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multiple gateways on one server
- Anonymous9 years ago
kwschere No, you would need to deploy a new gateway on a different server.
- 9 years ago
Hi kwschere,
As the on-premise gateway runs as a windows service called "PBIEgwService" on the server where it is installed, I don't think it is possible to configure more than one on-premise data gateway on the same Windows server in this scenario.:smileyhappy:
Regards
What if there is a hosting environment where multiple customers with multiple PowerBI subscriptions are sharing the same server?
- shill10008 years agoHelper IV
I'm not sure that scenario makes sense. There can only be 2 situations that apply as you've tried to show:
1) A truly shared environment with one server servicing all customers from one environment. By definition (security model aside) you have one server servicing multiple customers who are all able to see all data. In that scenario you only have one server so only need one gateway. Even if you have multiple databases on that one server, one gateway can interrogate all of them.
2) A single environment hosting multiple VM's. Each customer uses the same core 'tin' but each has their own virtual server on that box. In that case, each customer has their own server so each server would have a gateway, regardless of how many data sources were on that server. Having a gateway in each VM is not an issue because each runs its own services.
The only scenario that complicates option 2 is if there is a need to have a gateway pulling data from each VM. Then the host server itself would probably have to have a gateway installed, and that is pointed to each VM as a distinct data source. Getting that to work depends on how you firewall each VM, not how many VM's you have on the box.
I find it hard to believe that scenario exists unless each customer is going to the hosting service and asking them to provide their reporting. I can’t see multiple distinct customers being happy about a hosting organisation having full access to all their combined data, but it’s feasible. Most hosts only provide environment and support without any free access to customer data, not least because of potential conflicts between customers.
- bernardfb8 years agoNew Member
Good afternoon shill1000
Today I have an environment where I host a cloud ERP, where I have something very similar to scenario 1.
I have one server that needs to share several gateways, where each gateway will be from a different client.
Clients do not have access to this server, every configuration is performed by my team.
But we need to create 5 or gateway services on the same server. Each service will log in with a separate domain account and connect to a different database. We have all policies for this to work accurately.
The big problem is that we can not create more than one gateway service on the same server.
Do you have any idea how to solve this?