In most deployments, the Portal application and the Report Server are installed on the same machine. However, during initial installation, you can choose to install these two components on different machines.
Portal machine
The values in the following table can be reviewed and changed through the Portal Management page.
| Server name | Recommended value |
|---|---|
| Report server | Report machine name |
| Data service | Report machine name |
The values in the following table can be reviewed and changed through Search Server configuration.
| Server name | Recommended value |
|---|---|
| Portal server | Leave blank. |
| Data service | Report machine name |
Report machine
The values in the following table can be reviewed and changed through Search Server configuration.
| Server name | Recommended value |
|---|---|
| Portal server | Leave blank. |
| Data service | Current machine name (not localhost) |
Canisters
The values in the following table can be reviewed and changed through Search Server configuration.
| Server name | Recommended value |
|---|---|
| Portal server | Report machine name |
| Data service | Report machine name |
Alert service
The Portal assumes that the machine that is configured to be the Report Server in the Portal is where the Alert service is running. The Alert service needs to be running on that machine.