This section provides guidance for planning, installing, and securing a Board on-premises environment.
Whether you are deploying a new environment or preparing your infrastructure for an existing installation, these articles help you choose the appropriate architecture, understand the system requirements, and follow Board best practices.
Before you install Board On-premises
Before you install Board:
Review the hardware and software recommendations.
Evaluate the expected number of concurrent users.
Consider the complexity of your Board applications and Data Models.
Decide whether a single-node or multi-node architecture best fits your environment.
Review the recommended security configuration before exposing the environment to users.
Table of contents
In this section, you will find the following articles:
Factors affecting system setup and sizing. Learn which factors influence the size and performance of a Board on-premises environment, including the number of concurrent users, Data Model complexity, and application complexity.
Software and hardware recommendations for Board server. Review the supported operating systems and the recommended hardware specifications for deploying a Board on-premises environment.
Board On-premises single-node installation. Install Board on a single server where the web and application components run on the same machine. This architecture is suitable for smaller environments or when a separate web tier is not required.
Board On-premises multi-node installation. Install Board in a multi-node architecture with separate web and application servers to support larger environments and improve scalability.
Security recommendations for On-premises Board installations. Apply the recommended security configuration for your Board environment, including IIS, Board Engine, TLS, certificates, Windows authentication, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) guidance.