TIBCO Spotfire® Server and Environment - Installation and Administration

Adding Spotfire Web Player instances

After installing and trusting a node manager, you create the Spotfire Web Player service and add the number of Spotfire Web Player instances that you want to make available. The Spotfire Web Player instances can then be accessed on any computer in the network.

Before you begin

Important: Do not install the Spotfire Web Player on a node that contains other services, such as the TERR service or the Spotfire Service for Python.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Spotfire Server web administration pages and click Nodes & Services.
  2. On the Network page, under Node managers, click the node manager to which you want to add the Spotfire Web Player service. There should be a green circle with a check mark next to the selected node manager.
  3. In the Services pane (lower-right), click Create new service.
  4. Make your selections in the Create new service dialog:
    1. Under Deployment area, select the area you are using.
      Note: Administrators generally create a Test deployment area to use as a staging server.
    2. Under Capability, select Web Player.
    3. Under Configuration, select the service configuration that you want to apply to the service.
      Note: Spotfire Server contains a default service configuration that you can replace later. If you want to prepare a configuration file ahead of time, see Preconfiguring Spotfire Web Player services.
    4. Enter a Service name.
    5. Under Number of instances, enter the number of instances of the service that you want to make available. For more information, see Multiple service instances on one node.
    6. Enter an Instances name.
    7. Under Port, you can change the default of 9501.
      Note: You will need different port numbers if you are adding more instances in the same Spotfire node.
    8. Determine whether to use a Resource pool.
  5. Click Create service.
    To view the progress of the installation, see the Activity page (under Nodes & Services in the navigation panel to the left).

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