Deploying the DTS to live

CM1
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Hi there,

In our CM1 instance we have the DTS installed under the server root, in /Deployment. THis was convenient for development but we’re done with that, so what I would like to do is decouple the DTS from CM1. So:

  1. Can I uninstall the DTS from the CM1 instance?
  2. Can I then install it on the same server as CM1, but under a different folder path, and not in the CM1 service?
  3. Can I just drop the current configuration files and content into the new DTS folders?

Thanks.

Oliver

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Hi Oliver,

Q1: This has to be done manually. You may consider leaving your existing Deployment folder in place as a backup and simply remove or rename your TomcatStartup.bat and TomcatShutdown.bat files from your root CM1 directory so that the embedded Tomcat doesn’t start with CM1.

Q2: Yes you can. While you’re at it, I highly recommend that you look over our updated production web server deployment document, which not only outlines how to setup the DTS Tomcat as it’s own service, it also outlines our revised best practices as far as production web server configuration goes:

https://help.percussion.com/percussion-cm1/install-setup/network-and-system-configuration/web-server-configuration/configuring-an-iis-frontend-with-dts-tomcat-backen/index

Q3: You’re referring to the files in {cm1_root}/Deployment/Server/conf, correct? If so, then yes, this shouldn’t be a problem.

Let me know if I can add further clarity to any of this.

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Here is an overview document that you may find useful as well: https://help.percussion.com/percussion-cm1/install-setup/network-and-system-configuration/web-server-configuration/production-web-server-setup/index