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This chapter describes the contents of iPlanet Application Server Installation Guide. It contains the following sections:
Using the Documentation
Using the Documentation
The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the iPlanet Application Server manuals and 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 online in PDF and HTML format, at: http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/ias.html
About This Guide
This Installation Guide tells you about the various kinds of installation procedures for the iPlanet Application Server and how to follow them.This manual is intended for system administrators, network administrators, evaluators, application server administrators, web developers, and software developers who want to install iPlanetTM Application Server.
What You Should Know
Before you begin, you should already be familiar with the following topics:
How This Guide is Organized
This Guide is organized as follows:Chapter 1 "Getting Started", gives an overview of iPlanet Application Server features, iPlanet Application Server components, installation options, and system requirements for installation.
Chapter 2 "Preparing to Install", provides an overview of the minimum requirements, and steps to be taken prior to installing iPlanet Application Server.
Chapter 3 "Easy iPlanet Application Server Installations", contains the quick installation procedures for both the Windows and Solaris platform, including the ezSetup installation option.
Chapter 4 "Advanced Installations for Solaris", describes the Custom Installation options for the Solaris platform. This installation option is recommended only for experienced users.
Chapter 5 "Advanced Installations for Windows," describes the Custom Installation option for the Windows NT/2000 platform. This installation option is recommended only for experienced users.
Chapter 6 "Uninstalling,"describes uninstallation procedures.
Appendix A "Configuring iPlanet Application Server," describes configuration options in more detail.
Documentation Conventions
File and directory paths are given in Windows format (with backslashes separating directory names). For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except forward slashes are used instead of backslashes to separate directories.This guide uses URLs of the form: http://server.domain/path/file.html, where:
server is the name of the server where you are running the application.
The following table shows the typographic conventions used throughout iPlanet documentation.domain is your internet domain name.
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