Chapter 3: Configuration Files; Xml Configuration Files - MACROMEDIA FLASH MEDIA SERVER 2-MANAGING FLASH MEDIA SERVER Manual

CHAPTER 3
Configuration Files
This chapter describes the XML files that define the Flash Media Server configuration. It
presents their file structures, a summary of the tags in each file, and detailed information
about the tags in the configuration files.
Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 accommodates a wide range of applications. After
installation, the server's configuration files contain generic settings. As you develop and test
your applications, you will use these files to configure the server to best suit these applications.

XML configuration files

Flash Media Server uses separate XML configuration files for each level of the server
hierarchy: server, adaptor, virtual host, application, and logging. Each of these files contains
configuration tags that relate to the server, adaptor, virtual host, application, or logging
activity they are associated with. To customize the functionality of the server, you edit these
tags. The server edits some of these tags itself when you use the management console.
When you're ready to customize the server for your own virtual hosts and applications, you'll
edit the server's XML configuration files and the directory structure that contains them. Flash
Media Server uses the following configuration files in XML format:
Server.xml
Users.xml
Logger.xml
Adaptor.xml
Vhost.xml
Application.xml
You configure Flash Media Server by editing the contents of these files, either in a text editor
or with the management console. If you edit any XML configuration files, you must save the
files and then restart the server before the new settings take effect.
The following sections describe the tags in each XML file in detail.
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