Preface


This preface contains the following topics:

• Preface

• About This Guide

• How This Guide Is Organized

• Documentation Conventions

Using the Documentation

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The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the iPlanet Application Server manuals and Release Notes. If you are trying to accomplish a specific task or learn more about a specific concept, refer to the appropriate manual.

Note that the printed manuals are also available online in PDF and HTML format, at: http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/ias.html

For information about	See the following	Shipped with
Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation	Release Notes	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Installing iPlanet Application Server and its various components (Web Connector plug-in, iPlanet Application Server Administrator), and configuring the sample applications	Installation Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Creating iPlanet Application Server 6.0 applications that follow the open Java standards model (Servlets, EJBs, JSPs, and JDBC), by performing the following tasks: Creating the presentation and execution layers of an application Placing discrete pieces of business logic and entities into Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components Using JDBC to communicate with databases Using iterative testing, debugging, and application fine-tuning procedures to generate applications that execute correctly and quickly	Developer's Guide (Java)	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Administering one or more application servers using the iPlanet Application Server Administrator Tool to perform the following tasks: Monitoring and logging server activity Implementing security for iPlanet Application Server Enabling high availability of server resources Configuring web-connector plugin Administering database connectivity Administering transactions Configuring multiple servers Administering multiple-server applications Load balancing servers Managing distributed data synchronization Setting up iPlanet Application Server for development	Administrator's Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Migrating your applications to the new iPlanet Application Server 6.0 programming model from the Netscape Application Server version 2.1, including a sample migration of an Online Bank application provided with iPlanet Application Server	Migration Guide	iPlanet Application Server 6.0
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the iPlanet Application Server class library to write C++ applications	Server Foundation Class Reference (C++)	Order separately

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About This Guide

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The Administrator's Guide guide leads you through the tasks that you perform as the administrator of one or more iPlanet Application Server machines. This guide assumes that you have installed iPlanet Application Server on at least one machine. For information about installing iPlanet Application Server, refer to the Installation Guide.

You perform most of the administration tasks with iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool, a GUI-based tool for server and application administration. This tool is described in .

How This Guide Is Organized

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This guide is divided into three . If you are new to administering an iPlanet Application Server machine, begin with Getting Started for an overview of how to start the server and Administration Tool. If you are already familiar with administering application servers, skim before going on to Administering a Single iPlanet Application Server.

If you are administering more than one application server, continue to Administering Multiple iPlanet Application Servers, for additional, multiple-server enterprise specific information.

Part I: Getting Started

The first part of the Administrator's Guide describes the environment of iPlanet Application Server.

The following is included in this part:

• Chapter 1 "Performing Basic Administrative Tasks describes how to get started with iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool, as well as the basic iPlanet Application Server configuration tasks that you can perform.

Part II: Administering a Single iPlanet Application Server

The second part of the Administrator's Guide describes server and application administration procedures for a single iPlanet Application Server machine.

The following s are included in this part:

• Chapter 2 "Monitoring Server Activitydescribes the monitoring service that allows you to chart various attributes of the Executive, Java, and C++ server processes.

• Chapter 3 "Configuring SNMP to Monitor iPlanet Application Server with Third-Party Tools escribes how to configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) so you can monitor iPlanet Application Server with a third-party SNMP management tool.

• Chapter 4 "Logging Server Messages describes the message-logging service provided by iPlanet Application Server.

• Chapter 5 "Securing iPlanet Application Server describes how to set up users and groups to provide security for your applications.

• Chapter 6 "Enabling High Availability of Server Resourcesdescribes how you can increase application performance.

• Chapter 7 "Configuring the Web Connector Plug-In describes the web connector plug-in, which sends users' requests to applications residing on iPlanet Application Server.

• Chapter 8 "Administering Database Connectivity describes how to configure data access drivers and apply settings to database connectivity parameters.

• Chapter 9 "Administering Transactions describes the tasks and conceptual information necessary for administering transactions using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.

Part III: Administering Multiple iPlanet Application Servers

The third part of the Administrator's Guide describes how to administer multiple iPlanet Application Server machines. More in-depth administration procedures and concepts that apply to a multiple-server enterprise have been included. These procedures focus solely on multiple-server administration, and are used along with the single-server procedures described in Part II.

The following s are included in this part:

• Chapter 10 "Configuring Multiple Servers describes how to configure the web connector plug-in, distributed data synchronization, and multicast communication for multiple iPlanet Application Server machines, using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.

• Chapter 11 "Administering Multi-Server Applicationsdescribes how to maintain multiple iPlanet Application Server machines at the same time using iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool.

• Chapter 12 "Balancing User-Request Loads describes load balancing, which optimizes the ability of each iPlanet Application Server machine to process users' requests by keeping those requests balanced among several application servers.

• Chapter 13 "Managing Distributed Data Synchronization describes how to group iPlanet Application Server machines into data synchronization clusters.

• Chapter 14 "Setting Up iPlanet Application Server for Development describes how to set up iPlanet Application Server for the purpose of developing applications. This section would be of special interest to developers.

• Appendix A "Troubleshooting contains troubleshooting information about your iPlanet Application Server machine.

Documentation Conventions

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This guide uses the following documentation conventions:

Conventions	Description
File and directory paths	Windows: Directory path names are separated using Backslashes. For example, Images\Screens\ser.gif. Solaris: The directory paths are separated using forward slashes. For example, Images/Screens/ser.gif.
Menu options	Second level menu options are separated by the `greater than' symbol (>). For example, invoking an application from the Start menu in Windows is described this way: From the Start menu, choose Programs>iPlanet Application Server 6.0. Then select iPlanet Administration Tool.
URLs	This guide uses URLs of the form: http://server.domain:port/path/file.html Where, server is the name of server on which you run your application domain is your Internet domain name path is the directory structure on the server file is an individual filename. Note: Italicized items in URLs are placeholders.
Fonts	The monospace font is used for: sample code and code listings API and language elements (such as function names and class names) file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.
	Italic type is used for: book titles variables and placeholders