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IT Requirements for Orbit Publisher
This page describes the requirements for Orbit Publisher server.
For client side requirements, viewers and plugins review : IT Requirements for Orbit Mobile Mapping Publishing Clients.
Hardware
Read server specifications here : IT Requirements for Orbit Mapping solutions.
Configurations for Internet access
If you want your server to be accessible from the internet, you will need a Public IP address that is accessible from the internet. This IP address can provide direct or indirect access to the Orbit Server.
Direct access means that clients are connecting directly to the Orbit service. The Orbit Server will be installed on the machine that has the public IP address. This is the most performant solution because communication is never redirected.
Indirect access means that clients are connecting to the Orbit service after been redirected : port forwarding and http proxy.
Port forwarding
Port forwarding means that incoming traffic for a specific port is re-routed to another port on another machine.
You can use port forwarding to setup access to your Orbit Server.
Wikipedia Port Forwarding.
HTTP proxy
Setting up a HTTP proxy means that you configure a web-server to “proxy” all requests to pages with a certain prefix to another HTTP server.
You can use a HTTP proxy to setup access to the HTTP port of the Orbit Server only.
On corporate networks using a HTTP proxy has a big advantage.
Corporate networks often block communication on non-standard HTTP ports (like 1111). A HTTP proxy makes it possible to provide your services on a standard port.
- Apache has the built-in mod_proxy module that offers this feature as “Reverse Proxy” :
- IIS offers similar functionality.
Wikipedia Proxy Server.
Please consult your hosting partner if you have problems setting up a HTTP proxy.
Domain Name
We highly recommend the use of a domain name to refer to the Orbit server.
A domain name is fix pointer to a specific IP address. An IP can change in time, e.g. when you move from hosting partner. When using a domain name one only needs to adjust the “domain name table” to point to the new IP address. Otherwise all references to your server will stop working.
Wikipedia Domain Name System
Please ask your hosting partner to provide a domain name for your server.
Apache/IIS
An Internet Information Service or an alternative is not required to use the Orbit Publisher.
The Orbit Enterprise Service will create its own http service.
A default http service (port 80) will not conflict with a running Orbit http service (port 1111).
To allow access to the Orbit service on port 1111, it may be necessary to add an exception to your firewall to allow http access on this port. If an existing http service exists, a commonly used alternative is to let the existing http service forward traffic to the Orbit http service. (see HTTP proxy).