5.0

VMware vFabric Cloud Application
Platform 5.0 iii
Table of Contents
1. About vFabric Web Server Installation and Configuration .............................................................................. 1
Intended Audience ......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Overview of vFabric Web Server ............................................................................................................ 3
Complete Packages and Modules in vFabric Web Server 5.0 ...................................................................... 3
Supported Platforms ....................................................................................................................... 4
3. Installing vFabric Web Server ................................................................................................................ 5
RHEL: Install vFabric Web Server from the VMware Package Repository ...................................................... 5
Linux: Install vFabric Web Server from a Self-Extracting ZIP ..................................................................... 6
Windows: Install vFabric Web Server from a ZIP File .............................................................................. 7
Description of vFabric Web Server Installation ...................................................................................... 8
4. Creating and Using vFabric Web Server Instances ...................................................................................... 11
Description of vFabric Web Server Instances ....................................................................................... 11
Create vFabric Web Server Instances ................................................................................................. 11
newserver Prompts and Command Reference ....................................................................................... 12
Linux: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances ............................................................................... 14
Windows: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances .......................................................................... 15
Serve a Sample HTML File from Your vFabric Web Server Instance ........................................................... 16
5. Configuring vFabric Web Server Instances ............................................................................................... 19
Using Sample Configuration Files to Enable Features and Modify Configuration ............................................. 19
Configure Load Balancing Between Two or More tc Runtime Instances ........................................................ 19
6. Additional Documentation ................................................................................................................... 25