Install Workflow Manager 1.0 For Use In SharePoint 2013

Here I have selected the Custom settings option.



Specify the DB Names, if they are not already present in the text boxes and click the Test Connection.



Green ticks indicate successful validation of the connection. Now, click next arrow to proceed to the next page.



Specify the Service account credentials under which the WF Manager Services will run. Also, specify a certificate. Generation Key needs to be saved somewhere, as it will be needed every time a computer is added to the WF Manager.

Now, proceed to the next page which is the Service Bus Configuration step.





The text box will be pre-populated with the values. If there are some changes that need to be made, say DB name, make the change and click the Test Connection. Once the green tick appears, specify the Service account credentials. The ideal was the one which was used earlier to configure the Workflow Manager. Now Click OK.



This will continue with the final configuration of the Workflow Manager and Service Bus.



Accept the Summary screen, as shown above. The configuration will now start and the progress will be shown, as below:



Once the configuration is done, it will summarize the success, as shown below:



Now let’s see if the Work Flow Manager configuration was successful. In order to do that, go to http://ServerName:12291. This will show the XML below, which states the Workflow Manager configuration. Thus, the WF Manger configuration is successful.



Now, we need to create a Workflow Service connection using PowerShell. Spin up the SharePoint Management Shell as an administrator. Register the Workflow Manager, using the Register-SPWorkflowService Command.

Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "SiteCollectionName" -WorkflowHostUri “https://ServerName:12291” -AllowOAuthHttp



Upon registration, we can verify the success of the Workflow Service by going to the central administration. Spot the Workflow Service Application Proxy Service Application.



Click it and it will show the message, below, if the registration is successful:



In case the WF Service Registration has some issue, the screen, shown below, will be shown on clicking the Proxy Service Application.



The final step to make sure that the installation and configuration has gone pretty smootly is to spin up the Share Point Designer and click the create List Workflow. If the installation and configuration is together a success, we can see SharePoint 2013 Workflow option, as shown below, else it will list only Share Point 2010 Workflow option.



Thus, we have successfully configured the Workflow engine for use with SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 workflow comes with lots of powerful features like state machine workflow and the ability to call Web Services from the Workflow.