We have an on-prem Print Server used for Development (and one for Prod), and I am wondering if it’s possible to install and configure Edge Agent to connect to both Pilot and Third environments?
I know we can choose multiple environments when it’s installed as a local install, but it appears that it is only able to connect to one environment if it’s installed as Network. I hope this is not the only option, so I wanted to check if anyone else installed it for multiple environments.
No, only one connection is possible. It creates web socket with the app server so it should know which server to connect.
But starting 2025.+ you will be able to install several installations on the same machine.
We are currently on Kinetic version 2025.1.8. Are you saying that feature should already be available or not until 2025.2?
Your signature shows 2024.2
Yes, it should be available in 2025.1. When you install EA, it asks you for the port and app server, set other values than the first installation.
I realized after I responded. I updated it.
I was able to install the first installation with Port 6071 (default) and connected it to Pilot. I then ran the installation again and chose port 6072 to discover that it allowed me to enter new info for the other environment! This is great. Thanks for your response!
Does anyone have docs for this? I ran the setup again on same machine diff port 6072 and app server and it seemed to stop the 6071 instance.
1 installation - 1 port. Which one you select in EA Maintenance UI. browser should know where to find the EA port
Thanks.
The setup stopped the first instance of EdgeAgent.exe so 6071 wasn’t running after installing 6072. I see two installs in RunOnPort dir and tried to launch \6071\EdgeAgent.exe but that didnt work. So tried \6071\KineticTray.exe and that worked. Now Taskmgr looks like this:
Tried launching \6072\KineticTray.exe but that said ‘6071 in use’ So is util only single instance? How do I do tray functions on 6072 without crashing 6071?
are they both the same latest version? They should run together
Also EdgeApp it is for network install, not local EA, is it what you are trying to install?
6071 was prolly an earlier version before I reran setup today (without uninstall) may that’s it?
Steps:
Some version NEtwork installed on 6071
download and install NEtwork version 6071 > Pilot
test 6071 works
rerun same download 6072 > Live
test 6072 works, 6071 down
etc, etc
Both should be new version.
i ran the latest setup twice today, once for 6071 then again for 6072. Should be same version, no?
yes, so you run 1 network 1 local?
2 network, i think. im new to this
I just want my network printers on both Pilot and live.
So now you must have 2 services running, and no Kinetic tray.
Network installation only for network printing, so I am not sure what exactly you want to achieve with 2 network EA on 1 machine
just want my network printers on both Pilot and live
well, you could use just one for both, but if you want separate, it should be fine too. For Network EA port is not important, except for showing the status page on https://localhost:PORT. It is working through SignalR connection.
how? same port in ERP EA Config App? if docs said so that’d have saved us all some time.
EDIT: but what about API Key?
Right, I forgot (facepalm)
Well you should have 2 services running the next step should be Network printer UI, you add printers from EA there
