How to Install an Administration Server and the First Web Server Instance

Before You Begin

Before you can deploy the Administration Server and a Web Server instance, you must have the Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 2005Q1 SP4 installation files saved on the target server. For more information, see Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q1 Installation Guide.

Be sure to create the JES_ADMIN_PASSWORD and WEB_ADMIN_PASSWORD session variables. For more information, see How to Create Session Variables.

Be sure to change the host type of any target host to the appropriate host type. For more information, see How to Define a Host as a Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 2005Q1 SP4 Host.

Steps

1. Click the Sun Java System WS 6 icon under the Common Tasks section of the left control panel.

2. Click the Install Web Admin Server: install link.

3. Click the Run button.

4. In the Plan Parameters table, in the Variable Settings column for the WebAdminServer component, click Select From List.

   The Select a Variable Setting window opens.

5. From the list of Variable Settings, change the following variables as described below.

   1. Set the installPath variable to the path on the target server where you want to install the state file that contains the name/value pairs needed to install the Administration Server.

   2. Set the JES_Media_Directory variable to the path to the Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 2005Q1 SP4 installation binary on the target server.

   3. (Optional) Set the hostDomain variable to the actual domain name of the target server.

   4. If you are installing the Administration Server on a Linux server, change the following variables:

      • Set the jesSystemGroup variable to root.

      • Set the webInstanceUser variable to nobody.

      • Set the webInstanceGroup variable to nobody.

   5. Click the Select button.

   For information about other Variable Settings, see WebAdminServer Component.

6. Select the target hosts.

7. Click the Run Plan (includes preflight) button.

   The InstallWebAdminServer plan completes the following tasks:

   • Installs the Administration Server and one Web Server instance.

   • If you set the webAutoStart variable to yes, starts the Administration Server and the Web Server instance.

   • If you set the webAutoStart variable to yes, verifies that the Administration Server and the Web Server instance are running.

   • Creates a virtual host for the Administration Server of the com.sun.jes6_WS#WebAdminServerHT host type.

   • Creates a virtual host for the Web Server instance of the com.sun.jes6_WS#WebServerInstanceHT host type.