User Guide

14 Macromedia Breeze Edge Server
The Breeze Edge Server license file
When your order for Breeze Edge Server is processed, Macromedia Order Services dispatches
an e-mail with the Breeze Edge Server license file (license.lic) attached.
To install the Breeze Edge Server license file, do the following:
1. Go to c:\{install_path}\edgeserver\conf\win32\.
2. Create a folder named licenses, if it does not already exist.
3. Open the e-mail from Macromedia.
4. Save the license.lic file in the licenses folder.
With the license file in place, you can now stop and start Breeze Edge Server and FCS services
to verify that the installation was successful.
For more information, see “Stopping and starting Breeze Edge Server” on page 24.
Configuring FCS for Breeze Edge Server
Each organization configures its network differently, reflecting its business rules and
geographical distribution. The key for a successful edge server deployment is making sure that
the user’s computers (Breeze clients) receive an edge server’s IP address when resolving the
Domain Name Server (DNS) entry for the
BREEZEHOST variable (formerly known as
ADMIN_HOST).
Here is a scenario for large Breeze deployments that builds upon the graphic in “Introduction
to edge servers” on page 6.
■ On-site clients (Chicago users) can access the Breeze origin server directly. The Breeze
Host DNS mapping for these clients resolves to the Breeze origin server’s IP address.
■ Edge servers collect off-site clients’ (Boston and San Francisco users) requests for services
and route the requests to the Breeze origin server.
■ The Breeze Host DNS mapping for these remote clients resolves to the appropriate edge
server’s IP address.
■ San Francisco clients access Breeze through edge server 1; Boston clients use edge server 2.
No clients in these regions communicate directly with the Breeze origin server.
Access to Breeze is determined by modifying the DNS server that is nearest to the client. To
direct Breeze users to their nearest edge server, the Breeze administrator creates a DNS entry
in the edge server’s custom.ini configuration file. For edge servers, the
FCS.HTTPCACHE_BREEZE_SERVER_NORMAL_PORT variable contains the DNS entry.