Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Server
- Chapter 3 Configuring FileMaker Server
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Configuring client connections
- Setting database properties
- Opening runtime solutions automatically
- Specifying additional database and default backup folders
- Setting administrative properties
- Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits
- Configuring directory services
- Setting FileMaker Server security
- Restoring FileMaker Server default settings
- How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or abnormal shutdown
- Chapter 4 Administering FileMaker Server
- Default folders for files
- Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Connecting to FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Administering hosted databases
- Enabling database plug-ins
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server
- Monitoring server performance (Windows)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS
- Using the command line to automate tasks
- Chapter 5 Scheduling administrative tasks
- Scheduling database backups
- Running script files
- Sending messages to clients of hosted databases
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Mac OS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Editing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Index
Configuring FileMaker Server 21
Registering the Web Publishing Engine
You can allow a Web Publishing Engine access to hosted databases
by registering it with FileMaker Server. The Web Publishing Engine
server is registered in FileMaker Server by an identifier text string
and a passcode.
For information about installing and configuring the Web Publishing
Engine, see the
FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing
Installation Guide
.
Setting the maximum time allowed for idle FileMaker Pro
clients
You can specify the length of time that FileMaker Pro clients can be
idle in any database hosted by FileMaker Server before they are
disconnected. Because clients who are disconnected have to reopen
the file, you should make sure the idle time is long enough to avoid
frequent disconnections.
Note In FileMaker Pro, you use a privilege set to keep a client
connected to FileMaker Server when the client is idle. When this
privilege is disabled, FileMaker
Pro disconnects the client from
FileMaker Server. For more information about privilege sets, see the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide.
Allowing FileMaker Pro clients to download updates
automatically
You can store plug-in files on the FileMaker Server computer and
allow FileMaker
Pro clients to download these files automatically
when they open database files hosted by FileMaker Server. Examples
of files you can download automatically are plug-in license files,
sometimes required by FileMaker
Pro databases.
When a FileMaker Pro file is hosted by FileMaker Server, any plug-
ins required by the file must exist on each client computer used to
open the database. By allowing plug-in updates to be downloaded
automatically, you ensure that all clients have access to plug-ins
required by a database the first time they attempt to open it. In
addition, when plug-ins are changed by database developers, you can
store new versions on the FileMaker Server computer, so you don’t
have to update plug-ins on client computers.
For automatic file downloading to work correctly, you must place
current plug-in files in the following folders:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\Data\
Databases\AutoUpdate\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Databases/
AutoUpdate/
In addition, enable the Auto Update plug-in in FileMaker Pro
preferences before attempting to open hosted files that require plug-
ins.
Note FileMaker Pro can check the version of plug-in files required
by a hosted database and update plug-ins if the current version is not
located on the client computer. For more information about
downloading plug-ins automatically, see the
FileMaker Server Guide
to Updating Plug-ins
.
Setting database properties
Windows: Change database properties in the Database Hosting
assistant or select host and then choose
Action menu > Properties >
Databases
tab.