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Purpose

Resource usage

Communication between Beebox UI / API and Beebox Windows service

TCP/IP port 8091

If both Windows service and UI are installed on the same machine, all communication must be restricted to the machine.

Make sure that access to this port is prohibited from outside. To change port number please contact Wordbee. 

Failure: If the port is blocked, the Beebox UI will show a related error message.

 

Communication between Beebox Windows service and Wordbee API

https://API.Wordbee-translator.com:32572

Make sure that the firewall does not block outbound connections to these addresses from the Beebox Windows service.

Failure: The page to connect to Wordbee Translator will show an error message.

 

Admin UI port number

HTTP port 8089

By default the administrative UI is installed to http://localhost:8089. You can change the port number after installation by changing the http binding from the IIS management console. Do not move the web site to a virtual directory though. Locations such as http://localhost/mybeebox are not supported.

Failure: The browser will not be able to open the admin UI. Typically you will get an "unauthorized" or 404 message.

 

API port number

HTTP port 8089

By default the administrative UI is installed to http://localhost:8089/api. You can change the port number after installation by changing the http binding from the IIS management console. Do not move the web site to a virtual directory though. Locations such as http://localhost/mybeebox/api are not supported.

Failure: A CMS connector will not be able to establish a connection to the Beebox API.

 

Beebox user files

File directory chosen during installation, such as c:\Beebox

The Beebox Windows service must be given read/write/delete/create directory and file attribute change rights to this directory. The location is chosen at the end of the installation procedure. It stores various configuration files, temporary files, source and translated files.

Failure: The Beebox Windows service will fail to start. The page to connect to Wordbee Translator will show an error message.

 

Windows service account

Local machine, Network user, or other

By default the Windows service is assigned the "Local machine" account. You may change this account as long as the resources listed here are not blocked.

If the Beebox user files are a remote directory (share) then the local machine account will not have sufficient privileges by default. Makes sure that the selected service account has full access to the Beebox user files on the share.

Configuring the Beebox service

Failure: The Beebox Windows service will fail to start. The page to connect to Wordbee Translator will show an error message.

 

Windows registry

{LOCAL MACHINE} > Software > Wordbee > Beebox

The Beebox Windows service requires read and write access to this registry key, its values and sub keys. It is used to store installation parameters.

Failure: The Beebox Windows service will fail to start. The page to connect to Wordbee Translator will show an error message.

 

Admin UI access to API

Admin UI must have access to Beebox API

The Admin UI is a Javascript heavy web application. It issues AJAX calls from the user's browser to the Beebox API. You must ensure that these AJAX calls are not blocked. The Admin UI connects to the API using the Beebox administrator credentials (credentials are never sent to the user's browser).

If you enforce Windows Integrated Security on the Beebox web site, you enforce it for both the Admin UI as well as the API. This may cause problems.

 

Microsoft Office files

Translation of Office binary formats

If translation of Microsoft Office binary files (.doc, .xls, .ppt) is required, make sure that the Beebox Windows service account is given sufficient rights to run and automate Microsoft Word/Excel/Power point. Translation of .docx, .xlsx or .pptx files does not require Microsoft Office and is handled natively by the Beebox.

Failure: Processing Office binary source files fails

 

Indesign

Translation of Indesign binary formats

If translation of Adobe Indesign binary files is required, make sure that Indesign is installed and the service account is given sufficient rights to run and automate Indesign. Translation of .idml files does not require installation of Indesign and is handled natively by the Beebox.

Failure: Processing Indesign binary source files fails

 

Machine translation

Machine translation system access

Depending on the chosen machine translation (MT) system, the Beebox Windows service must be given the right to establish outbound connections to the MT system(s). Usually connections are http based.

Failure: Machine translation fails when run from within the Beebox

 

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