Configuration Processing server Sitecore 8.2 update 5

Question

I am trying to configure the Processing server according this architecture. 2 server for CD, Reporting server and CM in the one single server and Processing in another server. I am configuring according this link the Processing server:

https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/82/sitecore-experience-platform/en/configure-a-processing-server.html

It is not clear how is the configuration in step-4 (Connection string) and step-5 (Configuration files) with the architecture indicated above because Reporting server has a separated column?

Additionally I don't know if it is required additional configuration to complete the configuration of the Processing server?

Answer 1

Since you have the following Roles per server, you will need to enable and disable specific configs on each server based on the role/roles you want for that server.

Download the excel sheet here and for each server do the following:

• Server 1 (CMS, Reporting) :
  • Enable any config file in the sheet if it says Enable in either CM or Reporting columns.
  • Disable any config file in the sheet if it says Disable in both CM or Reporting columns.
• Server 2 (Processing):
  • Enable any config file in the sheet if it says Enable in Processing column.
  • Disable any config file in the sheet if it says Disable in Processing column.
• Server 3&4 (CD):
  • Enable any config file in the sheet if it says Enable in CD column.
  • Disable any config file in the sheet if it says Disable in CD column.

CM server does need to know where is the processing server, since by enabling/disabling proper configs will define each server roles.

One thing i would recommend is that you have scheduled task that ping your processing server so that the sitecore instance does not go idle.

Answer 2

As per explanation from your question, since your reporting server is combined with CM, you don't need to consider the reporting service column in the documentation link.

Here are the connection string you should configure for your Processing Server

1. Core
2. Master
3. Reporting
4. Reporting Secondary (if you have secondary reporting DB)

Analytics

1. analytics
2. tracking.live
3. tracking.history
4. tracking.contact

Refer https://doc.sitecore.com/resources/Config-Enable-Disable-Sitecore-8.2-Update2-5.xlsx reporting column which files you need to enable in your CM server. You can safely ignore config files with "RemoteServer"