Installing the Peer Management Center and the Peer Management Broker

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Installing the Peer Management Center and the Peer Management Broker

Both the Peer Management Center and Peer Management Broker are packaged with the main Peer Management Center installer and by default, will be installed on the same server.

Requirements

See Requirements for more detailed information.

Software Installation and Launching

1.Run the PMC_Installer_64win.exe installer and follow all instructions.

2.After the installation finishes, both the Peer Management Center and Peer Management Broker will be installed.  The Peer Management Broker will automatically be installed as a running Windows service and set to auto-start.  The Peer Management Center is installed in three parts:

A Windows service that is set to auto-start.

A web service for granting access to the Windows service via web browsers.

A rich client for interacting with the Windows service.  The rich client is started as a normal Windows application.

3.Start the Peer Management Center Client by launching the PL-Hub.exe executable located in the base installation directory.  If both the Peer Management Broker and Peer Management Center Service are up and running as background services, then the Peer Management Center should successfully start.  If not, please make sure that both the Peer Management Broker Service and Peer Management Center Service are running as Windows services via the Windows Service Panel (services.msc)

Secure Encrypted TLS Connections

See Enabling a Secure Encrypted TLS Connection for information.

Uninstalling

Peer Management Center ships with an uninstaller for the environment it is running in.  Please use the standard platform-specific method for removing programs/applications to uninstall Peer Management Center.