Application Installation

This section will explain how to acquire the installation package and copy the application into the proper directories. The link for installation package download will be provided by the eRecruiter consultant or support upon request as it will ensure that the correct version is available including any customizations for the installation.

Applications

Windows Security

If the download is performed through Microsoft Internet Explorer, the browser will mark the ZIP package as downloaded from the internet. This will require to unblock the file to ensure the application will work properly after unzipping the package.

The installation package should include the following folders and files - there may be a base folder called eRecruiter in the package.

Application	Package Folder	Target Folder	Type	Description
API	API	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\API	IIS/ASP.NET application	eRecruiter API for integrations and applicant portals.
Applicant Portal	ApplicantPortal	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\ApplicantPortal	IIS/ASP.NET application	Applicant portal for job listings and applicant self-service zone.
Core API	Core	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\Core	ASP.NET Core application	eRecruiter Core API for integration and eRecruiter applications.
Cron Worker	CronWorker	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\CronWorker	Windows Scheduler Task	Background worker that is executed every 15 minutes to perform maintenance tasks.
Customer Portal	CustomerPortal	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\CustomerPortal	IIS/ASP.NET application	Portal for internal customers that use the recruiting department as internal service.
Document Analysis Service	DocumentAnalysis	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\DocumentAnalysis	IIS/ASP.NET application	CvParsing API for extraction of applicant data of Cv's
eRecruiter	eRecruiter	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\eRecruiter	IIS/ASP.NET application	eRecruiter application for recruiting department
Media Service	FileServer	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\MediaService	Windows Service	Service to convert between different media types.
Portal	Portal	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\Portal	IIS/ASP.NET application	(deprecated) The previous version of the applicant portal that has been deprecated.
Recruiting Agency Portal	RecruitingAgencyPortal	<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\bin\RecruitingAgencyPortal	JavaScript web application	The recruiting agency portal for interaction with recruiting agencies.
version-X.Y.Z.BC	-	-	-	This files indicates the application version for the package.

Configuration

In order for the application to be executed properly it is required to create configurations for the database connection and the application settings.

Applications AppSettings.config

The applications API, eRecruiter and Customer Portal require an application configuration, which should be configured through the AppSettings.config that will be placed in the application root directory.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<appSettings>

<add key="WebBasePath" value="%ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\bin\<APPLICATION>" /> 

<add key="WindowsFileManager_FilesPath" value="%ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\files" /> 

<add key="WindowsFileManager_TemplatesPath" value="%ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates" /> 

<add key="TemporaryFileManager_Path" value="%ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\temp" /> 

<add key="FileServerHost" value="localhost" /> 

<add key="FileServerPort" value="35791" /> 

<add key="LdapPaths" value="" /> 

<add key="LdapUsername" value=""/> 

<add key="LdapPassword" value="" /> 

<add key="LdapNtlmSso" value="false" /> 

<add key="SmtpHost" value="" /> 

<add key="SmtpPort" value="25" /> 

<add key="SmtpUserName" value="" /> 

<add key="SmtpPassword" value="" /> 

<add key="SmtpUseSsl" value="false" /> 

    <add key="SmtpSender" value="  support@erecruiter.net  " /> <!-- *2*  # if not set default value:  support@erecruiter.net  -->

<add key="RequireSsl" value="false" /> 

<add key="GoogleMapsApiKey" value="" /> 

<add key="EnableIssueTracker" value="false" /> 

<add key="EnableEmailOnError" value="false" /> 

<add key="ProxyAddress" value="" /> 

<add key="ProxyPort" value="" /> 

<add key="ProxyUser" value="" /> 

<add key="ProxyPassword" value="" /> 

    <add key="DocumentAnalysisServiceBaseUrl" value=""/> <!-- *1* Endpoint URL of document analysis service like  http://&lt;URL_TO_SERVICE&gt;:&lt;PORT  > -->

</appSettings>

ConnectionStrings.config

The applications API, eRecruiter and Customer Portal require a connection to the database, which should be configured through the ConnectionStrings.config that will be placed in the application root directory.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<connectionStrings>

  <add name="ePunkt.Properties.Settings.ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=ServerHost\SqlServerName;Initial Catalog=DatabaseName;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=SqlUserName;Password=SqlUserPassword" />

<!-- Example if integrated security is used:

    <add name="ePunkt.Properties.Settings.ConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=SqlServerName,41433;Initial Catalog=DatabaseName;Integrated Security=True;" />

-->

</connectionStrings>

CVParser-Definitions.xml

In addition the file CVParser-Definitions.xml that has been placed in <ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\data\templates need to be updated with the path to the dictionary definitions (configuration at the end of the file).

<dictionaries>

<dictionary id="firstNames" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\firstnames.txt" />

<dictionary id="lastNames" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\lastnames.txt" />

<dictionary id="cities" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\cities.txt" />

<dictionary id="zips" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\zips.txt" />

<dictionary id="streets" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\streets.txt" />

  <dictionary id="personalDataHeaders" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\personaldataheaders.txt"/>

<dictionary id="titles" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\titles.txt" />

<dictionary id="nonowords" filename="%ERECUITER_INSTALL_DIR%\data\templates\dictionaries\NoNoWords.txt" />

</dictionaries>

Applicant Portal ApplicationSettings.config

There is a configuration for the Applicant Portal application that needs to be done ad-hoc with an operations engineer as it requires more information about the actual system setup - the configuration below shows the possible configuration options.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<appSettings>

<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />

<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />

<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />

<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />

<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />

<add key="CustomFolder_localhost" value="localhost" />

<add key="CustomFolder_demo.erecruiter.net" value="demo" />

<add key="MandatorId" value="YOUR_MANDATOR_ID" />

<add key="ApiEndpoint" value="YOUR_API_ENDPOINT" />

<add key="ApiKey" value="YOUR_API_KEY" />

<add key="TagManagerId" value="YOUR_TAG_MANAGER_ID"/>

<add key="ReverseProxyHost" value=""/>

<add key="ReverseProxyPort" value="0" />

<add key="ReverseProxyScheme" value="" />

<add key="DropboxAppKey" value="" />

<add key="OneDriveAppKey" value="" />

<add key="GoogleDeveloperKey" value="" />

<add key="GoogleClientId" value="" />

<add key="ReCaptchaSiteKey" value="" />

<add key="ReCaptchaSecret" value="" />

</appSettings>

Recruiting Agency Portal settings.json

For the configuration of the recruiting agency portal the following file needs to be created inside the application directory.

{

"clientId": "ERECRUITER_CORE_API_CLIENT_ID",

"apiEndpoint": "ERECRUITER_CORE_API_ENDPOINT",

"communication": false

}

eRecruiter Core settings.json

For the configuration of the eRecruiter core API the following file needs to be created inside the application directory.

{

"Logging": {

"Level": "Warning",

"Console": {

"Enabled": false

},

"File": {

"Enabled": false,

"Path": "./logs/application-{Date}.log"

},

"SysLog": {

"Enabled": false,

"Server": ""

},

"Seq": {

"Enabled": false,

"Url": "",

"ApiKey": ""

}

},

"Security": {

"TokenSecretKey": "SECURITY_TOKEN_TO_BE_GENERATED",

"TokenLifeTime": 86400

},

"Paths": {

"FilesPath": "PATH_TO_FILE_STORAGE",

"TemplatesPath": "PATH_TO_TEMPLATE_STORAGE",

"TemporaryPath": "PATH_TO_TEMPORARY_FILES"

},

"Data": {

"ConnectionString": "DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING"

}

"DocumentAnalysis": {

"ServiceUrl": "URL_TO_DOCUMENT_ANALYSIS_SERVICE"

},

"Textkernel": {

"ParsingUrl": "URL_TO_TEXTKERNEL_PARSING_SERVICE"

},

"CvLizer": {

"ProxyAddress": "",

"ProxyUser": "",

"ProxyPassword": ""

}

Document Analysis AppSettings.config

Please add the following file (AppSettings.config) to the application root directory of DocumentAnalysis.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<appSettings>

<add key="TemporaryFileDirectory" value="PATH_TO_TEMPORARY_FILES"/>

  <!-- Path to "CVParser-Definitions.xml" which holds the required information for the ePunkt CvParser configuration. -->

<add key="DefinitionsXmlFilePath" value="PATH_TO_DEFINITIONS.XML"/>

</appSettings>

Customization

The eRecruiter requires an initial set of customizations that need to be installed into the {{<ERECRUITER_INSTALL_DIR>\data\templates}} directory or onto the SAN/SMB share. These customization include standard reports and the data structures for the integrated CV parsing infrastructure.

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Application Installation

Application Installation

Applications

Configuration

Applications AppSettings.config

ConnectionStrings.config

CVParser-Definitions.xml

Applicant Portal ApplicationSettings.config

Recruiting Agency Portal settings.json

eRecruiter Core settings.json

Document Analysis AppSettings.config

Customization

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