Installing on a UNIX platform

FCService is the Web server component of FlashConnect. To achieve its high performance goals, FlashConnect uses advanced UNIX features, such as Shared Memory and Named Pipes, to operate closely with your Web server.

FCService must be installed on the same physical system as your Web server, but can be located on a different machine than the database. If the site runs multiple Web servers on the same physical system, FCService only needs to be installed once. If Web servers are installed on multiple physical systems, then FCService must be installed once on each physical system.

Locating FCService and the database on different machines optimizes performance, and when used in conjunction with a firewall, increases security.

Note: Prior to installing FlashConnect, you must install the JRE or Java SDK on your server if you are using mvDesigner or Java Servlets. The FlashConnect Socket Server requires JRE 1.6 which you can download from the web.
  • Previous versions of the JRE should be uninstalled, and the installation directory and registry entries manually deleted.

  • It is the responsibility of the system administrator to properly install and configure the JRE according to instructions provided by the JRE Provider for most systems.

  • On 64-bit Linux systems, make sure the 32-bit C++ libraries (libstdc++.i686) are installed.