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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
Migrating Enterprise Ready Server to
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5. Migrating Enterprise Ready Server to vFabric Web Server
This section has information about migrating Enterprise Ready Server (ERS) to to vFabric Web Server. For information about
migrating ERS to vFabric tc Server, see Migrate an ERS Tomcat Instance to tc Server.
VMware currently provides two supported distributions of the open-source Apache HTTPD Server: vFabric Enterprise Ready
Server (ERS) and vFabric Web Server, which is part of vFabric Suite. vFabric Web Server is fully supported by VMware on
common platforms such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows, and support is available for additional, less-
common platforms. See Supported Configurations and System Requirements. Please contact VMware support if your platform is
not listed on the vFabric Web Server product download page.
vFabric Enterprise Ready Server is deprecated. VMware will no longer provide support for HTTPD version 2.0 as of November
30, 2013 and HTTPD version 2.2 as of November 30, 2014. For more information, see VMware Support Policies. Please contact
your account manager to learn about converting your existing active ERS licenses to vFabric Web Server licenses.
This document describes how to migrate Enterprise Ready Server instances to use vFabric Web Server. Although each product is
based on the standard, open-source Apache HTTP Server, there are differences in VMware's implementations. See Differences
Between vFabric Web Server and vFabric ERS.
This document describes the migration procedure for Enterprise Ready Server based on Apache version 2.2.
You can use the same procedures to migrate from Apache version 2.0, but be aware of additional changes. See
Upgrading to 2.2 from 2.0.
Subtopics
Preparing to Migrate
Migration Procedure
Preparing to Migrate
Before you migrate, read the information in this section. You may also want to review Differences Between vFabric Web Server
and vFabric ERS.
Audit your Configurations
Migration from ERS to vFabric Web Server is an opportune time for you to examine your vFabric Web Server configurations for
best practices and to update them where necessary. Note the following recommendations:
• VMware recommends that your deployment use the latest security modules and procedures.
• VMware recommends that you use the latest version of plug-in modules.
VMware does not guarantee compatibility of third-party plug-in modules between ERS and vFabric Web Server. VMware
recommends that you recompile third-party modules using the Developer build of vFabric Web Server. You may need to
contact your vendor to obtain the latest versions of the modules.
• VMware recommends that you use up-to-date SSL libraries and that you review your SSL cipher configurations and protocol
directives. .
• VMware recommends that you use modular configuration files.
VMware recommends that you use the Include directive to add external configurations to your httpd.conf file. When
you use the Include directive to reference external configuration files, the httpd.conf file is more readable and your
configurations are easier to manage. For example, the following directive references an external configuration file:
Include conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf