IMPORTANT! If
you are upgrading an existing installation of BlueZone Web-to-Host, please
read the Importing and Upgrading
section before attempting to install a new version BlueZone Web-to-Host.|
Installation |
BlueZone Web-to-Host |
The BlueZone CD-ROM or downloaded BlueZone CD image, that you have been provided, contains the entire BlueZone Family of Emulation Products including the files necessary to install the BlueZone Web-to-Host Wizard. All BlueZone Web-to-Host files are located in the BlueZone Web-to-Host folder located on the BlueZone CD or image.
IMPORTANT! If
you are upgrading an existing installation of BlueZone Web-to-Host, please
read the Importing and Upgrading
section before attempting to install a new version BlueZone Web-to-Host.
There are two different approaches that can be used for the evaluation and then installation of your production environment.
Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on the same physical platform that is also running your web server.
Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on a different physical platform than your web server.
Web-to-Host Wizard requires a Windows platform to operate. Therefore, if you want to install the Web-to-Host Wizard on the same physical platform as your web server, the web server must be a Windows server platform.
NOTE Installing
the Wizard and serving BlueZone Web-to-Host form the same physical platform
is the easiest way to implement BlueZone Web-to-Host.
If you prefer, you can install the Web-to-Host Wizard on any Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine, use the Wizard to create and configure your BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files, then copy or transfer the BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files to the web server of your choice.
NOTE The
BlueZone Web-to-Host Wizard has a built-in web server that you can use
to test your BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files without having to transfer
or copy them to the web server.
Normally in a production environment, BlueZone Web-to-Host will be served up from a "server class" web server. However, to evaluate BlueZone Web-to-Host, you do not need a web server or even a server.
In order to save you time and show you how easy it is to use BlueZone Web-to-Host, you can install the BlueZone Web-to-Host Wizard on any Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine (like your Windows desktop machine that you use every day) and use the Web-to-Host Wizard's built-in web server to "serve up" the BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server files.
By using the Web-to-Host Wizard in conjunction with the built-in web server, you can, within a matter of minutes, install, configure and start serving up BlueZone emulation client sessions.
NOTE It
is also possible to install the BlueZone Web-to-Host Wizard on a Windows
2000 or Windows XP Professional machine with the IIS web server feature
enabled. This
is also a good platform to use for evaluating BlueZone Web-to-Host.
When it comes time to convert from your evaluation installation to a production installation, the BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files can continue to be created and configured using the Web-to-Host Wizard you already have installed and running on your Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine. The difference will be that the "output" of the Wizard (the BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files) will now be copied or transferred to your production web server.
Or, if it turns out that your production web server will be a Microsoft server, you can install the Web-to-Host Wizard on the new server and use the Wizard's "Import" feature to import the BlueZone Web-to-Host Web Server Files, that you created on your Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine, during the evaluation period.
If you want to install the Wizard on the same platform as the web server, follow this link:
How to Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on a Windows IIS Web Server Platform
If you want to install the Wizard on a different platform than the web server, follow this link:
How to Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on a Windows PC Platform