Satellite Installation

OpenSpirit satellite installation is a configuration of OpenSpirit that does not have a service process and does not have a metadata repository. Satellite installations can be used to run OpenSpirit enabled applications and can be used to run OpenSpirit data connector processes.

A satellite is associated with one master installation by assigning it the host and port of a master. OpenSpirit enabled applications and data connectors that are run from a satellite installation access metadata from the satellite's associated master installation.

The primary purpose of a satellite installation is to make OpenSpirit available on host computers that have a different operating system than the master installation or do not have visibility to the directory that contains the OpenSpirit software or configuration files. A satellite may be needed to run data connector processes on a host that has visibility to data files needed by a data connector, but does not have access to the master installation directory.

Tip: Linux satellites are registered in the metadata repository when they are configured in order to make the satellites available for running data connector processes. Registered satellites appear in the OpenSpirit User Setup wizard's host selection lists. They also seen in the Satellite Tab of the Master Configuration panel in the Install Config Manager tool. Windows satellites are not registered in the metadata repository because few companies have the network protocols enabled on Windows that are needed to start data server processes from another computer on the network.