Manual

The server manual

Installing, starting and running the four services, with the web admin interface.

1. The four services and their ports

   The four background services of Live Caption Pro: what each one does, which port it listens on, and the order they start in.

2. Prerequisites and environment check

   What the services need on Windows and macOS, and how the environment check inspects the machine and fills in what is missing.

3. Installation and removal

   Setting up the whole system in one step with the setup tool, and removing the environment while keeping the backups.

4. First start: account service, initial identity administrator, script key

   The fixed order of the first start: the database, the account service and the initial identity administrator, connecting the services, and the keys.

5. Daily start and stop

   Starting the four services every day with a single command, in the right order, and stopping them cleanly.

6. Web admin basics

   The services' web interface: where to reach it, how to sign in, what is where on the page, and how help, language and theme are switched.

7. Common pages

   The pages found in all four services – Overview, Settings, Connections, Logs, Runtime and Network: what they show and what you can do with them.

8. The caption service

   The caption service's own pages: Models with the pool and the measurements, the Decoding profiles, Live view and Callers.

9. The translator

   The translator's pages: the engine buttons on Overview, the model profile and the seven steps of the wizard, Live view, Settings and Runtime.

10. The voice service

    The voice service's pages: Overview, downloading the voice model, voice profiles, Live view, Settings and Runtime.

11. The account service

    The account service pages – users, roles, keys, audit log, usage and pricing: what each one shows and where to set what.

12. Keys and permissions for clients

    Issuing keys for LiveCaption, scripts and other machines; the scope rule, rotation, and what the Callers and Connections pages show.

13. Running as a service: Windows, Linux, macOS

    Installing the services as system services so they start without anyone signing in: Windows, Linux (systemd), macOS (LaunchDaemon, LaunchAgent).

14. Remote GPU server, several workstations

    The services on one machine with a graphics card, LiveCaption on several workstations: addresses, firewall, encryption, the account address and keys.

15. Maintenance, backup and lockout

    The maintenance launchers, a lost admin password, backing up and restoring the database, replacing a peer token, and what cleans up on its own.

16. Troubleshooting

    Common server problems by symptom – it will not start, the port is busy, no sign-in, the key is rejected, unreachable from the network – and what to do.