5.3

VMware vFabric Suite 5.3 iii
Table of Contents
1. About vFabric Web Server Installation and Configuration .............................................................................. 1
Intended Audience ......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Overview of vFabric Web Server ............................................................................................................ 3
Information for International Customers ............................................................................................... 3
Complete Packages and Modules in vFabric Web Server 5.3 ...................................................................... 3
Differences Between vFabric Web Server and vFabric ERS ....................................................................... 4
3. Installing vFabric Web Server ................................................................................................................ 7
Installation Note for vFabric Suite Customers ........................................................................................ 7
Available Distribution Packages ......................................................................................................... 7
RHEL: Install vFabric Web Server from an RPM ................................................................................... 7
Unix: Install vFabric Web Server from a Self-Extracting ZIP ...................................................................... 9
Windows: Install vFabric Web Server from a ZIP File ............................................................................ 11
Activate a vFabric Web Server Local License ...................................................................................... 12
Description of the vFabric Web Server Installation ................................................................................ 13
4. Upgrading vFabric Web Server ............................................................................................................. 15
RHEL: Upgrade Using the VMware RPM Repository ............................................................................. 15
Unix: Upgrade Using a Self-Extracting ZIP ......................................................................................... 15
Windows: Upgrade Using a Self-Extracting ZIP .................................................................................... 16
5. Migrating Enterprise Ready Server to vFabric Web Server ............................................................................ 19
Preparing to Migrate ..................................................................................................................... 19
Migration Procedure ..................................................................................................................... 23
6. Creating and Using vFabric Web Server Instances ...................................................................................... 25
Description of vFabric Web Server Instances ....................................................................................... 25
Create vFabric Web Server Instances ................................................................................................. 25
newserver Prompts and Command Reference ....................................................................................... 26
Unix: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances ................................................................................ 30
Windows: Start and Stop vFabric Web Server Instances .......................................................................... 31
httpdctl Reference ........................................................................................................................ 32
Serve a Sample HTML File from Your vFabric Web Server Instance ........................................................... 33
7. Configuring vFabric Web Server Instances ............................................................................................... 35
Using Sample Configuration Files to Enable Features and Modify Configuration ............................................. 35
Configure Load Balancing Between Two or More tc Runtime Instances ........................................................ 36
Configure SSL Between vFabric Web Server and vFabric tc Server ............................................................. 39
Configure BMX for Monitoring vFabric Web Server Instances .................................................................. 43
Metrics ..................................................................................................................................... 44
8. Security Information .......................................................................................................................... 47
External Interfaces, Ports, and Services .............................................................................................. 47
Resources That Must Be Protected .................................................................................................... 47
Log File Locations ....................................................................................................................... 47
User Accounts Created at Installation ................................................................................................ 48
Obtaining and Installing Security Updates ........................................................................................... 48
9. Managing Planned and Unplanned Outages .............................................................................................. 49
Managing Planned Outages ............................................................................................................. 49
Managing Unplanned Outages ......................................................................................................... 49
Backing Up vFabric Web Server ...................................................................................................... 50
10. Additional Documentation ................................................................................................................. 53