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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
ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
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3 InstallingandConfiguringACE Management Server 25
PreparingforInstallation 25
ConfigureTLSinYourBrowser 26
InstallingandUpgradingACEManagementServer 26
InstallanACEManagementServeronaWindowsHost 27
InstallACEManagementServeronaLinuxSystem 28
InstallanACEManagementServerAppliance 29
VerifyThattheApacheServiceIsStartedorRestarted 31
StartandConfigureACEManagementServer 33
LogInto
ACEManagementServer 34
4 ConfigurationOptionsforACEManagementServer 37
PrerequisitesforConfiguringtheServer 37
CreateUsersandGroupsforIntegrationwithActiveDirectory 38
SetUpanExternalDatabase 39
CreatingaSystemDSNEntryforanExternalDatabase 40
IncreasetheNumberofDatabaseConnectionsAllowed 42
EnableDatabaseConnectionPoolingonLinux 43
SetUpaConnectionBetweentheServerApplianceandanExternal
Database 43
Prepare
CustomSecurityCertificates 44
ViewthePropertiesoftheSelf‐SignedCertificateFile 45
StartingACEManagementServerConfiguration 45
ViewingandChangingLicensingInformation 46
UsinganExternalDatabase 46
CreatingAccessControl 47
UploadingCustomSSLCertificates 48
LoggingEvents 49
ApplyingConfigurationSettings 50
5 Load‐BalancingMultipleACEManagementServerInstances 51
TypicalSetupUsingLoad‐BalancedACEManagementServerInstances 52
InstalltheRequiredServicesforLoadBalancing 53
UsetheSameSSLCertificateonAllServers 53
CreateNewSSLCertificatesandKeysforEachServer 55
InstallingandConfiguringtheLoadBalancer 57
VerifyThatACEInstancesAreUsingtheLoadBalancer 57