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Step 1: Install the Language Weaver Edge application

When installing the Language Weaver Edge application, you are setting up the translation environment which will support all the language pairs needed to convert your content.

Before you begin

You need to have administrator rights on the machine to run the installation wizard.

About this task

The Language Weaver Edge application has two installation modes: one to setup the machine as a Controller host, and another to setup the machine as a Worker host.

Procedure

  1. Open the Language Weaver Edge application installer folder.
  2. Extract the content of the Language Weaver Edge application archive.
  3. Install the Language Weaver Edge application by using:
    • on Linux: run sudo ./setup-linux-x64.run
    • on Windows: run setup-windows-x64.exe as Administrator
  4. Follow the directions in the setup wizard, namely:
    • Accept the License Agreement
    • Select the installation folder
    • Choose the type of host: Controller or Worker
    • If installing the Controller, you will need to perform the following:
      • Select if Embedded API components should be installed (for direct integration of Edge as a library in your own C++ or .Net code)
      • Define the first Super Admin with Username (email address), Display Name and Password
      • Define your TLS configuration. If you don't have any certificate ready to enable TLS, you can choose not to use TLS at this stage and enable it later.
      • Select the port used for the UI (default is 8000).
  5. Close the setup wizard when installation completes.

Results

When setup installs the Language Weaver Edge application on the machine as a Controller host, it performs a complete installation of all the necessary components to run the following services:
  • Web GUI
  • REST API
  • Job Engines, which manage the translation queue for all language pairs
  • Translation Engines, which produce the translation for a specific source to target language pair
When setup installs the Language Weaver Edge application on the machine as a Worker host, it performs a partial installation of just the components that are required to run the following services:
  • Job Engines
  • Translation Engines

What to do next

For multi-server deployment, repeat the steps above for each additional machine. After Language Weaver Edge application installation completes, proceed with installing Language Weaver Edge language pairs on this machine if it will run at least a Job Engine or a Translation Engine.