Installation Guide: Preface

This preface contains the following topics:

Using the Documentation

About this Guide

How This Guide Is Organized

Documentation Conventions

Using the Documentation

The following table lists the tasks and concepts that are described in the Netscape Application Server (NAS) and Netscape Application Builder (NAB) printed manuals and online readme file. 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.


For information about	See the following	Shipped with
Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation	readme.htm	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAS 4.0, NAB 4.0
Installing Netscape Application Server and its various components (Web Connector plug-in, Netscape Application Server Administrator), and configuring the sample applications	Installation Guide	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAS 4.0
Installing Netscape Application Builder	install.htm	NAB 4.0
Basic features of NAS, such as its software components, general capabilities, and system architecture	Overview	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAS 4.0, NAB 4.0
Deploying Netscape Application Server at your site, by performing the following tasks: Planning your Netscape Application Server environment Integrating the product within your existing enterprise and network topology Developing server capacity and performance goals Running stress tests to measure server performance Fine-tuning the server to improve performance	Deployment Guide	NAS 4.0
Administering one or more application servers using the Netscape 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 Guide	NAS 4.0
Migrating your applications to the new Netscape Application Server 4.0 programming model from version 2.1, including a sample migration of an Online Bank application provided with Netscape Application Server	Migration Guide	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAS 4.0, NAB 4.0
Creating NAS 4.0 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	NAB 4.0
Creating NAS 4.0 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 Bean (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)	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAB 4.0
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)	NAS 4.0 Developer Edition (Solaris), NAB 4.0
Creating NAS C++ applications using the NAS class library by performing the following tasks: Designing applications Writing AppLogics Creating HTML templates Creating queries Running and debugging applications	Programmer's Guide (C++)	Order separately
Using the public classes and interfaces, and their methods in the Netscape Application Server class library to write C++ applications	Server Foundation Class Reference (C++)	Order separately

About this Guide

The Installation Guide provides the concepts and steps you need to install Netscape Application Server (NAS) and its various components (Web Connector plug-in, Netscape Application Server Administrator) on the NT and Unix platforms. Information about configuring the sample applications delivered with NAS is also provided.

The information in this guide is intended for technology officers, administrators, developers, and anyone else who is responsible for installing NAS at your site.

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is divided into two chapters. Read Chapter 1 if you are installing NAS on the NT platform. Read Chapter 2 if you are installing NAS on the Unix platform.

Chapter 1, "Installing Netscape Application Server on Windows NT," explains all the steps and concepts you need to install NAS on the NT platform. Installation worksheets are included at the end of the chapter to help you track and record data about your installation decisions.

Chapter 2, "Installing Netscape Application Server on Unix," explains all the steps and concepts you need to install NAS on the Unix platform. Installation worksheets are included at the end of the chapter to help you track and record data about your installation decisions.

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 slashes are used instead of backslashes to separate directories.

This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.domain/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is an 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.

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