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
Chapter 4
Installing the Web Publishing Engine in
various host configurations
You can install the Web Publishing Engine and its associated software components in the following configurations
of one, two, or three host computers. The operating systems of the various computers can be all Windows, all
Mac OS, or any combination of the two. Make sure the ports indicated in the following diagrams are available on
each computer (not used by another process), and are not blocked by a firewall.
One-computer configuration
You can install FileMaker Server, the Web Publishing Engine, and all of the associated software components on
the same computer. This is the simplest configuration.
For information on installing the Web Publishing Engine in a one-computer configuration, see chapter 2,
“Installation quick start.”
FileMaker Server
Web Publishing Engine
Web Publishing Core
Custom Web Publishing
Engine (CWPE)
Web Server
Web Server Module
Administration Console
Ports 5003 and 16008 through 16018 must be available on this computer. Port 5003 must also be
open if there is an internal software firewall on the computer.
One-computer configuration