Setting up several Tekla Structures multi-user servers on one computer
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Tekla Structures
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This article is for Tekla Structures Multiuser server version 2.3 or older. |
Question:
How to set up several Tekla Structures multi-user servers on one computer?
Answer:
To set up the second multi-user server (or more), you do not have to run the Multi-user server installer several times. Just create a new shortcut for the multi-user server:
- Go to Programs > Tekla Structures Multi-user Server.
- Right-click Tekla Structures Server 2.3 and choose Copy.
- Paste the shortcut, for example, on your Desktop and rename it appropriately.
- Right-click the new shortcut of the Tekla Structures Server 2.3 and choose Properties.
- On the Shortcut tab, give a new port number to the new instance of the server in the Target field.
- Use for example port 1240 instead of the default port 1238, or any other free port number on your computer.
The new multi-user server will use a different database file for handling the model changes. One multi-user model must always use the same multi-user server so that the system is able to keep track of changes. Agree with your users which models use which multi-user server and make users aware that changing the multi-user server is not allowed. Do not set up several multi-user servers if there is no specific reason to do so - one multi-user server can handle several models.
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Make sure that computers running Tekla Structures can access the port you defined earlier (TCP port 1240 in the example above). For example, create a firewall rule that allows incoming communications on TCP port 1240 on the computer where the multi-user server is running.
When using the new multi-user server address in Tekla Structures, type the address in format server_hostname,port
where server_hostname is a hostname (or, alternatively, IPv4 address) of the computer where the multi-user server is running on, port - the TCP port you defined earlier.
For example, if your multi-user server is running on a computer whose name is my_company_server and the TCP port is set to 1240, then you should use the following multi-user server address in Tekla Structures:
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