This guide explains how to install Sun JavaTM System Web Server 6.1 and migrate from a previous version of the Sun Java System Web Server to this version. This guide is intended for system administrators, network administrators, Web Server administrators, Web developers, and software developers who want to install or migrate to Sun Java System Web Server 6.1.
This preface contains the following sections:
The following table provides information on how to install or migrate to Sun Java System Web Server 6.1:
Table P–1 How to Use This Guide
If you want to do this: |
See: |
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Find out what is new in Sun Java System Web Server. | |
Find out what you need to do before installing the server, including installing other products required by the server. | |
Get step by step instructions for installing and uninstalling the server on UNIX. | |
Get step by step instructions for installing and uninstalling the server on Windows. | |
Migrate your data and applications from iPlanet Web Server 6.0. | |
Migrate your data and applications from iPlanet Web Server 4.1. |
This guide uses the following conventions:
When this document refers to Sun Java System Web Server, it refers to the Enterprise Edition.
The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as method names and property names), filenames, path names, directory names, HTML tags, and any text that must be typed on the screen.
The italic font is used in code to represent placeholder parameters that should be replaced with an actual value. It is also used for book titles, emphasis, letters as letters (for example, “Spell it with a T.”), and words as words (for example, “The word server is in every product name.”).
A slash (/) is used to separate directories in a path. (Windows supports both the slash and the backslash.)
The Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 manuals are available as online files in PDF and HTML formats at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1308.8
The following table lists the tasks and concepts described in the Sun Java System Web Server manuals.
Table P–2 Sun Java System Web Server Documentation Roadmap
For Information About |
See the Following |
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Late-breaking information about the software and documentation | |
Information about Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 FastCGI plug-in, including information about server application functions (SAFs), installation, configuration, technical notes, and pointers to additional resources. |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 FastCGI Plug-in Release Notes |
Information about Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 Reverse Proxy plug-in, including information about server application functions (SAFs), installation, configuration, technical notes, and pointers to additional resources. |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Reverse Proxy Plug-in Release Notes |
Getting started with Sun Java System Web Server, including hands-on exercises that introduce server basics and features (recommended for first-time users) | |
Performing installation and migration tasks:
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Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Installation and Migration Guide Note: If you have the Sun Java Enterprise System 1 installed on your system and you want to upgrade the Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 that is part of Sun Java Enterprise System 1 to Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11, you must use the Java Enterprise System (JES) installer to perform the upgrade. Do not use the separate component installer included with Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11. |
Performing the following administration tasks:
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Using programming technologies and APIs to do the following:
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Creating custom Netscape Server Application Programmer’s Interface (NSAPI) plugins |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 NSAPI Programmer’s Guide |
Implementing servlets and JavaServer PagesTM (JSPTM) technology in Sun Java System Web Server |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Programmer’s Guide to Web Applications |
Editing configuration files |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Administrator’s Configuration File Reference |
Tuning Sun Java System Web Server to optimize performance |
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP11 Performance Tuning, Sizing, and Scaling Guide |
If you have problems with your system, contact customer support using one of the following mechanisms:
The online support web site at:
The telephone dispatch number associated with your maintenance contract
Please have the following information available prior to contacting support. This helps to ensure that sun support staff can best assist you in resolving problems.
Description of the problem, including the situation where the problem occurs and its impact on your operation.
Machine type, operating system version, and product version, including any patches and other software that might be affecting the problem.
Detailed steps on the methods you have used to reproduce the problem.
Any error logs or core dumps.
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. To share your comments, go to http://docs.sun.com and click Feedback.
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–3 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |