Preface
This preface contains the following topics:
Using the Documentation
The Overview Guide is only one of several documents that help you develop, deploy, and manage web-based enterprise applications. The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the iPlanet Application Server (iAS), iPlanet Application Builder (iAB) printed manuals and online release notes. If you are trying to accomplish a specific task or learn more about a specific concept, refer to the appropriate manual.
Note that the printed manuals are also available as online files in PDF and HTML format at http://docs.iplanet.com
Table 1
|
For information about
|
See the following
|
Shipped with
|
|
Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation
|
readme.htm
|
iAS6.0 iAB 6.0
|
|
Installing iPlanet Application Server and its various components (Web Connector plug-in, iPlanet Application Server Administrator), and configuring the sample applications
|
Installation Guide
|
iAS6.0
|
|
Installing iPlanet Application Builder
|
install.htm
|
iAB 6.0
|
|
Basic features of iAS, such as its software components, general capabilities, and system architecture
|
Overview
|
iAS6.0, iAB 6.0
|
|
Administering one or more application servers using the iPlanet Application Server Administrator tool to perform the following tasks:
Deploying applications with the Deployment Manager tool
Monitoring and logging server activity
Setting up users and groups
Administering database connectivity
Administering transactions
Load balancing servers
Managing distributed data synchronization
|
Administration & Deployment Guide
|
iAS6.0
|
|
Migrating your applications to the new iPlanet Application Server 6.0 programming model from version 2.1 and version 4.0, including a sample migration of an Online Bank application provided with iPlanet Application Server
|
Migration Guide
|
iAS6.0, iAB 6.0
|
|
Creating iAS6.0 applications within an integrated development environment by performing the following tasks:
Creating and managing projects
Using wizards
Creating data-access logic
Creating presentation logic and layout
Creating business logic
Compiling, testing, and debugging applications
Deploying and downloading applications
Working with source control
Using third-party tools
|
User's Guide
|
iAB 6.0
|
|
Creating iAS6.0 applications that follow the new open Java standards model (Servlets, EJBs, JSPs, and JDBC), by performing the following tasks:
Creating the presentation and execution layers of an application
Placing discrete pieces of business logic and entities into Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) components
Using JDBC to communicate with databases
Using iterative testing, debugging, and application fine-tuning procedures to generate applications that execute correctly and quickly
|
Programmer's Guide (Java)
|
iAB 6.0
|
|
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the Netscape Application Server class library to write Java applications
|
Server Foundation Class Reference (Java)
|
iAS6.0, iAB 6.0
|
|
Creating C++ applications using the iAS class library by performing the following tasks:
|
Programmer's Guide (C++)
|
Order separately
|
|
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the iAS class library to write C++ applications
|
Server Foundation Class Reference (C++)
|
Order separately
|
About This Guide
The Overview Guide describes the product components, features, and system architecture of iPlanet Application Server (iAS). The guide contains useful background information on the application servers, Java 2 Enterprise Edition and products that integrate with iAS.
How This Guide is Organized
This guide is divided into 5 chapters. Chapter 1 gives an executive overview of iPlanet Application Server. Chapter 2 and 3 focuses on architecture, Chapter 4 gives an overview of J2EE and Chapter 5 expands on the iPlanet product family.
Documentation Conventions
Files and directory paths are given in the Windows format with backslashes separating directory names. For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except slashes are used instead of backslashes to separate directories.
This guide uses URLs of the form: http://server.domain:port/path/file.html
Where server is the name of the server on which you run your application; domain is your internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is the individual filename. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.
This guide uses the following font conventions:
The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, path names, directory names and HTML tags.
Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.