18.3. Document Converter Configuration
Before any document conversions can occur, the necessary services must be configured and started. In addition, a content type must be configured to support specific document conversions. The following sections describe how to do this with one of the OOTB configurations. To reiterate a point made previously, document converters can only be configured to run on servers that are not domain controllers due to the local account used to execute the actual converter requested.
18.3.1. Configuring Document Converter Services
The first task is to start the required services. This can be done from the Central Administration Web site. On the Operations page within Central Administration, select the Services on Server link. Select the server to configure, and then the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service. Specify whether the Load Balancer service should use HTTP or HTTPS to communicate with the Launchers associated with it, as well as the port number it will use to communicate with (see Figure 18-3).
Figure 18-3. Figure 18-3
With the Load Balancer service started, now the Launcher service can be configured. On the same Services on Server page, select the server Document Conversions Launcher service. On the Launcher Service Settings page, select the server to configure and the load balancer service to associate with this Launcher, and then enter ...
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