Identifying Host Machines

The Content Store and the software it depends on may need to be installed on one or several host machines depending on the type of installation required (see Installation Types). In order to unambiguously identify the machines on which various installation actions must be carried out, the following special host names are used throughout this manual:

assembly-host

The machine used to assemble the various Content Store components into a enterprise archive or .EAR file.

database-host

The machine used to host the database server.

engine-host

The machine(s) used to host application servers and Content Store instances.

editorial-host

engine-host(s) that are used solely for (internal) editorial purposes. All your CUE clients communicate with these hosts.

presentation-host

engine-host(s) that are used solely for (public) presentation purposes. Readers' browsers communicate with these hosts.

web-host

The machine(s) used to host web servers (if needed).

share-host

The machine used to host the NFS server (if needed).

These host names always appear in a bold typeface. If you are installing everything on one host you can, of course, ignore them: you will be doing everything on the same machine. If you are creating a larger multi-host installation, then they should help ensure that you do things in the right places.