Installation guide

Installation Overview
Chapter 1 Before You Install iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 17
Make sure the port you choose isn’t already in use. On Unix and Linux systems, you can
check the file
/etc/services on the server machine to make sure you don’t assign a port
number that is reserved for another service. If you choose a port that is currently being used
by another service, the installation program prompts you for another port.
Installation Overview
You can install iPlanet Web Server by downloading it off the iPlanet web site:
http://www.iplanet.com/download/download
You can also install it from the iPlanet Web Server CD, which contains installation
programs for both iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 6.0 and Netscape Communicator
4.72. In addition, the iPlanet Web Server software comes with a version of iPlanet Directory
Server on a separate CD.
When you install iPlanet Web Server, you follow these basic steps:
1. If you have iPlanet Web Server 4.x already installed and plan to migrate that server to
work with iPlanet Web Server 6.0, shut down the 4.x web server and save a back up of
all its files in the server root.
You must install iPlanet Web Server 6.0 in a separate directory. For instance, if a
previous version of the web server is installed in
C:\netscape\server4, install
iPlanet Web Server 6.0 in
C:\iplanet\servers.
On Windows NT you may also want to save copies of files added to
Winnt/System32
during server installation, and copies of the registry as well. For more information on
saving copies of the registry, see your operating system documentation.
2. If you do not already have either Communicator 4.72 or higher or Internet Explorer 5.0
or higher installed, install one.
3. If you are planning to use users and groups for access control, and you do not have an
iPlanet Directory Server installed, install it from the Directory Server CD included with
your iPlanet Web Server software. When you install iPlanet Directory Server, you also
install Netscape Console.
NOTE
If you use Unix or Linux, and you choose a server port number lower than 1024,
you must be logged in as root to start the server. After the server binds to the
port, the server changes from the root user account to the user account you
specify. If you choose a port number higher than 1024, you don’t have to be the
root user to start the server.