Installation guide

Conguring adaptors and virtual hosts
Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player
6 or later.
e server is divided into hierarchical levels: server, adaptor, virtual host, and application. e
serverisatthetoplevelandcontainsoneormoreadaptors.Eachadaptorcontainsoneormore
virtual hosts, and in turn, each adaptor contains one or more applications or services. You can
add adaptors and virtual hosts to congure the server for hosting multiple applications and sites.
Ifyouarehostingmultiplewebsitesonaserver,useseparatevirtualhoststogivecustomerstheir
own root folders. is allows you to keep separate settings, content, and log data for each customer.
YoucanassignanIPaddressorportnumbertoanadaptor,butnottoavirtualhost.So,for
example,ifyourcustomerneedstheirownSSLcerticate,assigntheirvirtualhosttoits
own adaptor.
Optimizing server performance
ere are several levels of conguration available with Flash Media Server:
• Server
• Adaptor
• Virtualhost
• Application
Note: All editions of Flash Media Server 3 are precongured and ready to stream right out of the box. Changing
settings may aect the performance and reliability of the server, so make changes carefully and be sure to back up
the original XML les before making any changes. The most commonly edited settings are found in the FMS.ini le.
EachlevelhasitscongurationsettingsstoredasXMLlesintheRootInstall/conf
directory. ere are also separate conguration les in this directory that control administrator
accounts and logging.
YoucaneditcongurationlesinanytextorXMLeditor.YoumustthenrestartFlashMedia
Serverforanychangestotakeeect.Forchangestotheadministratoraccountsettings(Users.
xml),youmustalsorestarttheFlashMediaAdministrationserver.
Server-level settings
Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player
6 or later.
e server has one initialization settings le, fm s.i ni, in the RootInstall/conf directory.
is le contains commonly used settings, including the administrator username and password,
and the settings you chose during installation. ere is also only one Server.xml le, which
controlssettingssuchasconnectionrequestlimits,idleconnectiontimeout,IPv6setup,SWFle
verication,allowabledomains,SSL/RTMPEconguration,andloggingpreferences.Editsmade
in the Server.xml le aect the entire server, unless they are overridden in a subsequent
conguration le.
Adaptor settings
Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player
6 or later.
e A d a p tor.x m l leisthecongurationleforindividualnetworkadaptors.Itdetermines
settings such as the number of threads that can be used by the adaptor, the communications
portsthattheadaptorbindsto,andtheIPaddressesordomainsfromwhichtheadaptorcan
acceptconnections,andRTMPversionsthatcanbeused.YoucanalsoimplementSSLwiththe
A d ap t o r.x m l le, if you want each of your adaptors to use a dierent digital certicate.
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