Installing Search on a dedicated machine
To optimize search performance in an enterprise environment, you need to install Search on one or more dedicated machines.
Note: To perform a basic search performance optimization, configure additional allocated threads for search indexing in the Content Manager configuration file, Tridion.ContentManager.config.
- Search system diagram (outscale)
To outscale Search, set up a Search Host Master Server and multiple Search Host Slave Servers behind a Network Load Balancer. On the Content Manager Server, configure the Search Query Engine—integrated with the Content Manager Server—to communicate with the Network Load Balancer, and Search Indexer service to communicate to the Master Server (for indexing). - Installing a Search Host Server on a dedicated machine
You can install a separate Search Host service on a dedicated machine by running the Content Manager installer. The Search Host service requires the Core Service and Content Manager core to run. - Configuring a Search Host Master Server
To install a Search Host Master Server, configure your Search Host as the Master Server in the Search Host configuration tool. - Configuring Search Host Slave Servers
To install a Search Host Slave Server, specify the location and credentials of the Master Server in the Search Host configuration tool. - Configuring the Search Indexer service to point to Master Server
On the machine where the Search Indexer service is running, configure the URL, username and password of the Master Server in the Content Manager configuration file, Tridion.ContentManager.config. - Configuring the Slave Servers in Search Query Engine
On each Content Manager machine, configure the Search Query Engine to point to the Search Host service or Network Load Balancer in the Content Manager configuration file, Tridion.ContentManager.config.