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Configure a server instance
The Configure Server tool is used to create an application server instance, as well as to configure server clustering.

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- Get Started Guide
  - Installation Requirements
  - Pre-Installation Consideration
  - Installation Procedures
  - Server Clustering Implementation
  - Deploy the Web Task List
  - Log On Overview
  - Post-Installation Configuration
    - Post-installation Configuration
      This section provides information about configuring your system after installing the application.
    - Running with a Standard Windows User Account
      Users who are not Workflow administrators must be given permission to access certain folders in order to view log files and to be able to load forms.
    - Configure web proxy settings for Local System account
      Before defining a web service, you must configure web proxy settings for your Local System account based on your network requirements.
    - Modify security certificates
      The Configure Certificates tool is used to change or update the security certificates you configured during the server installation.
    - Modify site configuration
      Using the Configure Site tool, you can modify site configuration by moving product options between servers, deleting servers that are not hosting product options, and, beginning with Workflow 2.1, designating whether servers or the product options that run on them are essential and/or disabling product options.
    - Monitor system configuration and status
      After installing this application, you can monitor the configuration of the system, including which servers and product options are installed and whether those components are designated as essential. In addition, you can ascertain the operational status of the configured servers.
    - Modify the server configuration for a remote client
      Use the Server Configuration tool to synchronize any changes you may have made to the application server with remote clients.
    - Modify the Microsoft Active Directory Services
      The Configure AD LDS Integration tool provides the ability to configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service for your production environment.
    - Modify your application server database
      The Configure Database tool provides the ability to make changes to your SQL Server database, as well as change the database you want to connect to.
    - Configure a server instance
      The Configure Server tool is used to create an application server instance, as well as to configure server clustering.
    - Configure product options
      Using the Configure Product Options tool, you can install and configure product options that you license and/or service providers that you have created.
    - Change architecture mode
      When initially installing an application server or extension server (that is, Workflow or User) on a 64-bit computer, you can elect to run the server in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode. If your environment changes subsequent to installation, you can use the Configure Server tool to change the architecture mode accordingly.
    - Add or remove performance counters
      Using this procedure, you can manually add performance counters to your system, or remove them. You must have administrative privileges in order to perform this action.
    - Display the host server name in the Workflow client
      By default, the server name is displayed in the client, next to the server state icon. However, if you want to display a more meaningful name for your server, you can configure an alias so that the alias is displayed in the client rather than the actual server name.
    - Client and Server Configurations
      Workflow supports adding server and client configurations that are not included in the respective configuration files.
    - Server Limit Overrides
      There are many limits in the Proficy SOA server that can be changed without recompiling any source. These limits are changed by adding a named file with the new limits to the Program folder.
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  - Install a Reporting Database
  - Terminal Server
  - ActiveX Task Controls
  - Workflow Task Client
  - Installation Security

Configure a server instance

The Configure Server tool is used to create an application server instance, as well as to configure server clustering.

Before you begin

Important: The default user setting for this service is Local System Account. When upgrading your application, the user setting will return to the default setting.

About this task

Note: If you are configuring servers for clustering, you must ensure that you run this tool on all nodes of the cluster.

Procedure

On the server machine, click Start > All Programs > General Electric > Workflow > Configuration > Configure Server.
Select the Create an Application Server Instance option.
In the Name field, enter a name for the server instance.
Optional: In the Description field, enter a description for the server instance.
Click the Advanced Configuration arrow.
Select or clear the Do not create Windows Service for this Server Instance check box, depending on whether you want this server instance to run as a Windows service.
If you are configuring the server instance to run as a Windows service, and the architecture of the computer you are configuring the instance on is 64-bit, configure the Run service under the following architecture setting to indicate your preference for operational mode as either 32-bit or 64-bit.
In the Service Ports fields, enter the port numbers for each of the service port types.
In the P2P Configuration section:
1. In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of the server instance.
  
  Note: Peer servers will contact this server instance at the specified IP address. If the specified address is 255.255.255.255, then the address will be determined at server start as the first IPv4 address found in the DNS records for the hosting machine's host name. If the address is incorrect, then an appropriate address should be specified here.
2. In the Port field, enter the port number for the server instance. This value must be unique if multiple server instances are run on the same machine.
Click Save, and then click Exit.