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Bold BI Services and Application Pools in Windows IIS
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The Bold BI application contains multiple services. Below table contains the service list and its application pools in the IIS of windows environment.
| Service Name | Application Name | Physical Path | Application Pool Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identity Provider Web / IDP Web | Deployed Site name in IIS | {Deployed Location}\idp\web | BoldIDWeb | This service provides a web interface to manage user accounts and logins. |
| 2 | Identity Provider API / IDP API | api | {Deployed Location}\idp\api | BoldIDApi | This service provides a RESTful web API that allows other third-party applications to interact with the application startups, tenants, and users, among other items. Refer more details about RESTful web API - https://help.boldbi.com/site-administration/api-reference/ |
| 3 | User Management Web / UMS Web | ums | {Deployed Location}\idp\ums | BoldUMS | The UMS service provides centralized control of user management, site management, and global settings for all the tenant sites. |
| 4 | Windows Authentication | windowsauthentication | {Deployed Location}\idp\windowsauthentication | BoldWinAuth | This service securely log in using existing windows credential through windows authentication. Note: The Windows authentication service is only available on Windows environments, not for other environments (Linux, Docker, Kubernetes). |
| 5 | Dashboard Server Web / BI Web | bi | {Deployed Location}\bi\web | BoldBIWeb | This service provides manage the Dashboard, Datasource, Slideshow, Pinboard, Bold ETL, Schedules, Publish, tenant specific users and tenant specific settings through web interface of each tenant sites as Bold BI has multi tenancy support. |
| 6 | Dashboard Server API / BI API | bi\api | {Deployed Location}\bi\api | BoldBIApi | The API provides easy access to the functionality of the resources on the tenant site, allowing you to create custom applications or script interactions with your site. Refer more details about Bold BI REST API - https://help.boldbi.com/server-api-reference/ |
| 7 | Dashboard Server Jobs / BI Jobs | bi\jobs | {Deployed Location}\bi\jobs | BoldBIJob | This service provides a schedules dashboard with external notifications periodically, automates the refresh of data sources periodically, and imports and sync bulk user data into Bold BI from Azure, Windows, and database users. |
| 8 | Dashboard Designer Service / BI Designer | bi\designer | {Deployed Location}\bi\dataservice | BoldBIDesigner | This service allows users to create data source and to design dashboards |
| 9 | ETL Service | etlservice | {Deployed Location}\etl\etlservice | ETL Service | This service provides the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from a variety of sources into different databases. It is particularly useful for businesses that need to consolidate their data into a central repository for analysis and reporting purposes. |
Above all, the services mentioned below refer to the screenshot.
To find the application pools of each service in IIS refer to below steps,
- In IIS service, expand the Sites in the left panel.
- Click on the Bold BI deployed site and click the advance settings in right side section as mentioned in below screenshot,
In the Advanced Settings dialog find the name of the application pool of that application,
- The above found application pool will be available in the Application Pools as shown below,
Like this we can find all the above-mentioned service's application pool under their Advanced Settings and note that all the services have their own application pools.
Note
- If the Bold BI application is deployed manually by the user instead of Bold BI build, then the above-mentioned application pool names and the application name of the service Identity Provider Web will vary based on the user provided value.
- By default, the Bold BI is deployed in “C:\BoldServices” for Windows.
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