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Adobe InDesign Server Configuration

Introduction​

This guide covers the configuration of the Rendering Service with Adobe InDesign Server instances. This setup enables professional publishing workflows requiring InDesign features and complex layout capabilities.

Important Platform Note: Adobe InDesign Server runs on Windows or MacOS only. However, you can install the Rendering Service on either Linux or Windows. It will connect to the hosted InDesign Server instances via HTTP.

Architecture Overview​

In a typical InDesign Server setup we can connect the rendering service to the instances running on different ports on the indesign server.

┌─────────────────────┐
│ Rendering Service   │
│ (Linux or Windows)  │
└─────────┬───────────┘
          │ HTTP
          │
    ┌─────┴─────┬─────────┬─────────┐
    │           │         │         │
    ▼           ▼         ▼         ▼
┌───────┐   ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐
│ IDS   │   │ IDS   │ │ IDS   │ │ IDS   │
│ :4712 │   │ :4713 │ │ :4714 │ │ :4715 │
└───────┘   └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘
    Server with Multiple InDesign Server Instances running on different ports

Getting Started​

Install Adobe InDesign Server with priint:comet​

Get started by installing InDesign Server on your Windows or MacOS machine for the Rendering Service to connect to your publishing server, priint:comet plugins are required and need to be licensed. Setup instances according to the hardware capabilities.

Configuring Rendering Service with Adobe InDesign Server​

Connect your InDesign Server instances ot the Rendering Service running on either Windows or Linux.

Next Steps​