Review the following important information before installing or using the Application Server to run Process Flows:
- You must install the Aptify Desktop client on the computer that is running the Application Server component.
- To simplify installation, Aptify recommends that you install the Aptify application in the default location (C:\Program Files\Aptify 5.5) for all Application Servers.
- If you plan to schedule tasks locally (i.e. from a client machine, not the Application Servers), Aptify recommends standardizing the directory in which the Aptify client is installed to ensure that locally scheduled tasks execute as expected. If there are different installation paths for the Aptify client in an organization, this can be a problem because the path to the process flow run creation may not be correct. To further limit the affects of an incorrect path, another recommendation is to use the Remote Scheduler as the scheduler agent when scheduling tasks. See "Creating a Scheduled Task" on page 42 for more information about creating scheduled tasks with this option.
- You must use a Trusted Aptify user account with the Aptify Asynchronous Processor. Only Trusted users (that is, users who are validated based on Windows integrated security) can use the Application Server functionality.
- The user does not need to be logged into the computer in order for the Aptify Asynchronous Processor to execute Process Flows.
- The user needs the necessary permissions on the computer to create Windows Scheduled Tasks. See "Granting Access Rights" on page 40 for details.
- The user you specify must be assigned a valid user license in Aptify. The user must also have permissions in Aptify to perform any of the actions that may be assigned to the application server (such as creating or editing records of a particular entity).
- If you change the user account's Windows password at any time, you must also configure the Aptify Asynchronous Processor service with the updated password. If not, the next time you restart the Application Server, the service will not run.
- See "Changing the Aptify Asynchronous Processor User" on page 28 for more information on the Aptify Asynchronous Processor's user account.
- You cannot use the untrusted sa user with an Application Server.
- The Aptify Asynchronous Processor user must have the necessary privileges required to execute Process Flows. If the account does not have the appropriate permissions, the Process Flow execution will fail.
- You can install the Application Server on multiple servers in your organization.
- If installing the Application Server component to a Windows Server 2008 computer, you need to modify the default Firewall settings to allow Aptify workstations to create and manage Scheduled Task remotely. See the Windows Firewall help documentation for assistance.
- In general, Aptify does not recommend installing the Application Server component on the computer that is running the Aptify database server in a production environment. However, you can install the Application Server on the database server in a test environment if you want to use this functionality but do not have another computer available.
- Application Servers execute asynchronous Process Flows. For information on how to create Process Flows, refer to the Process Pipeline Overview chapter of the Aptify 5.5 Process Pipeline Guide.
- For best results, the clocks on your Aptify database server and the Application Servers should be synchronized. See http://www.ntp.org for information on synchronizing computer clocks using the Network Time Protocol (NTP).