Deployment Planning Worksheet - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

Deployment Planning Worksheet

Use the deployment planning worksheet to record your choice of server system, database, security certificates,
and optional components for a production environment.
Table 2-5. Worksheet for ACE Management Server in a Production Environment
Component Considerations
Active Performance is better when the ACE
Directory Management Server is installed on a
integration Windows host.
See also "Create Users and Groups for
Integration with Active Directory" on
page 29.
ACE If you use multiple servers, all must be
Management installed on the same platform.
Server
For capacity planning, see "Number of
Clients Supported" on page 16.
Database The database server must be compatible
server with the ACE Management Server host. See
"Supported External Databases" on
page 11.
Load balancer Use a load balancer for large deployments
or for high availability. It must support
HTTPS and requires an external database.
See "Load Balancers" on page 17.
Proxy If ACE clients will contact ACE
Management Server from outside the
firewall, use a proxy. See "Accessing ACE
Management Server from Outside the
Corporate Firewall" on page 19.
SSL If you use multiple servers and plan to use
certificates a different SSL certificate for each one, you
must create or send for the certificates.
ACE Management Server supports only
public‐key certificates that are signed using
the SHA1 algorithm. See "Using SSL
Certificates and Protocol" on page 18.
Ports For Active Directory, use port 389.
For the ACE Management Server
appliance, use port 8080. See "Change the
Port Assignment for ACE Management
Server" on page
Management Server from Outside the
Corporate Firewall" on page 19.
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Decision
Use Active Directory? ________
If yes, name of user account for ACE
Management Server to query the Active
Directory database: __________________
Fully qualified domain name of the
LDAP server: _______________________
Use Windows or Linux
hosts?_____________
How many servers? ____________
MSQL, Oracle, or PostgresSQL database?
____________________________
Use a load balancer? ________
Use a proxy? __________
Apache Proxy or Zeus Technology Load
Balancer? ________________________
Which type of certificate: self‐signed
third‐party, or internal CA (certificate
authority)? ___________________
Number of certificates? __________
Port 8000 for configuring the ACE
Management Server.
Port 443 for client requests.
51 and "Accessing ACE
Which additional ports? ______________
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