Before Working with Zend Server Cluster Manager

Zend Server Cluster Manager is a tool that requires a minimal amount of actual interaction with the Administration Interface. Once your environment is setup, apart from occasionally logging in to view your system settings or your php.ini, there are not many day-to-day activities that require the Administration Interface.

The first point of reference for working with Zend Server Cluster Manager is what to do after installation.

What to do After Installing Zend Server Cluster Manager

The following section describes the tasks that should be performed after installing Zend Server Cluster Manager for the first time.
These tasks cover all the different installation types (DEB, RPM , Tarball and Windows). Each task is accompanied by a description of its purpose and the expected results.

Run the Administration Interface

Purpose: To verify the installation and that the Administration Interface is accessible.

Result: the Administration Interface opens in a browser.

The Administration Interface is a Web interface that runs through a browser.
This procedure describes how to view the Administration Interface.

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To view the Administration Interface:

  1. To run Zend Server Cluster Manager locally, open a browser and enter the following URL:
    For Windows: http://localhost/ZendServer;
    For Linux : http://localhost:10081/ZendServer or https://localhost:10082/ZendServer
    For IBM i: http://localhost:10088/ZendServer
    If you are using a remote connection, replace localhost with your Host Name or IP.

  2. The Zend Server Cluster Manager login screen opens and prompts you to set a password.
    This screen only appears once and is not displayed again after your password is set.

The next time you log in to Zend Server Cluster Manager , you are prompted for the password you set the first time you opened Zend Server Cluster Manager .

Configure Your Password

Purpose: To ensure that you can access the Administration Interface.

Result: Your password is created.

 

When you first run Zend Server Cluster Manager , the registration screen is displayed. Define your Zend Server Cluster Manager login password in this screen.

To view the different password management options, click Password Management.

Check Apache

Purpose: To verify that the bundled Apache is installed and running.

Result: System confirmation.

This procedure describes how to check if the Apache Web server is running.

 

 

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To check if the Apache server is running:

DEB, RPM , Tarball : from the command line, run ps -ef | grep -E 'apache2|httpd'.

Windows: In the system tray, hover over the Apache Monitor icon to view the Apache status. If necessary, click to open a dialog with the Stop, Start and Restart options.

A notification with the Apache server status is displayed.

Note:

Every time the Apache is restarted, the following message is displayed: "httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName".
To resolve this situation, add a line to the Apache configuration file, as follows:
Open the file <install_path>/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and add the following line, placing your server's Host name in the brackets: ServerName [server name]

Check IIS

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Purpose: To verify that the bundled Apache is installed and running.

Result

configure debugger access control

purpose: to enable php debugging using zend studio and zend server.

result: you are able to debug your php code and view the results in zend studio.

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