2.8 Selecting the servers

The Server Selection screen allows you to specify the servers to use for the pre-install connectivity checks; for example, can your web server communicate with your application server; can your application server communicate with your certificate authority; and so on.

In a complex environment, you may have multiple servers carrying out the same role; for example, multiple web servers for load balancing. You may also install some web services on a different server to the main MyID web site, or install an archive database on a separate server to the main MyID database. In these cases, you are recommended to specify a representative server for the initial checks, then re-run the MyID Installation Assistant pre-install checks on your servers, selecting your other servers in the appropriate category.

To specify a server, either:

• Type the name of the server in the relevant field, or

• Click the browse option ... to browse your Active Directory.

  The initial search of your directory may take some time, but the MyID Installation Assistant caches the details until you close it down, so subsequent browsing of the directory is quicker.

Mandatory servers are marked with an asterisk *.

Once you have provided the details of your servers, click Next to proceed to the next stage.