Extranet Configuration of project web access

[Sam]

I have installed Microsoft EPM with in two server installation.

and now I need to configure extranet environment .
but I am confused to understant host header , load balance url , alternate
access mapping.
I extended my web access site . but further what i need to do . then my site
will be an accessible from anywhere. I am bit confused.

although I study technet pages . but confused
kindly tell me step by step.

Kindly tell me the solution as soon as poosible.

Regards

 

[Piet Remen]

Hello Sam. Hopefully this link will help explain some of those keywords and
how you go about configuring a Project Server Extranet enviornment.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd180743.aspx

Just briefly though:

HOST HEADER - This is the DNS name defined in active direcrtory. It
basically is a name that translates to an IP address in your AD environment.
For example http://MyProjectServerName/PWA has a host header value of
'MyProjectServerName' which gets translated to your servers static IP address

LOAD BALANCE URL- The URL that handles your network load balancing (NLB). If
you have two web front end servers for instance and and implement NLB, the
NLB device will have its own address that users accessing the system would
use. The NLB device simply forwards requests to the web front end server in
an evenly distributed way.

ALTERNATE ACCESS MAPPINGS - Check this link out for more information -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd180746.aspx

Hope this helps

Regards,

Piet Remen
Wannabe MVP

 

[Sam]

I want to know these two (load balance url and host header ) . i need to
configure or not ?
I installed one front end server and one backup end server for database of
epm.
I extended personal web access web application now what is the next step
which i need to do for complete extranet configuration.

 

[James Fraser]

I want to know these two (load balance url and host header ) . i need to
configure or not ?
I installed one front end server and one backup end server for database of
epm.
I extended personal web access web application now what is the next step
which i need to do for complete extranet configuration.

Since you don't have two application servers you definitely do not
need to do anything with the Load balanced URL.

Do have Extranet access, you need to make sure that you have a public
IP address which is routed to the server, via NAT or otherwise, and
you probably want a public DNS entry for the server as well, such as
ProjectServer.mycompany.com

Whatever URL is being used to access the server will then need to be
configured as an Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint Central Admin.


James Fraser