5.1

VMware vFabric Suite 5.1 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 5.1 ...................................................................... 3
Differences Between vFabric Web Server and vFabric ERS ....................................................................... 4
3. Installing vFabric Web Server ................................................................................................................ 5
Installation Note for vFabric Suite Customers ........................................................................................ 5
Available Distribution Packages ......................................................................................................... 5
RHEL: Install vFabric Web Server from the VMware RPM Repository .......................................................... 5
Unix: Install vFabric Web Server from a Self-Extracting ZIP ...................................................................... 7
Windows: Install vFabric Web Server from a ZIP File .............................................................................. 8
Activate a local vFabric Web Server License ......................................................................................... 9
Description of the vFabric Web Server Installation ................................................................................ 10
Upgrading vFabric Web Server ........................................................................................................ 11
4. Creating and Using vFabric Web Server Instances ...................................................................................... 15
Description of vFabric Web Server Instances ....................................................................................... 15
Create vFabric Web Server Instances ................................................................................................. 15
newserver Prompts and Command Reference ....................................................................................... 16
Unix: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances ................................................................................ 19
Windows: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances .......................................................................... 20
Serve a Sample HTML File from Your vFabric Web Server Instance ........................................................... 21
5. Configuring vFabric Web Server Instances ............................................................................................... 23
Using Sample Configuration Files to Enable Features and Modify Configuration ............................................. 23
Configure Load Balancing Between Two or More tc Runtime Instances ........................................................ 23
Configure BMX for Monitoring vFabric Web Server Instances .................................................................. 27
6. Security Information .......................................................................................................................... 29
External Interfaces, Ports, and Services .............................................................................................. 29
Resources That Must Be Protected .................................................................................................... 29
Log File Locations ....................................................................................................................... 29
User Accounts Created at Installation ................................................................................................ 30
Obtaining and Installing Security Updates ........................................................................................... 30
7. Additional Documentation ................................................................................................................... 31