Role of the Web Server and Web & Mobile Back End

Role of the web server

The web server hosts the PcVue web apps and web services, and is based on Microsoft's Internet Information Services. The web server can be on the same, or a different, computer to the Web & Mobile back end station.

The web server role is mandatory if your application uses any of the following components.

• WebVue
• TouchVue
• SnapVue
• The WebScheduler
• Web Services Toolkit clients - Including 3^rd party tools and Add-ons based on the Web Services Toolkit

The Web Deployment Console (WDC), the tool designed for PcVue web server deployment, must be installed on the web server computer.

Role of the Web & Mobile back end

The Web & Mobile back end is a station running PcVue, its role is to act as a gateway to provide data to the web server. Deploying a Web & Mobile back end is required when a web server is necessary:

 PcVue must be installed on the computer that is the Web & Mobile back end, and the application must include the back end configuration. The web back end may, or may not, be on the same computer as the web server.

In the previous versions of PcVue, the web back end was known as the Web Services Toolkit Server or the Property Server.