This topic describes the ways you can install the Application Controller.
You have the following choices:
Install the Agent. The Agent controls the workings of a single machine in an Application Controller deployment. There are typically several Agents in a deployment.
Install the EAC Central Server along with one or more EAC Agents. The Central Server acts as a hub in an Application Controller deployment, relaying commands to each of the Agents in the deployment. As such, there is only a single Central Server per deployment. Alternatively, you can use an SSL-enabled Central Server. Upon configuration, this version encrypts the HTTP channel between the Central Server and the client Web services.
During installation, when you select whether you want to run the Agent and/or the Central Server on a machine, an XML pointer to the appropriate WAR file is copied to its workspace directory. The presence or absence of these files in the workspace directory determines what that machine is running. If you want to run the SSL-enabled version of the Central Server, you must copy the XML pointer to it to your workspace directory manually, as described in the following section.
