Chapter 2 Administering iPlanet Web Servers This chapter describes how to administer your iPlanet Web Servers with the iPlanet Web Server Administration Server. Using the Administration Server, you can manage servers, add and remove servers, and migrate servers from a previous release. This chapter includes the following sections:
This chapter describes how to administer your iPlanet Web Servers with the iPlanet Web Server Administration Server. Using the Administration Server, you can manage servers, add and remove servers, and migrate servers from a previous release.
Accessing the Administration Server
Adding a Server: Running Multiple Servers
Installing Multiple Instances of the Server
Removing a Server
Migrating a Server From a Previous Version
Release Notes
Start Administration Server
Uninstall iPlanet Web Server 4.1
Double-click the "Start Administration Server" icon, or type the following URL in your browser:
http://hostname.domain-name:administration_port
iPlanet Web Server then displays a window prompting you for a username and password.
Type the administration username and password you specified during installation.
iPlanet Web Server displays the Administration Server page, as shown in Figure 2.1:
Figure 2.1    The Administration Server Page
Use hardware virtual servers
Use software virtual servers
Install multiple instances of the server
NameTrans fn="document-root" dir="/vs1docroot" ip="a.b.c.d" port="80"
NameTrans fn="document-root" dir="/vs2docroot" ip="a.b.c.d" port="81"
NameTrans fn="document-root" dir="/vs3docroot" ip="a.b.c.d" port="82"
NameTrans fn="document-root" dir="/vs4docroot" ip="a.b.c.d" port="83"
Install multiple copies of the server on NT as separate instances, each with a different IP address.
Configure a number of additional hardware virtual servers, with one iPlanet Web Server which responds to the various virtual servers independently.
Configure a number of software virtual servers, which enables you to host multiple web sites from one IP address.
Configure a set of servers that all use the same IP address, but different port numbers.
Access the Administration Server and choose the Servers tab.
Click the Add Server link.
Enter the desired information for the specified fields.
To remove a server from your machine, perform the following steps:
Click Remove Server.
server_root/<servertype>-<id>