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Administration Guide

This guide leads you through the tasks that you perform as the administrator of one or more Netscape Application Server (NAS) machines.
	Contents


	Preface
	Using the Documentation
	About This Guide
	How This Guide Is Organized
	Part I: Getting Started
	Part II: Administering a Single Netscape Application Server Machine
	Part III: Administering Multiple Netscape Application Server Machines
	Documentation Conventions

Part 1	Getting Started

Chapter 1	Performing Basic Tasks with the Administrator Tool
	About Netscape Application Server Administrator
	Starting the Administrator
	Starting Netscape Application Server
	Registering a Netscape Application Server Machine
	Unregistering a Server
	Setting EJB Container Parameters for Run Time
	Using the Netscape Registry Editor
	Updating the Installation Key
	Changing the IP Address

Part 2	Administering a Single Netscape Application Server

Chapter 2	Deploying and Upgrading Applications
	Deploying an Application Using Deployment Manager
	Specifying Application Directories
	Packaging Application Files for Deployment
	Deploying an Application
	Downloading a Package
	Deploying Application Files Manually
	Manually Deploying EJBs
	Manually Deploying Servlets and JSPs
	Manually Deploying Data Sources
	Upgrading an Application
	Dynamically Reloading Components
	Editing EJB Properties at Run Time
	Editing General Attributes of an EJB
	Editing EJB Access Control
	Editing Environment Properties

Chapter 3	Monitoring Server Activity
	Monitoring Netscape Application Server
	Monitoring Process Attributes
	Logging Process Data to a File
	Changing a Process Data Plot
	Removing a Process Data Plot
	Receiving Event Notification
	About Events
	Configuring Email Notification for an Event
	Specifying an Event-Invoked Script

Chapter 4	Monitoring NAS with Third-Party Tools
	About SNMP
	Working with the Master Agent and Subagent
	Starting the SNMP Master Agent
	Enabling Statistics Collection
	About the Management Information Base (MIB)
	Formatting MIB Entries

Chapter 5	Logging Server Messages
	About the Logging Service
	Determining Types of Messages to Log
	Determining the Logging Destination
	About Web Server Requests
	How Web Requests Are Logged
	Logging Web Server Requests

Chapter 6	Securing Applications
	About Security
	Limitations of This Document
	What Is LDAP?
	What Is Netscape Console?
	Storing and Managing Users and Groups
	Implementing User-Based Security
	Using Netscape Console to Add Entries to Directory Server
	Using LDIF to Add Entries to Directory Server
	Creating Entries Programmatically
	Setting Access Control List Authorization
	Creating an Access Control List
	Modifying an Access Control List

Chapter 7	Increasing Fault Tolerance and Server Resources
	Adding and Tuning Java Server and C++ Server Processes
	Adjusting the Number of Threads for a Process
	Adjusting the Restart Option of the Administrative Server
	Implementing a Multi-Process, Single-Threaded Environment
	Configuring Directory Server Failover

Chapter 8	Configuring the Web Connector Plug-In
	About the Web Connector Plug-In
	Manually Configuring a Web Server
	Configuring the Web Connector for Web Server Logging
	Mapping HTTP Variables to Database Fields
	Adding HTTP Variables to the Log
	Configuring Cookie and Hidden Field Usage
	Configuring a CGI Flag for CGI Requests
	Changing the Web Connector Port Number
	Specifying HTTP Variables for Input to Application Components

Chapter 9	Administering Database Connectivity
	About Data Access Drivers
	Configuring Data Access Drivers
	Adjusting Database Connectivity Parameters
	Setting Connection Parameters
	Setting Thread Parameters
	Setting Database Cache Parameters

Chapter 10	Administering Transactions
	About the Transaction Manager
	Storing Distributed Transactions Log Data
	Administering Distributed Transactions in the Transaction Window
	About the Transaction Window
	Configuring Transactions per Server
	Configuring Transactions per Process
	Configuring Resource Managers
	Administering Distributed Transactions from the Command Line
	Setting Up Resource Managers for Distributed Transactions
	Oracle
	Sybase
	DB2
	Microsoft SQL Server
	Enabling XA Error Logging
	Oracle
	Sybase
	DB2
	Microsoft SQL Server
	Resolving In-Doubt Transactions
	Recovering from Log Failure
	Recovering from Log Disk Failure: Running Server
	Recovering from Log Disk Failure: Stopped Server
	Recovering from Loss

Part 3	Administering Multiple Netscape Application Servers

Chapter 11	Configuring Multiple Servers
	The Web Connector in a Multiple-Server Enterprise
	Configuring the Web Connector for Multiple Servers
	Specifying the Application Server Where Requests Are Sent
	Specifying the Application Server Responsible for Logging
	Distributed Data Synchronization and Load Balancing
	Configuring a Distributed Data Synchronization Environment
	Multicast Communication
	How Multicast Services Apply to Load Balancing

Chapter 12	Administering Multi-Server Applications
	Hosting Applications Locally on Multiple Servers
	Hosting Partitioned Applications on Multiple Servers
	Disabling and Enabling Application Components
	Hosting and Deploying Applications for Load Balancing
	Changing Attributes of Distributed Application Components

Chapter 13	Balancing User-Request Loads
	How Load Balancing Works
	Exchanging Load Balancing Information
	Requirements for Load Balancing
	Using the Load Balancer Plug-in
	What Is "Sticky" Load Balancing?
	When to Use Sticky Load Balancing
	Enabling Sticky Load Balancing
	Selecting a Load Balancing Method
	Adjusting Load Balancing Weight Factors
	Adjusting Weight Factors for Server Load Criteria
	Adjusting Weight Factors for Application Component Performance Criteria
	Adjusting Update and Broadcast Intervals
	Changing the Multicast Host Address for Load Balancing

Chapter 14	Managing Distributed Data Synchronization
	About Distributed Data Synchronization
	How Failover Keeps Data Accessible
	What Is a Cluster?
	Setting Up Data Synchronization
	How a Cluster Communicates
	Setting Up and Managing Clusters
	Determining Sync Server Priority
	Modifying the Default Cluster for Fast Cluster Setup
	Mapping the Synchronizer to the Cluster
	Defining a Cluster
	Using the Administrator to Configure Clusters
	Creating a Cluster
	Adding a Server to a Cluster
	Removing a Server from a Cluster
	Changing Sync Server Priority
	Modifying the Maximum Number of Sync Backups

Appendix A	Troubleshooting
	Configuring the Class Path
	Setting up Transactions
	What if xa_open Fails?
	What if xa_recover Fails?
	What Is a "Lock Held by In-Doubt" Error?
	How Do I Configure the Number of Server-Side Connections?
	Setting Environment Variables for Databases
	Index