Migrating PS from test to production server

[Former Community Member]

Hi,



I'm going on a evaluation test for PS. It's installed and configured on a temporary server (the test server) and working fine. The next step is to have this working on the "real" environment, it means in the production server.



What will happen with the documents I've already applied a policy? Can i use this documents with the new installation? Will the documents be managed with the new server?



Thanks, regards.

[Former Community Member]

When you apply a policy to a document the URL of the policy server it needs to contact to check for permissions in embedded in the document. So, if the URL of the "real" environment is the same as the one that was used for the test server then it should work fine, otherwise the policy will need to be reapplied.



Chris

Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

[_Aandi_Inston_]

Given this, I think I would be inclined to set up a virtual server or

DNS alias for the production server, like

adobepolicyserver.mycompany.com.



That way, you can freely move the policy server function around by

moving the software and changing the alias. If you simply use a name

assigned to the server for another purpose, you could hit the

situation where someone else decides that name has to change for

administrative reasons, or where e.g. there come to be two production

servers and someone decides Policy Server needs to move to the second

one to balance the load.



Aandi Inston