Installing the Web Server 7.0

When you use the provisioning system to install the Web Server 7.0, the provisioning system installs an Administration Server and the first Web Server instance. To install the Web Server 7.0 using the provisioning system, use the following steps:

1. Create the WEB_ADMIN_PASSWORD session variables.

   See Creating Session Variables.

2. Install the Administration Server and the first Web Server instance.

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

Creating Session Variables

The installation of the Web Server 7.0 requires that you create passwords to use to install the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 and to access the Administration Server. The provisioning system stores secure data, such as passwords, as session variables. When you save a password as a session variable, the password is stored in a way that prevents other users from accessing the password information. However, the password information is available for use by the provisioning system when you are logged in to that session.

You must create a password that you want to use to access the Administration Server. Create a session variable called WEB_ADMIN_PASSWORD. The value that you give this session variable is the password that you want to use to access the Administration Server. When the provisioning system is installing the Administration Server, it sets the access password for the server to the value of this variable.

How to Create Session Variables

1. From any page in the N1 Service Provisioning System, click Session Variables.

   The Session Variables link can be found in the top right corner of the page.

2. Type the WEB_ADMIN_PASSWORD in the blank field of the Session Variable column.

3. Click the checkbox in the Password column.

4. Type the password to access the Administration Server in the blank field of the Value column. The password must be a minimum of eight characters.

5. Click Create link.

6. In the N1 Grid SPS password field, type the password you use to access the N1 Service Provisioning System.

7. Click the Save button.

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 Web Server 7.0 installation files saved on the target server. For more information, see Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX.

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

1. Click the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 icon under the Common Tasks section of the left control panel.

2. Click the Standalone Web Server 7.0 Admin Server Management: 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 Variable Setting screen displays.

5. Click Create Set link.

   The Select Variable Setting screen displays.

6. Enter a name in the Set Name field.

   The Select check boxes to assign value to the respective variables.

7. Click the Save button.

   The Select Variable Setting screen displays.

8. Click the Select button.

9. From the list of Variable Settings, change the following variables as described in the following steps.

   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. Set install variable to unique value which differentiates the webAdminServers.

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      Note –

      The value for the installPath variable is treated as a relative path to the default Remote Agent directory, unless you specify an absolute path, such as /opt or c:\mydir. For example, for a Windows Remote Agent, if you set the installPath variable to c:\mydir and deploy the file to an Agent with a default home directory of c:\Program Files\N1 Service Provisioning System\agent, the file is deployed to c:\Program Files\N1 Service Provisioning System\agent\c\mydir.

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   2. Set the JES_Media_Directory variable to the path to the Web Server 7.0 installation binary on the target server. Ensure that port numbers are not in use.

   3. Click the Select button.

   For information about other Variable Settings, see WebAdminServer Component.

10. Select the target hosts.

11. 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.