Installation guide

New features in version 4.2.2
44 EAServer
Changing the effective user ID for the server process
Beginning in version 4.2.2, EAServer on UNIX platforms allows you to
configure an effective user name and group for the server to run as. This feature
is useful if you start the server while logged in as a UNIX user with
administrator privileges: you can start the server with administrator privileges,
but the server switches to an account that has fewer privileges before it begins
accepting client connections. For more information, see “Changing the
effective user ID of the server process” in Chapter 3, “Creating and
Configuring Servers,” in the EAServer System Administration Guide.
Multiple listener hosts
Beginning in version 4.2.2, EAServer allows you to configure multiple host
addresses for network listeners. This feature is useful when the machine is
configured with multiple network interfaces. When specifying the listener
host, you can enter multiple host names or IP addresses, separated by commas.
You can also enter the special value
0.0.0.0, which causes EAServer to listen
on all of the machine’s host or IP addresses. When using multiple host
addresses, EAServer creates a listener for each host on the specified port. For
more information on configuring listeners, see Chapter 3, “Creating and
Configuring Servers,” in the EAServer System Administration Guide.
Standalone jagtool
jagtool and jagant now support a standalone command mode, which allows you
to configure an EAServer installation without requiring a connection to a
server. This enhancement is helpful in situations where it is not convenient to
start a server, for example, when using
jagtool to configure new installations.
For more information, see Chapter 12, “Using jagtool and jagant,” in the
EAServer System Administration Guide.
Enhanced Windows service support
On Microsoft Windows platforms, EAServer versions earlier than 4.2.2 allow
you to run EAServer as a Windows service so that your application server starts
automatically when the system boots. EAServer 4.2.2 enhances this
functionality by allowing you to run multiple servers from different
installations as Windows services.