Multiple Instances of the ADOIT 12.0 Web Client on a Single Machine
If multiple instances of the ADOIT 12.0 web client should be run on a single machine, some adaptations have to be made. An interesting use of this scenario is that it allows you to provide access to different application libraries at the same time.
The steps described below are NOT necessary if you want to operate
different versions of the ADOIT web client (e.g. ADOIT 11.0 and ADOIT 12.0) or
web client installations of different BOC Management Office products
on a single machine. Sufficient separation of these instances is inherently provided.
Before you start, stop the Apache Tomcat web server.
Create a new deployment of ADOIT 12.0
You cannot run multiple instances of the ADOIT 12.0 Web Client from the same installation directory. Therefore:
- Copy ADOIT 12.0 to a new folder.
Next, the copied instance of ADOIT 12.0 is adapted so that it can run on the same machine as the original instance. The below configuration steps helps you achieve this.
Adapt the Application Server
The ADOIT application server configuration has to be adapted:
- Edit the configuration file
server.conf
in the folder "<ADOIT installation>/conf".
The configuration parameters that have to be adapted are listed below:
ports
Enter a unique port for each ADOIT application server. In case of load balanced scenarios, enter a unique port for every aworker process that should be started by a ADOIT application server.
service.name
The name under which the ADOIT application server is installed as a Windows service. Enter a unique service name here.
service.display_name
The service display name is used, e.g., in the Service Control Manager to provide a user-readable descriptive name for the service. Enter a unique service display name here.
service.description
The service description is used to describe the purpose of the installed service to the user. Enter a unique service description here.
Install ADOIT Application Server as a Service
Make sure that each ADOIT application server is run under a different Windows user account.
Open the Windows Command Prompt and navigate to "<ADOIT installation>". Notice that the installing user must have administrator rights on the target machine.
Type
aserver.exe -i [-u username -pw password]
to install the Windows Service and simultaneously assign a user under which it will run.
Install ADOIT Web Client
Next, you have to deploy a copy of the ADOIT 12.0 web application archive to the Apache Tomcat web server:
- Rename the web application archive
ADOIT12_0.war
before you copy it to the folder “<Tomcat installation>/webapps“.
Adapt the Apache Tomcat Web Server
Adapt the settings for the login procedure on the web server side:
- Open the folder “<Tomcat installation>/webapps“ and open the file
ADOIT12_0.war
with a file archiver. Edit the fileadoxx_web.properties
which can be found inside. Save the changes afterwards.
The configuration parameters that have to be adapted are listed below:
aservers
Enter the port for the ADOIT application server which you specified earlier in the file
server.conf
.
Next, you have to adapt the configuration of the log4j logging component, so that the application messages of the ADOIT 12.0 web applications are logged into different files:
Open the folder “<Tomcat installation>/webapps“ and open the file
ADOIT12_0.war
with a file archiver. Edit the fileWEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
which can be found inside.Rename all occurrences of
ADOIT12_0
andADOIT 12.0
. Save the changes afterwards.
Done! Now you can start the services and start using the web clients.