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, read the Importing and Upgrading section before attempting
to install a new version BlueZone Web-to-Host. Refer to
Import and upgrade for more information.
There are two different approaches that can be used for the evaluation and then installation of your production environment.
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Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on the same physical platform that is also running your web server. |
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Install the Web-to-Host Wizard on a different physical platform than your web server. |
Same platform - Windows web servers
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.
Different platforms - Both Windows and non-Windows web servers
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.
Evaluation installation
Normally in a production environment, BlueZone Web-to-Host is 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 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.
Production installation
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) are now copied or transferred to your production web server.
Or, if it turns out that your production web server is 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.