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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 2 Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
Host System Options
YoucaninstallACEManagementServeronaWindowshost,aLinuxhost,orasa
virtualappliance.IfyousetupmultipleACEManagementServerinstances,theymust
allbethesametype.
Windows Hosts
IfyouplantointegratewithActiveDirectory,VMwarerecommendsthatyouinstall
ACEManagementServeronaWindowshost.
TheWindowsACEManagementServerusestheWinLDAPlibrarybundledwithyour
WindowsoperatingsystemtointegratewithActiveDirectory.Internaltestingresults
indicatethattheWindowsimplementationprovidesbetterperformance
thanLinux.
Linux Hosts
YoucaninstallACEManagementServeronaLinuxhostanduseActiveDirectoryfor
authentication,eventhoughperformanceisslowerthanonWindowshosts.Ifyouplan
touseaLinuxhostinproductionenvironments,usetheLinuxinstallerratherthanthe
ACEManagementServerappliance.Ifyoudonot
havethesupportedLinuxoperating
systemsinstalledonaphysicalserver,youcancreateavirtualmachine,installa
supportedLinuxoperatingsystem,andinstallACEManagementServerinthevirtual
machine.
Server Appliance Option
TheACEManagementServerapplianceisaself‐contained,preinstalled,and
preconfiguredACEManagementServerpackagedwithasmallLinuxoperating
systeminavirtualmachine.Theapplianceisconvenientandquicktosetupinatesting
environmentbutisnotrecommendedforproductionenvironments.
Bydefault,theapplianceattempts
toconfigureitsnetworkbyusingDHCP.Ifyoudo
notwanttouseDHCP,youcanusethebrowser‐basedACEManagementServerSetup
applicationtoconfigurethenetworksettings.Youcanusethesameinterfacetoupdate
theappliancewhenupdatesbecomeavailable.
Youmusthaveaccesstoa
Webbrowser(Mozilla1.52orhigherorInternetExplorer6.0
orhigher)tochangenetworksettingsorobtainupdatesfortheappliance.