Supported configurations for Adobe Connect servers

Adobe Connect uses Adobe Experience Manager to create and manage event and email templates, and event catalog. AEM Author and AEM Publish servers support authoring and publishing, respectively. AEM Author and AEM Publish servers can be installed with Adobe Connect either on a single machine or on separate machines. Also, a cluster of AEM Author server, AEM Publish server, or both, can exist with a server or a cluster of Adobe Connect.

Supported server‑database configurations

Adobe Connect uses Microsoft SQL database to store information about users and content. The Adobe Connect installer includes an Express Edition and also supports an Enterprise Edition.

The following are the supported Adobe Connect and database configurations:

Install Adobe Connect on a single computer and install the embedded database engine (included in the Adobe Connect installer) on the same computer. Adobe recommends using this configuration in a test evironment and not on a production environment.

Install Adobe Connect on a single computer and install MicrosoftSQL Server on the same computer.

Install Adobe Connect on a single computer and install SQL Server on another computer.

Install Adobe Connect on a single computer and install SQL Server on multiple computers (also called a cluster) external to Adobe Connect. Adobe Connect supports mirroring and clustering of the SQL Server databases.

Install Adobe Connect on multiple servers (also called a cluster) and install SQL Server on another computer.

Install Adobe Connect on multiple servers (also called a cluster) and install SQL Server in a separate cluster. Adobe Connect supports mirroring and clustering of the SQL Server databases.

Supported Adobe Media Gateway deployments

Deploy Adobe Media Gateway to enable Universal Voice. The following are supported deployments:

Install Adobe Connect, Adobe Media Gateway, and SQL Server on the same computer.

Install Adobe Connect and Adobe Media Gateway on the same computer and SQL Server on a separate computer.

Install each Adobe Connect server and each Adobe Media Gateway on its own computer. If you are installing Adobe Connect and AMG on separate machines, install Adobe Connect before installing AMG.

Supported LDAP directory servers

You can configure user authentication against your organization's LDAP directory server and import directory information into Adobe Connect from your organization’s LDAP directory server. For a list of the supported LDAP directory servers, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_cnn_sysreqs_en.

Supported content storage devices

You can configure your Adobe Connect system to store content on Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) devices. For a list of supported NAS and SAN devices, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_cnn_sysreqs_en.