c# Adobe InDesign server relink images

In C# connected to INdd Server via COM there ist NO posibility to set links to images with string paths like "C:/tmp/test.eps"

Instead you have to use a VB ScriptingFileSystemObject in C#. C# doesnt have it by default. So you have to add the Microsoft VisualBasic.dll to your references in your c# project.

After that you can relink your Indesign graphics like this:

Thats all. This does the trick after 3 hours of searching

connect to IndesignServer API with c# in Visual studio

Its deadeasy to use in Visual studio:


Install InDesign Server on one machine with Visual Studio.

Go to InDesign Server installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Server) and copy *.dll from folder \omniorb to system32 folder (e.g. C:\Windows\System32 ).

Run InDesignServer.exe as Administrator (e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Server\InDesignServerService.exe).

In your test project in Visual Studio add reference (COM tab) named Adobe InDesign Server CS5.5 Type Library - you should see 2 versions, one pointing to IDS installation folder and one to your profile dir.

Nginx with php-fpm site config sample

If you are running nginx with php-fpm you will need a specific site configuration,

Here is a sample of a /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/<my-site>.conf to pass all requests on php files tp php-fpm on port 9000


Note: the php-fpm is a seperate machine or container with php-fpm7.0 on it. On this machine port 9000 must be exposed.

Nginx + docker set up a reverseproxy with dockers nameserver

If you loadbalance 2 or more nginx containers you will need to use dockers magic dns under 127.0.0.11

Here is a sample site conf of nginx which proxies every request to  a container "nginx" via proxy_pass


on your loadbalancing container edit /etc/nginx/sites-available/<your site>

server
{
  listen 80;
  resolver 127.0.0.11;
  set $upstream http://nginx;
  location /
  {
    proxy_pass $upstream;
  }
}

the variable $upstream causes, that the proxy "pings" the nameserver to respond the first answering webfrontend and routes the request to that server

Here is the complete docker-compose.yml


Download the git repo here:
https://github.com/pboethig/loadbalancing