K2 Server Configuration

This page allows you to install the K2 server as a standalone (single) server, or, if you are installing a Farm environment, to add this K2 server to an existing farm, or to configure this server as the first server in a Farm.

Farm deployments refer to topologies where you have multiple physical K2 application servers that act as one logical K2 application server, and this is usually achieved through the K2 Farm installation in conjunction with Network Load Balancing.

From a K2 installation point of view, the difference between a distributed install and a farm install is that you need to enter the K2 Server farm name (fully qualified domain name - FQDN) on the K2 Server Configuration page during installation. The K2 Server farm name is a virtual address identifying the NLB cluster as discussed in the topic Network Load Balancing.

What to do on this page

• Standalone K2 Server. Single K2 Server in your environment. This does not necessarily mean that all K2 components are installed on the same server, it specifically means that there is only one server with the K2 Server component installed.
• K2 Server Farm. Multiple physical K2 Servers in your environment that surface as one logical application server through NLB.

If you selected the K2 Server Farm option, additional radio buttons are now enabled for you to choose from:

• Add K2 Server to existing Farm. Select this option if a K2 Server Farm already exists, and you are connecting an additional server to the farm.
• Configure K2 Server Farm. Select this option if this is the first K2 Server you are configuring.

• If you are installing K2 Server in a distributed environment but there is only a single server playing the K2 Server Role, select Standalone K2 Server.
• If you are installing K2 Server for the first time in a distributed environment with multiple K2 Servers, select K2 Server Farm as well as Configure K2 Server Farm, and enter the K2 Server Farm Name (fully qualified domain name). The K2 Server farm name is a virtual address identifying the NLB cluster as discussed in the topic Network Load Balancing.
• If you are installing a subsequent "node" for an existing K2 Server farm, select K2 Server Farm and Add K2 Server to existing Farm
  
• Click Next to continue the Setup Manager.