Kentico Installation Manager (also referred to as KIM) is an external utility which enables installation and management of Kentico CMS instances. All instances installed on a single machine can be managed from this single tool, which greatly simplifies their management on machines where a large number of instances is installed.

 

The utility can be launched by selecting Kentico Installation Manager from the Kentico CMS folder in Windows Start menu.

 

 

In the toolbar, you can find the following actions:

 

• Browse - opens the URL in the URL column of the selected instance in a new browser window. If the instance contains multiple websites and the Show site selection after clicking Browse option is enabled in configuration of the instance, a pop-up window is displayed after executing the action, letting you select which of the instance's websites should be opened.

• Manage - opens Site Manager of the selected instance in a new browser window.

• Edit - opens the selected instance's web project in Visual Studio.

• Install - opens Kentico Web Installer, which can be used to install a new Kentico CMS instance.

• Uninstall - uninstalls the selected instance, optionally including removal from file system, IIS, database and from the instances list in KIM.

• Upgrade/Hotfix - opens a pop-up window where the currently selected instance can be upgraded or hotfixed. See Upgrading and hotfixing for more details.

• Check - checks if there are any new upgrades or hotfixes available for any of the managed instances. See Upgrading and hotfixing for more details.

• Register - opens a dialog where a new instance can be registered for management by KIM (added to the list below). See Instance registration for more details.

• Unregister - unregisters the selected instance from KIM (removes it from the list below). See Instance registration for more details.

• Services - opens Kentico Service Manager, which can be used to install and manage Kentico CMS Windows services.

• Settings - opens a dialog where settings related to upgrading and hotfixing can be adjusted. See Upgrading and hotfixing for more details.

 

In cases when large numbers of instances is registered in the utility, you can use the Find textbox below the toolbar to search particular instances by the value stored in their Name column.