5.3
Table Of Contents
- vFabric Web Server Installation and Configuration
- Table of Contents
- 1. About vFabric Web Server Installation and Configuration
- 2. Overview of vFabric Web Server
- 3. Installing vFabric Web Server
- Installation Note for vFabric Suite Customers
- Available Distribution Packages
- RHEL: Install vFabric Web Server from an RPM
- Unix: Install vFabric Web Server from a Self-Extracting ZIP
- Windows: Install vFabric Web Server from a ZIP File
- Activate a vFabric Web Server Local License
- Description of the vFabric Web Server Installation
- 4. Upgrading vFabric Web Server
- 5. Migrating Enterprise Ready Server to vFabric Web Server
- 6. Creating and Using vFabric Web Server Instances
- 7. Configuring vFabric Web Server Instances
- Using Sample Configuration Files to Enable Features and Modify Configuration
- Configure Load Balancing Between Two or More tc Runtime Instances
- Configure SSL Between vFabric Web Server and vFabric tc Server
- Configure tc Runtime Instances to Use SSL
- Configure the vFabric Web Server Instance to Use SSL
- Restrict Communication With tc Runtime Instances to Known Clients
- Update the Web Server Configuration for HTTPS Connections to tc Runtime Instances
- Configure vFabric Web Server to Authenticate Itself Using a Specific Client Certificate
- Configure BMX for Monitoring vFabric Web Server Instances
- Metrics
- 8. Security Information
- 9. Managing Planned and Unplanned Outages
- 10. Additional Documentation
16 vFabric Web Server
16 Upgrading vFabric Web Server
Procedure
1. Download the appropriate vFabric Web Server self-extracting ZIP from the VMware Download Web site and place it in the
parent directory of the main Web Server installation directory (vfabric-web-server.)
For example, if you originally installed Web Server in /opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server, which in turn means
that the HTTPD binaries are located in /opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server/httpd-2.2.version, then place
the downloaded ZIP file in /opt/vmware.
Be sure to choose the correct Unix operating system and chip architecture. For example, the file to install vFabric Web
Server on a 64-bit Linux platform is vfabric-web-server-version-x86_64-linux-glibc2.zip.sfx.
2. Log in as the root user on to the Unix computer on which you want to upgrade vFabric Web Server and start a terminal.
3. Change to the parent directory of the main Web Server installation directory, which is also the directory in which you
downloaded the ZIP file of the new Web Server version. For example:
prompt# cd /opt/vmware
4. If necessary, change the permissions of the downloaded ZIP file to make it executable:
prompt# chmod 755 vfabric-web-server-version-x86_64-linux-glibc2.zip.sfx
5. Self-extract the files from the downloaded ZIP by using the file name as a command. For example:
prompt# ./vfabric-web-server-version-x86_64-linux-glibc2.zip.sfx
At the prompt to replace vfabric-web-server/fixrootpath.pl, answer All.
When it completes, the new vFabric Web Server files are located in the vfabric-web-server subdirectory. If the new
version of Web Server includes a more recent version of the Apache HTTPD binaries, you will see a new corresponding
directory, such as vfabric-web-server/httpd-2.2.24.0-64.
6. Change to the vfabric-web-server directory and run the fixrootpath.pl Perl script to correct the root paths and
adjust the httpd-2.2 symbolic link:
prompt# cd vfabric-web-server
prompt# perl fixrootpath.pl
When you next start your existing Web Server instances, they will automatically use the new Apache HTTPD binaries you just
installed.
Windows: Upgrade Using a Self-Extracting ZIP
Upgrading vFabric Web Server on Windows is very similar to installing, except you unzip the self-extracting ZIP file into the
existing vFabric Web Server installation directory.
Prerequisites
• Stop all running Web Server instances in the installation that you are upgrading and uninstall them as Windows services. See
Windows: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances
• Read the Windows installation prerequisites which also apply to upgrading. See Windows: Install vFabric Web Server from a
Self-Extracting ZIP .
Procedure
1. Log in as the Administrator user on the Windows computer on which you want to upgrade vFabric Web Server.