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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 4 Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
To increase the number of database connections allowed
1InspecttheApacheconfigurationfileontheACEManagementServerhosttodeterminethenumberof
parallelthreadsorprocessesthatmightstartatthesametime.
2ConfigurethedatabasetoallowasmanyconnectionsastheApacheserver.
Seeyourdatabasedocumentation.
Enable Database Connection Pooling on Linux
EnablingdatabaseconnectionpoolingfordatabasesonLinuxhostscangiveasubstantialperformancegain
underhighloads.ACEManagementServercanreusedatabaseconnectionsratherthanopeningnew
connectionsforeveryrequest.
EnabledatabaseconnectionpoolingintheODBCDriverManager(itisdisabledbydefault)tooptimize
performancefor
serversonLinuxplatforms.
OnWindowsplatforms,ODBCconnectionpoolingisenabledbydefault.
To enable database connection pooling on Linux
1StarttheODBCConfigutilityasarootuser.
2ClicktheAdvancedtab.
3 SelecttheConnectionPoolingcheckbox.
Set Up a Connection Between the Server Appliance and an External Database
TheACEManagementServerappliancedoesnotcontainaPostgreSQLdatabaseserver.Youcan,however,use
anexternaldatabaseserverwiththeappliance.
To set up a connection between the server appliance and an external database
1Logintotheserverapplianceconsoleasroot,usingthepasswordyoucreatedduringyourfirstrunof
theserverappliance.
2Openthe/etc/odbc.inifileina
texteditor.
Forexample:
vaos# vi /etc/odbc.ini
Thisfilecontainsthepostgres_dsn settingfortheOBSCDSN.
3 Uncommentalllinesinthepostgres_dsn fileexceptthefirsttwo.
Touncommentlines,deletethepoundsign(#)atthebeginningofeachline.
4Replaceplaceholders<...>withthePostgreSQLdatabaseserverDNSnameorIP addressandthedatabase
nameofthis
server.
5Usethedefaultportnumberorsetadifferentportnumber.
6 Savethefile.
Afteryoucompletethistask,postgres_dsnappearsinthedrop‐downmenuontheDatabasetabintheACE
ManagementServerSetupapplication.