Web Publishing Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- About this guide
- Hardware and software requirements
- Windows requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Windows requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Mac OS requirements for the Web Publishing Engine
- Mac OS requirements for FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter tools
- Important note about supported operating systems
- About the license key
- Customer support
- Overview of installing, configuring, and using the Web Publishing Engine
- Chapter 2 Installation quick start
- Chapter 3 Migrating web publishing settings from the previous version
- Chapter 4 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in various host configurations
- Chapter 5 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Windows
- Chapter 6 Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Mac OS
- Chapter 7 Configuring the Web Publishing Engine
- About the Web Publishing Engine Administration Console
- General steps for configuring the Web Publishing Engine
- Configuring the Web Publishing Engine for the first time
- Viewing an overview of the Web Publishing Engine configuration
- Configuring Instant Web Publishing
- Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XML
- Configuring Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Setting the Web Publishing Engine mode
- Setting server-side XSLT stylesheet caching
- Configuring the interaction between web sessions and database sessions
- Configuring access to a mail server for the Web Publishing Engine
- Setting the default text encoding for XSLT requests
- Disabling Custom Web Publishing with XSLT
- Specifying general settings for the Web Publishing Engine
- Restricting access to the Administration Console
- Viewing a list of the published databases for FileMaker Server
- Logging out of the Administration Console
- Using the Web Publishing Engine and Administration Console services
- Changing the user name and password for the Administration Console
- Where to go from here
- Index
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Installation quick start
About web publishing authentication
You should understand the following concepts before you register and configure the Web Publishing Engine.
The Web Publishing Engine uses three separate credentials to protect the system from improper use:
(i) FileMaker Server identifier and passcode. The FileMaker Server identifier and optional passcode create a
unique connection between a Web Publishing Engine and an installation of FileMaker Server. This single
connection between the Web Publishing Engine and FileMaker Server prevents an unauthorized Web
Publishing Engine from connecting to a FileMaker server.
In the procedures described below, you create the FileMaker Server identifier and optional passcode in
FileMaker Server Admin, in “Registering the Web Publishing Engine with FileMaker Server” on page 17.
Then you enter the identifier and optional passcode into the Administration Console, in step 5 of “Configuring
the Web Publishing Engine” on page 18.
(ii) FileMaker Server Advanced (FMSA) Administration Console account. The “FMSA Admin Console”
account (user name and password combination) restricts access to the web interface that you use to configure
FileMaker Server Advanced. As the administrator, you enter these credentials every time you log in to the
Administration Console.
In the procedures described below, you create the user name and password in step 2 of “Configuring the Web
Publishing Engine” on page 18.
(iii) Web Publishing Engine (WPE) Admin account. The “WPE Admin” account (user name and password
combination) secures the configuration interface of the Web Publishing Engine. This account authenticates the
Administration Console to protect the Web Publishing Engine from connecting to an unauthorized
Administration Console. These credentials are stored in the preferences for the Administration Console and
are automatically used to connect and configure the Web Publishing Engine. As the administrator, you need to
provide these credentials only during initial configuration or if the Administration Console is reinstalled or
moved to a new machine.
In the procedures described below, you create the user name and password in step 4 of “Configuring the Web
Publishing Engine” on page 18.
Note (Windows) If you do not disable IIS Directory Security, then you must create this user name and
password as a local Windows account in order for the Administration Console to function properly.
Web Server
Web Server Module
Administration Console
FileMaker Server
Web Publishing Engine
Web Publishing Core
Custom Web Publishing
Engine (CWPE)
Web
Browser
(ii)
FMSA Admin Console
account
(iii)
WPE Admin
account
(i)
FileMaker Server
identifier/passcode