The OpenEdge AppServer has at least 3 processes - OpenEdge client, OpenEdge AppServer and AppServer agent. The Progress AppServer runs at least 2 process - OpenEdge client and the Progress AppServer with multi-threaded agents. The remote AppServer can be run as a self-service or client/server. For a client/server, AppServer connections see “
Configuringa remote DataServer” to understand configurations involving a remote host for the server component of the DataServer.
Both the OpenEdge AppServer and the Progress AppServer can run in self-service mode. The Progress AppServer can only run in self-service mode. The following section describes how to set up a client configuration to a self-service AppServer where the AppServer is either the OpenEdge Appserver or the Progress Appserver.