10.1

Deploying QuarkXPress Server
Manager
There are three ways to deploy QuarkXPress Server Manager:
• As a standalone server. To deploy QuarkXPress Server Manager in this manner, install the
software as described in "Installing QuarkXPress Server Manager," then double-click the
server/QXPSMServerStart.command (Mac OS X) or server/QXPSMServerStart.bat
(Windows) file in the QuarkXPress Server Manager application folder.
• As an independent Web application in an existing Tomcat Web container. For more
information, see "Deploying QXPSM in external Tomcat."
• As a Web application that shares the same Spring context. For more information, see
"Deploying QXPSM in a shared Spring context."
Installing QuarkXPress Server Manager
QuarkXPress® Server Manager coordinates rendering requests in a multiple QuarkXPress
Server instance environment, using load-balancing, fail-safe, and caching capabilities to
determine which server in the pool can best process each document request. If the first
QuarkXPress Server instance in an array is unable to process a render request, QuarkXPress
Server Manager sends the request to another instance. QuarkXPress Server Manager also
provides an object-oriented programming environment for working with QuarkXPress
Server, and it exposes a set of Web services and Web objects that can be used in any
SOAP-compatible environments such as .NET, JavaScript™, Java™, and Objective-C.
The QuarkXPress Server Manager installation includes three primary components:
• QuarkXPress Server Manager Server (the server application that provides services for
load-balancing, fault-tolerance, and the SOAP server that allows third-party communication
with QuarkXPress Server instances through Web services)
• The QuarkXPress Server Manager Web-based administrative client.
• The QuarkXPress Server SDK, which includes Web services API documentation; Web service
stubs and samples for .NET, Java, and Objective-C; and an Extensibility Tool for generating
custom stubs. This component is helpful for developing client-side solutions using the
QuarkXPress Server Manager Web services and servlet interface.
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