WEBDEV Concepts

Part 7: Deploying aWeb site 217 Remark : For each Web server that is hosting WEBDEV sites, the hosting company must own a license for the WEBDEV application server. 2. To install the WEBDEV site, INSTALL.EXE (provided with the setup of the WEBDEV site) must be run on the Web server. Important : To update an existing site, you must lock the access to the site via the WEBDEV administrator (check "WEBDEV site locked" in the "Sites" tab). 3. Choose the setup language : a setup wizard starts. Go to the next step. 4. The setup automatically detects whether one or more of the following Internet servers are installed on the computer: • IIS Version 7 and later (Microsoft Internet Information Server) : Microsoft server. • Apache Version 2.2 and 2.4 : free Web server supplied by the Apache Group. Three cases may occur: • Case 1 : your Web server is not displayed in this list : select "Other server". For more details, see the online help about the server configuration. • Case 2: your Web server is displayed in the list but it is grayed : your Web server was not detected. To select it, all you have to do is check "Display all the servers". Then, you must ask to generate a configuration file in order to run the configuration later (to install your server later for example). • Case 3: your Web sever can be selected directly : select your server. You can ask to generate a configuration file in order to run the configuration later. The configuration file can be modified before it is run. Depending on the selected server, the extension of configuration file will be ".reg", ".conf" or something else. 5. Select the setup directory: <webroot> indicates the root directory of the computer’s Web server. Depending on the selected Web server, the root directory is detected and displayed. If the root directory of the Web server does not appear, you can type it in the gray area or find it via the "…" button. Caution : if the area is filled, we advise you not to modify it. 6. Updating the data files (optional step, only for a site update). To update the data files associated with the WEBDEV site, choose to run the automatic modification of the data files. Contact the provider of the site if you don’t know whether you must perform this update or not. Caution : The data files must not be currently used. Use the WEBDEV administrator to check that no current connection is in progress and to stop the sites (check "Site locked" in the "Sites" tab). 7.  Install an ODBC driver for HFSQL if programs not developed with WEBDEV must access the HFSQL files of the site that will be installed (optional step). 8. The setup summary is displayed. Confirm your choices. 9. The setup is completed: • Click the address that appears to test your site locally. This option can be used only if the Web server was automatically configured. • Click "Copy" to retrieve the proposed address. For more details, see "On-lining the dynamic site", page 218. • Click "Done" to end the setup. 10. Configuring the Web server : If the configuration of the Web server was not performed automatically, two cases may occur: • Case 1: your server was detected and a configuration file was generated: this file can be viewed, modified (if necessary) and run. • Case 2: your server was not detected: for more details, see the online help. 11. Via the WEBDEV administrator, unlock the sites that may be locked and configure the parameters of your dynamic site. These parameters correspond to: • the total number of authorized connections to the site, • the number of authorized connections for a user, • the authorized idle time. Test the WEBDEV site from the administrator via the [test page] option ("Advanced" tab). Remarks : • The WEBDEV administrator (WD290ADMIN.EXE) must be started and running in the background at all times. It can be installed as service. • For more details about the WEBDEV administrator, see WEBDEV administrator in practice.