System Requirements

Installation steps

1

Install SQL ServerRequired

Stores all master data, models, entities, and audit history

SQL Server 2016+ — requires CREATE OR ALTER, OPENJSON, and FOR JSON PATH. Skip if you already have one.

Enable TCP/IP — Primentra connects over the network, not named pipes

Start SQL Server Browser service — required to resolve named instances

Optional: Enable Full-Text Search for faster word search on large datasets

2

Create database & service accountRequired

Creates the Primentra database, a dedicated login, and permissions

Run setup-db-and-user.sql as sysadmin in SSMS

Change the default password first — the script ships with a placeholder password

3

Install PrimentraRequired

Run the installer, then open the app — a setup wizard walks you through connecting the database, deploying the schema, and creating your admin account

Run Primentra-Setup-vX.X.X.exe as Administrator

Node.js LTS installed automatically if missing or too old

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Production deployment (IIS)Optional

Optional — HTTPS, custom domain, or port 80/443 access

IIS with URL Rewrite for SPA + ARR reverse proxy for /api

Primentra runs on Windows and stores everything in SQL Server. Check these requirements before you start.

Operating system

Windows 10, Windows 11, or Windows Server 2016 or later.
Administrator rights. The installer registers a Windows service and writes to C:\Program Files\.

The installer warns you on Windows builds older than 14393 (Windows Server 2016) and lets you continue at your own risk.

SQL Server

SQL Server 2016 or later — Express, Standard, or Enterprise.
The instance can run on the same machine or on any reachable server on the network.
An existing instance is fine. You do not need a dedicated one.

Primentra needs SQL Server 2016 because it uses CREATE OR ALTER, OPENJSON, and FOR JSON PATH. Older versions cannot run the schema script.

Full-Text Search is optional. It speeds up search on large datasets. See Install SQL Server.

Memory and disk

Resource	Requirement
RAM	4 GB minimum, 8 GB for datasets over 100,000 rows
Disk (application)	About 170 MB of application files and Node.js runtime
Disk (database)	About 145 MB for an empty database, then roughly 1 GB per million records