Deploy on Many Computers

Deploying Parallel Processing Server across many computers assumes you want to run Map Publisher Desktop on one or more desktop computers and the Parallel Processing Server on one more server computers. This is a good strategy if you have the hardware resources and want to process a lot of tasks as quickly as possible. Multiple Map Publisher Desktop computers can also share the Parallel Processing Server computers.

Download the installer package (MSI) for Map Publisher Professional from https://lcic.xyz/ if you don;t already have it. The installer package for 64 bit computers it is named axis-pro-map-publisher-100-x64.msi .

Parallel Processing Server Task Queue / Load Balancer Computer Installation

Step 1

Run the installer package and select the "Server " option in the "Setup Type " wizard page as shown below. This option selects the most commonly used application components for server computer use.

Step 2

On the "Feature Selection" page unselect the "Spatial Library Server" and "Enterprise Map Server " options as shown below.

Step 3

Finish the installation.

Step 4

Launch the Parallel Desktop application that is installed as part of Parallel Processing Server. Open the Properties Dialog window using the application Menu or Toolbar to display the window shown below:

Uncheck the option labelled " Enable This Computer To be A Worker Node Computer ". Click the "OK " button and save your changes.

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Parallel Processing Server Node Computer Installation

Step 1

Run the installer package and select the "Server" option in the "Setup Type " wizard page as shown below. This option selects the most commonly used application components for server computer use.

Step 2

On the "Feature Selection" page unselect the "Spatial Library Server" and "Enterprise Map Server " options as shown below.

Step 3

Finish the installation.

Step 4

Launch the Parallel Desktop application that is installed as part of Parallel Processing Server. Open the Properties Dialog window using the application Menu or Toolbar to display the window shown below:

Uncheck the option labelled "Enable This Computer To be A Task Queuing / Load Balancing Computer" and click the radio control labelled "Another computer". Enter the name of the computer where you installed the Task Queuing / Load Balancing server or use the "Browse" button to search for the computer name. Click the "OK " button and save your changes.

Step 5

Repeat this process on every Worker Node computer.

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Map Publisher Desktop Computer Installation

Step 1

Run the installer package and select the "Client Server" option in the "Setup Type " wizard page as shown below. This option selects the most commonly used application components for single computer use.

Step 2

On the "Feature Selection" page unselect the "Parallel Processing Server " option as shown below.

Step 3

Finish the installation.

Step 4

Run the Map Publisher Desktop application that was just installed in the last step and click the "Configure Task Server " toolbar button in the Tasks Docking Window to display the Task Server Dialog as shown below.

Step 5

In the Task Server Dialog window select the "Another computer" radio button and then use the "Browse " button or type in the text box the name of the computer where you installed Parallel Processing Server Task Queue / Load Balancer and then click the "OK " button. The Task Server dialog will attempt to connect to the Task Queue service on the machine specified. If the dialog fails to connect to the remote server, go to the remote computer and validate that the Parallel Processing Server installation succeeded and that the Queue and Load Balancer services are running.

If the connection succeeded you are ready to start creating tasks with Map Publisher Desktop. For more information on how to submit tasks using Map Publisher Professional please see Submitting Tasks .