Crystal Enterprise systems that use the Windows COM SDK include a Web Connector. In these systems, the web server uses the Web Connector to forward user requests to the Web Component Server. Crystal Enterprise includes different Web Connectors for different operating systems and web servers.
If you are running multiple WCS machines, the Web Connector automatically balances the load across the available servers. For details about how the Web Connector handles communications with the WCS, especially with respect to security issues, see Ticket mechanism for distributed security.
For details on installing and configuring Web Connectors, see the Crystal Enterprise Installation Guide.
Note: There is no Web Connector in UNIX installations of Crystal Enterprise,or in Windows installations that use the Java SDK. In these systems the web server communicates directly with the application server that hosts the Crystal Enterprise SDK. Web connectors are still available for UNIX web servers that communicate with a Windows WCS.
| Crystal Decisions http://www.crystaldecisions.com/ Support services http://support.crystaldecisions.com/ |