The Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF installer guides you through the installation and general configuration of Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF. When installation is complete, the Configuration Wizard is immediately launched. Among other things, the Configuration Wizard is used to specify the location of the working directory and to select which type of configuration to perform.

There are two configuration types to select from (Standard or Custom), but there are really three types of configurations you can perform:

• Standard — Creates a Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF orchestration instance and automatically installs one of each dispatcher and processor on the computer.

• Custom (with an orchestration instance) — Creates an orchestration instance and gives you the option to increase the default number of the dispatchers and processors that are installed on the computer.

• Custom (without an orchestration instance) — Does not create an orchestration instance, but gives you the option to select which dispatchers and/or processors to install on the computer, and how many of the selected dispatchers and/or processors to install. This configuration type is used to distribute the workload across multiple computers, and requires that you perform a Standard or Custom configuration on another computer. In this case, you would use the same Orchestration Framework database for each installation so that the orchestration instance will be aware of and make use of any additional dispatchers and processors installed on extra computers.

Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator is the main client interface for Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF, and is an option of the Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF installer. Typically you install this with the server, but you can install it on a separate computer for remote administration if needed. Installing Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator installs Orchestration Framework Administrator with the Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator extension.

To install just Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator, you run the same Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF installer and simply turn off the server and IIS components. Note that Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator does not require ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer or ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service, but it does require ProjectWise Explorer, and it does require MSMQ (with HTTP Support) to be enabled and running. If Bentley i-model Composition Server for PDF is on the domain, then the computer on which you install Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator must also be on the domain, you must be logged in to the computer with a domain account, and the domain account used to open Bentley i-model Composition Server Administrator must also be a member of the local administrators group.