Installing the Coordinator

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Last updated: Mar 14, 2021 by Shmuel Kaplan
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When you install IncrediBuild Windows for the first time, the first component you need to install is the Coordinator. The reason for installing the Coordinator first is that during the installation of Agents on other machines in the network, you need to provide the IP address/hostname of the Coordinator for the Agent-Coordinator communication. In addition to the Coordinator component, you can install an Agent on the same machine.

The Agent-Coordinator communication requires a static identifier for the Coordinator - either an IP address or a hostname. Therefore, when selecting a machine for hosting the Coordinator, one of the following conditions need to be met:

  • To identify the Coordinator using its IP address – you must use a machine with a static IP.

  • To identify the Coordinator using its hostname – you can use a machine with a dynamic IP.

Note: It is recommended to install the coordinator on a High-Availability machine.

When using IncrediBuild Setup wizard for installing the Coordinator, you can install the Coordinator with or without an Agent. If you will install an Agent with the Coordinator on the same host machine, you will be able to utilize the available cores of this machine for task distribution as well. If you do not want to include this machine in the task distribution, but you want to use it only for the Coordinator, install the Coordinator without an Agent. You can later add an Agent to this machine if required.