Component overview

This section gives an overview of the basic components used when running StreamStudio. For detailed description of each component and for a complete overview of all components involved when running the StreamServe software, see OpenText StreamServe Control Center User Guide.

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StreamStudio components

StreamStudio web portal

The StreamStudio web portal contains the StreamStudio web applications. The web applications are based on Java code and must be deployed to a Java application server, for example Apache Tomcat.

User directories

The user directories contain user profiles. The user profiles are used to access the StreamStudio web applications via the web portal. The user directories are connected to directory servers, which must support the LDAP protocol.

Note:

You can also access StreamStudio without a user directory. For more information, see StreamStudio user profiles.

Runtime repository

The runtime repository stores jobs and job related information. The repository also stores security profiles and web access information for the StreamStudio web applications.

The runtime repository includes the following repositories:

•	Queue – Stores jobs and job information in queues.

•	Security – Stores security settings, for example StreamStudio roles for the user profiles in the user directory.

•	Web Access – Stores access information for the roles, for example which web applications and documents each role can access.

StreamServer application

The StreamServer application runs an exported Design Center Project. Each Design Center Project requires a separate StreamServer application.

Note:

If you run several versions of a Project, each Project version requires a separate StreamServer application.

Service gateway

The service gateway is used to access the user directories, the runtime repository and the Collector archive from StreamStudio.

When a user logs on to StreamStudio, the service gateway authenticates the user credentials in the user directory and in the Security repository. The service gateway then gives the user access to certain web applications and documents as defined in the Web Access repository.

Note:

Some web applications, for example Administrator and Reporter, communicate directly with the runtime repository, without passing the service gateway. However, to enable log on to StreamStudio, a service gateway is still required.