As a best practice, use descriptive machine names for each machine. Ensure the machine names are not longer than 15 characters. Otherwise, you receive a NetBIOS error, and the name is truncated. The rest of this deployment guide uses the following sample machine names:
Component |
Sample machine name |
Single Express installation machine |
WAPPortal |
Admin API |
WAPAdminAPI |
Tenant API |
WAPTenantAPI |
Tenant public API |
WAPTenPubAPI |
Admin authentication site |
WAPAdminAuth |
Tenant authentication site |
WAPTenantAuth |
Management portal for administrators |
WAPAdmin |
Management portal for tenants |
WAPTenant |
SQL server hosting the management databases |
WAPSQL |