Sitecore 9 install troubleshooting

Here is a list of some of the problems I ran into installing Sitecore 9 for the first time

Website Physical Path

The Sitecore 9 installation configuration files for both Sitecore and xConnect sites are configured to install your Sitecore 9 file in C:\inetpub\wwwroot. Modify these files to install the Sitecore 9 sites in a folder of your choice by following these steps:

Open your sitecore-XP0.json and xconnect-xp0.json configuration files
Add a new parameter which will allow you to specify the website physical Path

1."WebsitePhysicalPath": {

2. "Type": "string",

3. "Description": "The physical path the site will be installed."

4.}

In your PowerShell script pass the path of the folder you want to your Sitecore 9 sites to be installed

For example:

01.$WebsitePhysicalPath="C:\Projects\Sitecore9Sandbox\Websites"

02.#deploy xconnect instance

03.$xconnectParams = @{

04.Path = "$PSScriptRoot\xconnect-xp0.json"

05.Package = "$PSScriptRoot\Sitecore 9.0.1 rev. 171219 (OnPrem)_xp0xconnect.scwdp.zip"

06....

07....

08....

09.WebsitePhysicalPath = $WebsitePhysicalPath

10.}

11.Install-SitecoreConfiguration @xconnectParams

12.#install sitecore instance

13.$xconnectHostName = "$prefix.xconnect"

14.$sitecoreParams = @{

15.Path = "$PSScriptRoot\sitecore-XP0.json"

16.Package = "$PSScriptRoot\Sitecore 9.0.1 rev. 171219 (OnPrem)_single.scwdp.zip"

17....

18....

19....

20.WebsitePhysicalPath = $WebsitePhysicalPath

21.}

22.Install-SitecoreConfiguration @sitecoreParams

Execute the PowerShell install script