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Table Of ContentsA CoreMedia system is separated into a management environment where the editors are working and a delivery environment where the customers access the website. The environments can be separated by a firewall for security reasons. The applications communicate via HTTP and CORBA, see Section 4.4, “Communication between the System Applications” for details. Table 2.1, “CoreMedia applications” shows all applications of CoreMedia CMS, describes what they do, if there are multiple instances and with which applications they communicate:
| Application | Purpose | Multiple Instances | Communicates with |
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| Content Management Server (For more information, check out: Section 2.1, “The Content Server” in Content Server Manual9 | Manages the content in the Management Environment and publishes content to the Master Live Server. | No |
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| Master Live Server (For more information, check out: Section 2.1, “The Content Server” in Content Server Manual) | Manages the content in the Delivery Environment | Multiple instances when Multi-Master is used |
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| Replication Live Server (For more information, check out: Section 2.2, “Replication Live Servers” in Content Server Manual) | Serves content to the CAEs | Multiple instances can be attached to one Master Live Server |
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| Workflow Server (For more information, check out: Chapter 2, Overview of CoreMedia Workflow in Workflow Manual) | Executes workflows | No | Content Management Server |
| Studio (For more information, check out: Section 2.1, “Architecture” in Studio Developer Manual) | Content editing and management. Hosts management extensions for Elastic Social and Adaptive Personalization. | One web application |
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| Search Engine (For more information, check out: Chapter 3, Search Engine in Search Manual) | Indexes content and provides searches functionality. | Yes. |
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| CAE Feeder (For more information, check out: Chapter 5, Searching for CAE Content Beans in Search Manual) | Feeds content beans into the Search Engine | Multiple instances possible, for example when reindexing. |
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| Content Feeder (For more information, check out: Chapter 4, Searching for Content in Search Manual) | Serves content to the Search Engine | Multiple instances possible, for example when reindexing. |
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| Content Application Engine (For more information, check out: Chapter 2, Overview in Content Application Developer Manual) | Serves sites to the customer. Hosts Elastic Social and Adaptive Personalization extension. | Multiple instances can be attached to one Master Live Server or Replication Live Server |
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| Importer (For more information, check out: Chapter 3, Administration And Operation in Importer Manual) | Imports content into the Content Management Server. | Yes |
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Table 2.1. CoreMedia applications
