Contents


Preface

About This Guide
What You Should Know
How This Guide is Organized
Documentation Conventions

Chapter 1 iPlanet Application Server Overview

What's an Application Server?
iPlanet Application Server Features

J2EE Platform

Industry Standard Components

High Scalability

Application Partitioning
Distributed Data Synchronization (DSync)

High Performance

Dynamic Load Balancing
Database Connection Pooling

Result Caching
Data Streaming
Multi-threaded Capabilities

EJB Session Pooling
Optimized Communication with Web Servers

High Availability
Rapid Application Development

Multi-tier Application Model
Core Services
Application Development Tools
Session and State Management

Security

User Authentication
Secure Access to Data Sources

Product Components

Programming APIs
System Services and Application Services
Sample Applications
Core Application Server Components

Web Connector Plug-In
iPlanet Application Server Administration Tool
iPlanet Application Server Deployment Tool

iPlanet Directory Server

Chapter 2 Deploying Applications

Starting PointBase Database Server
Stopping and Starting the iPlanet Application Server

To Stop and Start the Server on Windows
To Stop and Start the Server on Solaris

Registering the Data Source

To Register the Data Source on Solaris and Windows

Building the Application

To Build the Application

Viewing the Application
Undeploying Applications

Chapter 3 Administration and Deployment Tools

iPlanet Application Server Administration

Basic Administrative Tasks
To start the server

Command Line Tools

Using Command-Line Tools
To Start and Stop the Server

Deploying Applications
To use GUI based tools
To access the command line Deployment Tool

Logging Application Messages

How Log Messages Are Formatted
Determining the Logging Destination

iPlanet Directory Server Administration
Support for Third-Party Management Tools

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting iPlanet Application Server

Installation Issues
Core Server Issues
Administration Tool Issues

Deployment Issues

Database Support Issues

Chapter 5 Additional References

Appendix A iPlanet Application Server Architecture

Server Processes

Summary of Process Interactions
The Executive Server
The Administrative Server
The Java Server and C++ Server

System Components

Protocol Manager
Load Balancing System

Load Manager
Load Balancer

Request Management System
Application Components
Application Services

Services Hosted by Either KJS or KCS
Services Hosted by KJS Only

System Services
Transaction Management System

Local versus Global Transactions
Architectural Details

Security
Administrative Services

Index