Installation and Configuration Guide | Planning a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation |
Installing the BlackBerry Administration Service
The BlackBerry Administration Service permits you to manage a BlackBerry Enterprise Server domain through a web- based application. A BlackBerry Enterprise Server domain consists of one BlackBerry Configuration Database and all BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and remote components that use the BlackBerry Configuration Database.
You can install the BlackBerry Administration Service with other BlackBerry Enterprise Server components or by itself on a separate computer. You can install the BlackBerry Administration Service on a separate computer to limit the impact that the BlackBerry Administration Service might have on system resources and to prevent administrators in your organization from accessing any part of the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. If you install the BlackBerry Administration Service before you install a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the installation process will complete successfully but it will not function properly until the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is installed.
When you install the BlackBerry Administration Service, you can install the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager and select whether you want administrators to use Windows authentication or BlackBerry Administration Service authentication to log in to the BlackBerry Administration Service. You must verify that all administrators have access to the BlackBerry Administration Service web address (https://<computer_name>:<port>/webconsole/app).
Installing the BlackBerry Attachment Service
The BlackBerry Attachment Service converts supported attachments into a format that users can view on their BlackBerry devices. By default, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server includes the BlackBerry Attachment Service.
The BlackBerry Attachment Service might use increased system resources when it processes numerous conversion requests simultaneously. If you want to increase the number of conversion requests that can occur concurrently without impacting message delivery, you can install a BlackBerry Attachment Service on a computer that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
You can connect multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry MDS Connection Service instances to a BlackBerry Attachment Service instance.
When you install the BlackBerry Attachment Service on a computer that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the installation process installs the BlackBerry Attachment Service and BlackBerry Controller. The BlackBerry Controller monitors the BlackBerry Attachment Service and restarts it if it stops responding.
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