User Guide
6 Breeze Deployment Guide
For two computers to communicate over the Internet, the client computer must have the IP
address of the server computer. Typically, the client uses a domain name such as
www.mycompany.com, and a name server translates the IP address of the server. To send
information to a specific application running on the server, the client must also know the port for
that application. For example, most web servers listen to port 80. Servers typically run a few
applications, such as a web server, a mail server, and an FTP server, and each one of these
applications owns or listens to a specific port.
Launching a meeting
You can trace the order in which components perform when users launch a meeting to help you
understand the primary system components. The following example illustrates the typical order
in which Breeze uses components to place users successfully in a meeting:
1.
The web browser collects the login credentials and communicates the credentials to the
Breeze server.
2.
The Breeze Presentation and Breeze Training server accepts the login credentials and validates
the user.
3.
The Breeze Presentation and Breeze Training server creates a session and sends the home page
information to the browser.
Note: Some users might not see the home page if they received a meeting invitation directly.
4.
In the web browser, the user sees the meeting on the home page and clicks the link (and
consequently the meeting launch button) to launch the meeting.
5.
In Flash Player, the meeting interface, implemented as a Flash application, opens.
6.
In Flash Player, the Flash application initiates communication with both the Breeze
Presentation and Breeze Training server and the Breeze Live server to participate in the meeting.
7.
The Breeze Live server waits to initiate the meeting until the designated start time. (The
meeting actually is ready to begin during earlier communication between the Breeze server and
the Breeze Live server.)
8.
The Breeze Live server handles most of the requests from Flash Player to display media, such
as video and audio, and to conduct application sharing.
9.
The Breeze Presentation and Breeze Training server interacts with Flash Player to provide
meeting services, such as content display and views into the Content library.