Primary machine major components

In a single-machine deployment of FileMaker Server, the following components are installed on one machine and that single machine is the primary machine.

In a multiple-machine deployment, the machine running the Database Server is the primary machine.

primary machine components
FileMaker Server major components

  • Web Server: In Windows, FileMaker Server requires Internet Information Services (IIS), which is enabled when you install FileMaker Server. If you enable HTTPS tunneling and enable Nginx for HTTPS tunneling in Windows, Niginx is also supported. In macOS, FileMaker Server uses its own instance of the Apache web server, so you do not need to enable the Apache instance that is installed as part of macOS. In Linux, FileMaker Server uses the Nginx web server or the Apache web server, both of which are installed when you install FileMaker Server, and Nginx is set as the default web server for Linux, but can be changed to Apache.

  • Web Publishing Engine: Provides the Custom Web Publishing services and the FileMaker WebDirect services for databases hosted by FileMaker Server.

  • Database Server: Hosts the databases that you share with FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go users and publish on the web.

  • Admin Console: Runs in a web browser on any client computer from which you want to configure and administer FileMaker Server.