MACROMEDIA BREEZE 5 User manual

Installing and Configuring Breeze Edge Server

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Acknowledgments

Project Management: Stephanie Gowin

Writing: John Norton

Editing: John Hammett

Production Management: Patrice O’Neill

Media Design and Production: AdamBarnett, Paul Benkman, JohnFrancis, Mario Reynoso

Second Edition: October 2005

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Contents

Introduction to edge servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connecting to Breeze through edge servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing Breeze Edge Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

The Breeze Edge Server license file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuring FCS for Breeze Edge Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuring FCS for SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Stopping and starting Breeze Edge Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Deploying an edge server cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scheduling maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4Contents

Macromedia Breeze Edge

Server

For a successful installation and configuration of Macromedia Breeze Edge Server, read the

information provided in this document. It contains the following sections:

■“Introduction to edge servers” on page 6

■“Connecting to Breeze through edge servers” on page 8

■“System requirements” on page 8

■“Installing Breeze Edge Server” on page 9

■“The Breeze Edge Server license file” on page 14

■“Configuring FCS for Breeze Edge Server” on page 14

■“Mapping the DNS entry for Breeze Edge Server” on page 15

■“Configuring FCS for SSL” on page 16

■“Alternative SSL implementations” on page 16

■“HTTP tunneling” on page 17

■“Adding the required SSL tags in the Adaptor.xml file” on page 17

■“Locating the required SSL tags in the Server.xml file” on page 17

■“Stopping and starting Breeze Edge Server” on page 24

■“Deploying an edge server cluster” on page 25

■“Scheduling maintenance” on page 26

6 Macromedia Breeze Edge Server

Introduction to edge servers

Edge servers are configured to allocate and balance access to a Breeze server by using the

existing bandwidth resources more efficiently. Once the edge servers are deployed, users access

Breeze through their edge server. Edge servers authenticate these users and authorize their

requests for web services such as Macromedia Breeze Meeting rather than forwarding every

request to the Breeze server and consuming its resources for these tasks. If the data requested is

found in the edge server’s cache, it returns the Breeze Meeting data to the requesting client

(the user’s computer) without calling upon the Breeze server. This detour to the Breeze server

is transparent to users. In this scenario, no demands are placed on the origin Breeze server.

If the data requested is not found in the edge server’s cache, it forwards the client’s request to

the Breeze server, where the user is authenticated and the request for services authorized. The

Breeze server returns the results to the requesting edge server, which in turn delivers the results

to the requesting client. The edge server also stores this information in its cache, where other

authenticated users can access it. In this scenario, fewer requests for services are forwarded to

the origin Breeze server.

Introduction to edge servers 7

An edge server is configured to intercept the requests for Breeze services from a particular

zone, to collect or aggregate these requests, and transmit them to the origin Breeze server. The

Breeze server returns the results to the edge server, which forwards the data to the user’s client

computer. A networked Breeze deployment might have multiple edge servers installed. For

example, one edge server might aggregate and forward requests from San Francisco and

another might aggregate and forward requests from Boston. Each edge server gathers the

requests from its clients and forwards them to the origin Breeze server located in a data center

in Chicago, receives the responses from the origin Breeze server, then transmits and distributes

them to the clients in its zone.

Boston

Meeting X Breeze Edge

San Francisco

Meeting X Breeze Edge

Breeze

Chicago

Company A

8 Macromedia Breeze Edge Server

Connecting to Breeze through edge

servers

When edge servers are present on an organization’s network, Breeze users connect to Breeze

Meeting indirectly through the edge (or proxy) server. This connection occurs transparently.

To Breeze users, it appears that they are connected directly to the Breeze server hosting Breeze

Meeting, but they are most likely connected through the proxy or edge server servicing their

local network. Edge servers offload traffic to the origin Breeze server caching static content

like recorded Breeze meetings and presentations.

These take place behind the network connection to the Breeze server. The client (the user’s

computer) connects to the edge (proxy) server instead of making a direct connection to Flash

Communication Server (FCS) (Breeze Meeting) directly. The edge server in turn connects to

the origin Breeze server. Many additional steps, such as user authentication and permissions

authorization, are hidden from the Breeze user.

Edge servers provide an additional layer of defense between the user’s Internet connection and

the Breeze server. All traffic coming from the Internet and with Breeze as its destination goes

through the edge server.

System requirements

This release of Edge Server is certified to support up to 500 users or 50 meeting rooms. The

following table lists the hardware requirements for edge servers.

Component Requirement

Operating System Windows Server 2000

Windows Server 2003

Server Processor Pentium IV 3.6 GHz

Cache Processor 2 MB cache processor

Memory 4 GB RAM recommended

2 GB RAM minimum

Hard Drive 80 GB 10K RPM recommended

40 GB 7200 RPM minimum

Network Adaptor TCP/IP Adaptor supporting 1 GB over CAT5 Ethernet

Display SGVA supporting 800x600 or higher resolution

Drive CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

Installing Breeze Edge Server 9

Installing Breeze Edge Server

Use the procedures described in this section to install the Breeze Edge Server. Macromedia

recommends that you close all other applications before starting to install.

To install and configure Breeze Edge Server:

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the Macromedia Breeze Edge Server

Setup wizard does not start automatically, double-click the setup.exe file in the installation

CD’s root folder.

The Welcome to the Macromedia Breeze Edge Server Setup Wizard window appears.

10 Macromedia Breeze Edge Server

2. Click Next to continue.

The License Agreement window appears.

3. Read the agreement, select I Accept the Agreement, and click Next to continue.

The Select Destination Location window appears.

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