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How This Guide Is Organized
Once you are familiar with the fundamentals of using the Administration Server, you can
refer to Part III, "Configuring, Monitoring, and Performance Tuning," which includes
examples of how to configure and monitor your Enterprise Servers. Part IV, "Managing
Virtual Servers and Services" provides information for using programs and configuration
styles.
Finally, Appendixes addresses specific reference topics that describe the various topics,
including: HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), server configuration files, ACL files,
internationalization issues, server extensions, and the Netscape Enterprise Server user
interface reference, which you may want to review. Note that the user interface appendix is
available in the online version only.
Part I: Server Basics
This part provides an overview of the Enterprise Server. The following chapters are
included:
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Chapter 1, "Introduction to Enterprise Server" provides an overview of Enterprise
Server.
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Chapter 2, "Administering Enterprise Servers" describes how to manage your
Enterprise Server with the Administration Server.
Part II: Using the Administration Server
This part provides conceptual and procedural details about using the Administration Server
to administer your Enterprise Servers. The following chapters are included:
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Chapter 3, "Setting Administration Preferences" describes how to use the
Administration Server Preferences and Global Settings forms to configure your
Enterprise Servers.
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Chapter 4, "Managing Users and Groups" describes how to how to use the
Administration Server Users and Groups forms to configure your Enterprise Servers.
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Chapter 5, "Securing Your Enterprise Server" describes how to configure your
Enterprise Server security. Note that before reading this chapter you should be familiar
with the basic concepts of public-key cryptography and the SSL protocol. These
concepts include encryption and decryption; keys; digital certificates and signatures;
and SSL encryption, ciphers, and the major steps of the SSL handshake.
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Chapter 6, "Managing Server Clusters" describes the concept of clustering servers and
explains how you can use them to share configurations among servers.
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