Deployment and licensing

Deploying a Qlik Sense server is usually straightforward, but there are still a couple of things to think of. The first question is about clustering.

Single node or multinode?

Normally, you should just install the Qlik Sense server making sure that it is set as a central node during the installation. Then, you will get a single node installation. However, sooner or later you need to ask yourself a question about clustering: how many servers do you want in your cluster? This book is not a comprehensive guide to clustering issues; it will only point out the basics and the questions you need to ask.

In a standard installation, all five services run on the same computer, and this works fine as long as the load on the server doesn't become too heavy. However, as soon as your installation starts to grow, you may need more computers to handle the load. If so, you can set up a cluster so that you have additional computers running only some of the services, and still manage...