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DevTest Process Relationships

The registry is at the center of all DevTest systems. Typically, the installer is run on multiple computers with different selections. Consider the following example:

• Computer 1: Enterprise Dashboard and server components, where the embedded workstation may be unused.
• Computer 2: Server where the registry component links to Enterprise Dashboard on Computer 1. Typically, only one registry is needed for a distributed system. This second registry is added here simply to demonstrate that multiple registries are supported.
• Computer 3: Workstation and Demo Server with links to the registry on Computer 1. This computer represents user machines.
• Computer 4, which can also represent user machines, particularly CA Continuous Application Insight users who need only portal access.
• Also, you can install the DevTest server on a computer to run only one product-specific service, such as the simulator executable or service.

This example system shares the following characteristics with any DevTest system:

• Each DevTest Solutions system has only one Enterprise Dashboard.

  Note: You must have one Enterprise Dashboard per accessible network. If you have closed networks (networks that cannot reach each other), you need an Enterprise Dashboard for each network where registries are running.

• Each Enterprise Dashboard is connected to one or more registries. Typically, one registry is sufficient.
• Each DevTest Server installation installs one registry, the component that audits all user activity.
• Each DevTest Server installation installs one local workstation. This embedded workstation is used in a standalone installation. When the DevTest Server is installed in a distributed environment, the local workstation may be unused.
• Each DevTest Server registry in a distributed system can connect to one or more remote Workstations.
• A web browser can access the DevTest Portal by browsing to a DevTest Server on port 1507 where the URL ends with devtest (all lower case). The portal can be accessed from any web browser without needing other DevTest Solutions software to be installed on the computer.

The following diagram highlights the relationships among the Enterprise Dashboard, the registries, the workstation, and the Demo Server in a distributed system. It also shows that users with no local DevTest component can browse to the DevTest Portal.