During the installation of a standard standalone EdgeVis Server it is necessary to enter the External and Internal IP addresses. This is to allow for a potential clustered MSR installation, where each server has to tell encoders/clients how to connect to this particular server, and to allow MSR servers to connect to each other automatically.

However, in certain circumstances it is not possible to know the internal IP address of the server in advance, or it is an address that may change often (e.g. on a mobile laptop server that uses cellular/satellite communications for internet access).

The EdgeVis Server installer allows the user to skip the requirement to supply internal/external IP addresses during installation, but with the limitation that this server can’t be later used to upgrade to an MSR installation automatically.

A portable server does not operationally change how the user/viewers/encoders connects to the server – the only change is that the server does not have the information required to enable MSR.

​