IP. 

4. Check the On behalf of the application user checkbox to run the process with the credential of the application user. 

5. If the checkbox is un-checked, the process will run under the logged in user credential.

6. Click the Create Tables Button to build the database tables, views and store procedures.

7. Verify the logger has line “Database version 6 is ready” and the button is not displayed anymore and click Next.

Step 2: Install the LifeCycleX Launcher

1. Login to the C-View server with the application user.

2. Make sure the application user is a local administrator. 

3. Copy the Installer MSI to a local folder.

4. Double-click on the MSI to start the upgrade process (it will automatically uninstall the current version and install the new one).

5. Install the C-View Server as explained in Step 1.

Step 3: LifeCycleX Server Installation

1. Run LifeCycleX launcher by clicking on the desktop shortcut or run the application for this path C:\Program Files\LifeCycleX\Launcher\CVLauncher.exe. 

2. Select Installation package: LifeCycleX server. 

3. Fill out application user details: 
   
   a. Domain Name 
   b. Username 
   c. Password 

4. Click Next.

5. Validate application user identity. 

6. Installing missing IIS features.

7. Installing missing PS modules.

8. Jump to the next wizard page. This step is loading the list of LifeCycleX modules. 

9. Right click on the list and select the option Mark all – install. The action column will update to "upgrade" for all rows. 

10. Authentication setting for IIS (LifeCycleXAdmin). The default Windows authentication provider is NTLM. Note: You may select Kerberos, but it requires creating SPN and delegation after the installation process. For more details, read the section LifeCycleX Admin to Work with Kerberos.

11. Click Next to start the application upgrade process. 

12. A confirmation window displays. Click OK to continue or cancel to go back and change the module selection.

 

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LifeCycleX Admin to Work with Kerberos

IMPORTANT: This is a sample Kerberos configuration, if you are working with NTLM you may skip this section.

 

1. Open the IIS Manager and select the LifeCycleX Admin application. 

2. Go to Windows Authentication and remove the negotiation and NTLM providers. 

3. Add a new Kerberos provider and save. 

Define SPN for application user. PS command samples:
             setspn -s HTTP/cviewserver.securely.local domain\Username 
setspn -s HTTP/cviewserver domain\Username 

Delegation for the application user. PS command sample:
Get-ADObject -Filter {Name -eq " appUser "} | Set-ADObject -Add @{"msDS-
 AllowedToDelegateTo"=@("HOST/CAomputerName","HOST/CAComputerName.securely.local", 
 "rpcss//CAComputerName",”rpcss///CAComputerName.securely.local")} 

Delegation for C-View Server PS command sample:
 Get-ADObject -Filter {Name -eq " cviewserver "} |Set-ADObject -Add @{"msDS-
 AllowedToDelegateTo"=@("HOST/CAComputerName","HOST/CAComputerName.securely.local", 
 "rpcss//CAComputerName",”rpcss///CAComputerName.securely.local")}

INFORMATION: • Yellow highlights should be replaced.  • appuser = application user  • CAComputerName – The CA computer name (AD name)  • Cviewserver – The Computer name of the C-View server (AD Name) • Both Delegation commands should run for each CA

 

 

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LifeCycleX Remote Installations

Step 1

1. Run LifeCycleX launcher by clicking on the desktop shortcut or run the application for this path C:\Program Files\LifeCycleX\Launcher\CVLauncher.exe

2. The first wizard step is loading the previous installation setting. Verify data accuracy. 

3. The table on the page's second part displays the action's status. These actions are also written to the trace log in folder: C:\CViewData\TraceLogs\Launcher.

4. Click Next.

5. Validate application user identity. 

6. Installing missing IIS features.

7. Installing missing PS modules.

8. Jump to the next wizard page.

Step 2

1. This step is loading the list of C-View modules. Each module shows if an upgrade is required. 
2. Right click on the list and select the option Mark all – install. The action column will update to "upgrade" for all rows. 
3. Click Next to start the application upgrade process. A confirmation window will be displayed. 
4. Click OK to continue or cancel to go back and change the module selection.