Install on Microsoft Windows

Install CAST Imaging on Microsoft Windows - choose your deployment scenario and topology

Overview

This section covers new installations of CAST Imaging on Microsoft Windows. Choose your deployment scenario and topology below to get a dedicated, step-by-step installation guide with no conditional branching.

For updates to existing installations, see In-place component update.

Step 1 - Choose your deployment scenario

A scenario defines which CAST Imaging components you install. All scenarios include imaging-services and require access to a database instance (not included in the installer - must be installed separately).

Scenario Analysis Viewer Dashboards Use when…
S1 - All Components ✅ ✅ ✅ Full CAST Imaging: analysis, Viewer and Dashboards
S2 - Viewer Only ❌ ✅ ❌ Read-only Viewer access - analysis runs on a separate installation
S3 - Viewer + Analysis ✅ ✅ ❌ Run analysis and view results; no Dashboards component
S4 - Dashboards Only ❌ ❌ ✅ Read-only Dashboards access - analysis runs on a separate installation
S5 - Dashboards + Analysis ✅ ❌ ✅ Run analysis and view aggregated Dashboard results; no Viewer component

Step 2 - Choose your deployment topology

A topology defines how components are distributed across machines:

  • Single machine - all selected components on one host. Suitable for POC, testing, demo, or small production environments.
  • Multi-machine - components distributed across dedicated hosts (or a mixed allocation). Recommended for production.

Step 3 - Go to your guide

Single machine

All selected components on one host. Suitable for POC, testing, demo, or small production environments.

Multi-machine

Components distributed across dedicated hosts. Recommended for production.

Reference

The following pages apply across all Windows deployment scenarios: