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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
8 VMware, Inc.
ACEManagementServeriseasytoinstallandconfigure.Clienttrafficcanbeproxiedbyeasilyavailable
products.Theserveruseseasilyavailablesoftwarecomponents:
ApacheWebserver2.0
ThedefaultSQLitedatabasestore
Theserversetupusesindustry‐standardprotocols:
HTTPSandLDAP
XML‐RPCformessageencapsulation
ACEManagementServeroffersextensibilityandavailability:
YoucancreateandusemorethanoneACEManagementServer.Whenyouusemorethanoneserver,you
cansettheserversupsothattheysharethesamedatabaseforloadbalancingorincreasedfaulttolerance.
AWindowsACEManagementServercanbeonthesamesystemasWorkstation.
YoucandesignateasingleACEManagementServername,suchas
https://ace.policyserver.company.com,anduseDNSlookuptotranslatethehostnametoan
address.TheaddressiscachedifaDNSserverisnotavailable.Additionally,youcanusedifferentACE
ManagementServerinstancesifuserstravelbetweenofficesin
differentgeographiclocations.
System Requirements
ThefollowingsectionsdescribetheACEManagementServersystemrequirements.
Required Hardware
Aminimumofan800MHz‐compatiblex86andx86‐64architectureprocessor
Compatibleprocessorsinclude:
Celeron,PentiumII,PentiumIII,Pentium4,PentiumM(includingcomputerswithCentrinomobile
technology),Xeon(includingPrestonia),AMD,Athlon,Athlon MP,AthlonXP,Duron,Opteron,AMD64
Opteron,andAthlon64
ExperimentalsupportforIntelIA‐32eCPU
40MBoffreespaceisrequiredforbasicinstallation.VMwarerecommendsatleast10GBoffreediskspace.
An8‐bitdisplayadapterisrequired.
Forlocalareanetworking,anyEthernetcontrollerthattheoperatingsystemsupportsissufficient.
Supported Operating Systems
FollowingarethesupportedoperatingsystemsforACEManagementServer:
WindowsServer2003WebEditionSP1andSP2,WindowsServer2003StandardEditionSP1andSP2,
WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionSP1andSP2(includes64‐bitandR2editions)
WindowsXPProfessional(includes64‐biteditions)
Windows2000ServerServicePack4andWindows2000AdvancedServerServicePack 4
RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedServer4.0withUpdate 4.
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9ServicePack3
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OTEYourservernamemustbeeitherthemachinenameinEnglishortheIP address.International
charactersarenotsupported.