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

You have installed and trusted a node manager. For instructions, see Installing a node manager interactively and Trusting a node.
You have deployed client packages corresponding to the operating system of your node manager host to Spotfire Server. For instructions, see Deploying client packages to Spotfire Server.
If you are running the Web Player instance on a Linux host, you have installed the required additional packages as described on Running Web Player or Automation Services on Linux.
The Spotfire Server and the node manager are up and running.

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

Log in to the Spotfire Server web administration pages and click Nodes & Services.
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.
In the Services pane (lower-right), click Create new service.
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.
Click Create service.
To view the progress of the installation, see the Activity page (under Nodes & Services in the navigation panel to the left).

What to do next

If applicable, install Spotfire Automation Service. For instructions, see Adding Spotfire Automation Services instances.
For information on the remaining setup tasks, see Post-installation steps.
To use external actions with TIBCO Cloud™ Integration, or to access TIBCO Cloud™ Data Streams on the service, see Configuring Spotfire Web Clients for OAuth2 with TIBCO Cloud™.