Installation on Windows Server Core

[prisma]

Hello,

before I post this as a suggestion: Is it possible to install everything on a Windows Server Core e.g. 2019 as Remote Search Engine (ETP)? Has anybody done this successfully?

Background: For long years we had a full Windows Server as fileserver running. Microsoft's Search used remotely from client to server has, as you know, not been the killer, but somewhat helpful sometimes. Now we installed a Microsoft Server Core for serving our files. And... Microsoft Search isn't supported on Server core. Now we have neither a good nor a bad remote search engine, we have absolutely no remote file search engine.

The idea is now to install everything as ETP on the Server Core. Is this possible or are there any blocking dependencies?

[horst.epp]

Whats the problem to just try it ?

[prisma]

Just try it? No good practice on production servers... Yes of course, I could set up a VM to test it. But even when installation and first tries obviously seem to work, I'm interested in voids opinion if this scenario is covered and supported.

[NotNull]

I'm interested in voids opinion if this scenario is covered and supported.

You didn't ask for it, but here is my opinion

Everything is a desktop application and if there is one thing that is missing from Server Core (and - Nano), it is a desktop (unless you install the desktop "component", but in that case you wouldn't ask). So this would be an unsupported scenario.

However ....
I *think* (not tested) you can run an ETP Server as a service on Windows Server Core, but you would have to configure - and maintain - it entirely by editing Everything's configuration file (Everything.ini) as there is no GUI to do so.

[prisma]

I *think* (not tested)

And that's exactly also my problem.

editing Everything's configuration file

That's crystal clear.