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Can you run two instances of Weblink?

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Updated March 20, 2014

asked on March 19, 2014 • Show version history

Hello,

We have a client "University City Hall" that we took over service from another vendor. They were running United version 8. The old vendor never did any training on the software and it wasn’t being used to its full potential as far as indexing and templates are concerned. The united system was installed on a windows 2003 server and the MSSQL on a separate 2003 server. When we installed the new RIO System it went on a new windows 2012 server. They wanted to put the RIO Pilot public portal on the same webapp server as the previous United Weblink 8 webapp server. Can these run simultaneously on the same server or will it just update the weblink 8 to Public portal?

What we want to accomplish is get the new RIO setup how it should be with the templates and indexing, put some sample documents in the RIO repository and make sure the Public portal will work. Then migrate the old repository and database over once it is done. They cannot have the weblink 8 down for any lengthy period.

They want to have a virtual directory for public portal for their employees and then one virtual directory for the actual public university city citizens.

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replied on March 20, 2014

The Pilot Portal Weblink license is tied to a Laserfiche server license. Once you implement RIO, the old United Weblink license will no longer be valid. All you should need to do is create an instance of Weblink from the RIO license manager for the version of Weblink you are using, create a license file and drop it into the program directory for Weblink on that web server, restart IIS and done. As Devin mentions, you can create multiple virtual directories if you want on that web server to handle different access scenarios, and my understanding is that you should be able install multiple instances of Weblink on different Web servers, as long as they point to the same LF server, (for example, one in a DMZ for public access and one on an internal server for internal users).

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replied on March 20, 2014

So based on the recent edit and expanding on what I said before, then you would make a copy of the web files folder into a different location as Devin had mentioned, then go into IIS Manager, then browse to where the Weblink8 virtual directory is, and at that same level (Default web site) select add application and point to that copied directory. Make sure you all of your permissions and the application pool match the original. Then go into the Weblink Administrator's Utility and register that newly created virtual directory and set up the configuration. The Weblink help files offer good information on this: http://www.laserfiche.com/support/webhelp/weblink/8.2/en-US/WLA/WL8Admin_Left.htm#CSHID=Virtual%2520Directory.htm|StartTopic=Content%2FVirtual%2520Directory.htm|SkinName=Default

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replied on March 19, 2014

You can run as many instances of WebLink as you want. Just copy the WebLink files somewhere, set up a virtual directory in IIS, and register it with the WebLink Administrator utility.

How the two licensing models would interact with each other, I don't know.

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replied on March 20, 2014

Thank you. That helps out a lot!

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