Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Welcome to the FileMaker Pro Web Server Connector
- Chapter 2 About the Web Server Connector
- Configurations
- Configuration 1: FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited on a singlemachine
- Configuration 2: FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited, the Web Server Connector, and web server software on ...
- Configuration 3: FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited on one machine, the Web Server Connector on another ma...
- Configuration 4: RAIC with multiple copies of the samedatabases
- Configuration 5: RAIC with multiple, different databases
- Configuration 6: RAIC using FileMaker Server 5 as a backend host
- Configuration 7: RAIC using FileMaker Pro as a backendhost
- Security considerations
- Where to go from here
- Configurations
- Chapter 3 Installing the FileMaker Pro Web Server Connector on Microsoft IIS and PWS
- Chapter 4 Installing the FileMaker Pro Web Server Connector on Netscape Enterprise Server
- Chapter 5 Installing the FileMaker Pro Web Server Connector with AppleShare IP and WebSTAR
- Chapter 6 Installing the FileMaker Pro Web Server Connector on Apache (Mac OS X Server)
- Chapter 7 Using the Web Server Connector as host
- Configuring FileMaker Pro
- Configuring the FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Configuring FileMaker Pro databases for web serving
- Configuring the Web Server Connector Administration Account
- Adding a host to the Web Server Connector
- Adding a database to the Web Server Connector
- Configuring the Web Server Connector Administration Account
- Locating Web Server Connector and Web Companion log files
- Chapter 8 Accessing hosted databases
About the Web Server Connector
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This configuration is similar to the previous RAIC structure.
However, instead of using FileMaker Server 5 as a backend host, you
use a dedicated copy of FileMaker Pro 5 to host the databases, and
share them from the Web Companions of FileMaker Pro Unlimited
running on the guest machines. Because this backend machine will
be hosting databases using peer-to-peer networking, you can use a
copy of either FileMaker Pro 5 or FileMaker Pro Unlimited. If
FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited is used in place of FileMaker Pro 5, then
this machine can also be used as a RAIC machine for added
performance.
As in the previous RAIC configuration, this structure provides the
advantages of load balancing and fail-over protection. Because there
is a single instance of each database, you can read and write to these
files.
Security considerations
To ensure proper authentication, make sure all nodes of the RAIC
have consistent security. For example, you may experience
unexpected behavior if you enable security on one machine but not
on other machines in the RAIC, or if your FileMaker Pro 5
passwords are different across the nodes of the RAIC.
Where to go from here
To install the FileMaker Web Server Connector, go to the chapter
that is appropriate for your specific server installation.
For instructions on installing the
Web Server Connector on See
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Microsoft Personal Web Server
Chapter 3, “Installing the FileMaker
Pro Web Server Connector on
Microsoft IIS and PWS”
Netscape Enterprise Server Chapter 4, “Installing the FileMaker
Pro Web Server Connector on
Netscape Enterprise Server”
AppleShare IP
WebSTAR
Chapter 5, “Installing the FileMaker
Pro Web Server Connector with
AppleShare IP and WebSTAR”
Mac OS X Server Chapter 6, “Installing the FileMaker
Pro Web Server Connector on Apache
(Mac OS X Server)”