Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide for Sun Java System Web Server Plug-In 1.0

Chapter 1 Overview of Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0

This chapter describes the general information about using the N1 Service Provisioning System to provision the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0. This chapter includes the following information:

Purpose of the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0

The N1 Service Provisioning System software provides enhanced capabilities in out-of-the-box support for the Web Server 7.0. The Web Server 7.0 is a secure and highly available server that you can use to host web sites. The Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0 provides plans and components that enable you to install and uninstall the basic installation infrastructure. The basic installation infrastructure includes an Administration Server and a Web Server instance. The plug-in also provides controls to start, stop, and restart instances of these servers.

What the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0 Includes

The Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0 has following components.

Standalone Version of Web Server 7.0
Java ES Version of Web Server 7.0

For more information about the plans and components, see Chapter 4, Using the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0.

Standalone Version of Web Server 7.0

The Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0 creates the /com/sun/webserver7 directory.

Table 1–1 Standalone Web Server 7.0 Admin Server Management


Links	Description
ViewInstalled	Container component that provides the list of installed Web Admin Servers.
Install	Plan to install an Administration Server and the first Web Server instance.
Uninstall	Plan to uninstall an Administration Server and all Web server instances.
Start,Stop and Restart	Container components to Start, Stop and Restart the Administration Server.

Table 1–2 Standalone Web Server 7.0 Instance Management


Links	Description
ViewInstalled	Container components to view the installed Web Server instances.
Create	Plan to create additional Web Server instance.
Delete	Container component to delete a Web Server instance.
Start, Stop and Restart	Container components to Start, Stop and Restart the Web Server instance.

Java ES Version of Web Server 7.0

The Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0 creates /com/sun/jes_webserver7 directory.

Table 1–3 Java ES Web Server 7.0 Admin Server Management


Links	Description
ViewInstall	Container components to view the installed Java ES Web Admin Servers.
Uninstall	Container components to uninstall an Administration Server and all Web Server instance.
Start, Stop and Restart	Container components to Start, Stop and Restart the Administration Server.

Table 1–4 Java ES Web Server 7.0 Instance Management


Links	Description
ViewInstalled	Container components to view the installed Web Server instances.
Create	Plan to create additional Web Service instance.
Start, Stop and Restart	Container components to Start, Stop and Restart the Web Server Instance.

Requirements for Using the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In 1.0

Any host on which you intend to deploy the Web Server 7.0 must meet the following requirements:

Install the Solaris 8 OS, Solaris 9 OS, Solaris 10 OS or Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1.

Note –
Solaris 8 on SPARC based servers only.
Contain the installation files for the Web Server 7.0.
Meet the requirements for installing the Web Server 7.0. For more information, see Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX.
Run the Remote Node.