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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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Figure 2-1. Comprehensive ACE Management Server Deployment
ACEManagementServeroffersconvenienceandflexibilityinitssetupoptions.
YoucaninstalltheserveronWindowsorLinuxhosts.Fortestingpurposes,youcandownloadandrunthe
serverasavirtualappliance.ACEManagementServerincludesitsownsecuritycertificatesandembedded
database,butyoucanuse
anexternaldatabaseandusecertificatesfromacertificateauthorityifyouprefer.
YoucanalsoconfigureACEManagementServertouseActiveDirectoryforauthentication.
Host System Options
YoucaninstallACEManagementServeronaWindowshost,aLinuxhost,orasavirtualappliance.Ifyouset
upmultipleACEManagementServerinstances,theymustallbethesametype.
Windows Hosts
IfyouplantointegratewithActiveDirectory,VMwarerecommendsthatyouinstallACEManagementServer
onaWindowshost.
TheWindowsACEManagementServerusestheWinLDAPlibrarybundledwithyourWindowsoperating
systemtointegratewithActiveDirectory.InternaltestingresultsindicatethattheWindowsimplementation
providesbetterperformance
thanLinux.
Linux Hosts
YoucaninstallACEManagementServeronaLinuxhostanduseActiveDirectoryforauthentication,even
thoughperformanceisslowerthanonWindowshosts.IfyouplantouseaLinuxhostinproduction
environments,usetheLinuxinstallerratherthantheACEManagementServerappliance.Ifyoudonot
have
thesupportedLinuxoperatingsystemsinstalledonaphysicalserver,youcancreateavirtualmachine,install
asupportedLinuxoperatingsystem,andinstallACEManagementServerinthevirtualmachine.
Server Appliance Option
TheACEManagementServerapplianceisaself‐contained,preinstalled,andpreconfiguredACE
ManagementServerpackagedwithasmallLinuxoperatingsysteminavirtualmachine.Theapplianceis
convenientandquicktosetupinatestingenvironmentbutisnotrecommendedforproductionenvironments.
Bydefault,theapplianceattempts
toconfigureitsnetworkbyusingDHCP.IfyoudonotwanttouseDHCP,
youcanusethebrowser‐basedACEManagementServerSetupapplicationtoconfigurethenetworksettings.
Youcanusethesameinterfacetoupdatetheappliancewhenupdatesbecomeavailable.
Youmusthaveaccesstoa
Webbrowser(Mozilla1.52orhigherorInternetExplorer6.0orhigher)tochange
networksettingsorobtainupdatesfortheappliance.
ACE Management Server
(one or more)
Active Directory
domain controller
(optional)
database
server
proxy for ACE Management Server
service through corporate firewall
(optional)
WSAE client
(within
corporate
network)
load
balancer
(optional)
ACE Player client
(outside corporate network)
ACE Player client
(within
corporate
network)
LDAP
Kerberos
ODBC
HTTPS
HTTPS
HTTPS
HTTPSHTTPS