Installing core Content Delivery standalone microservices
The microservices, also called Content Interaction Services, are the server-side components of Content Delivery.
- Performing an express installation of Content Delivery microservices
For fast installation, configuration, deployment and automatic registration of multiple Content Delivery microservices, use the express installation scripts found in the Content Delivery\resources\quickinstall\ folder of the SDL Knowledge Center 13 installation media. - Installing the Discovery Service
The Discovery Service is a core Content Delivery Server Role that must be installed in order for SDL Knowledge Center to work. - Installing the Content Service
The Content Service is a core Content Delivery Server Role. The Content Service must be installed in order for SDL Knowledge Center to work. - Installing the Content Deployer feature
Content Deployer takes care of receiving incoming content published from Content Manager at the Content Deployer endpoint, and processing and storing the content using a Content Deployer worker. You can combine endpoint and worker in one microservice, the combined Content Deployer. Such a setup is recommended on a single-machine installation. If you want to (be able to) scale out Content Deployer, install the endpoint and worker separately. - Installing the Content Delivery Search feature server-side
The Search feature enables the indexing and querying of searchable content from the Content Delivery-based website. The server side of the feature consists of a Content Deployer extension, an indexing component and a query component. You can combine the indexing and querying in one microservice, called the IQ Combined Index and Query Services. Such a setup is recommended on a single-machine installation. Alternatively, if you want to (be able to) scale out Search, install the IQ Index Service and IQ Query Service separately. As for the Content Deployer extension for search, it is already set up for you and configured in the default Content Deployer configuration file. Finally, the Search feature requires the installation of an IQ website extension. - Checking the health of the Content Delivery microservices
To check the health of each of your Content Delivery microservices, visit the URL http://HOST:PORT/health, where HOST is the name of the host machine on which the service is installed, and PORT is the port number associated with the service. - Configuring JVM memory settings in the microservice installation scripts
The easiest way to allocate less or more memory than the default for your standalone microservice is by editing the contents of the startup scripts, installService.ps1, start.ps1 or start.sh.