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AppServer and Internet Adapter Administration : Configuring and Managing the AppServer : Configuring AppServer components : General steps for using OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer to configure an AppServer instance
 
General steps for using OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer to configure an AppServer instance
To access OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer, open it from the OpenEdge program group. For more information, see OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Getting Started. Once you have opened OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer, you can configure an AppServer instance. The instructions below describe the general process. For specific instructions consult the online help.
To configure AppServer instances:
1. Make sure that the AdminServer process is running on each of the following machines:
*The machine where AppServers you want to configure are installed
*The machine where all NameServers you want to configure are installed
In Windows, when you complete the OpenEdge installation, the AdminServer automatically starts and is configured to auto-start whenever you reboot your system. You can also start the AdminServer (AdminService for OpenEdge) from the Windows Services applet available from the Control Panel. The AdminServer is running if you see both a java.exe and admsrvc.exe process listed in the Processes tab of the Task Manager.
On UNIX, use the proadsv command to start the AdminServer. To check whether the AdminServer is running, run the ps command to show the full command line for each process on the system and locate any jre commands in the list. The AdminServer process is running if you see a jre command with the arguments that correspond to those specified for jvmstart in the OpenEdge proadsv shell script located in OpenEdge-Install-Directory/bin.
For more information on using the PROADSV utility, see PROADSV.
For more information on starting the AdminServer, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.
2. In OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer, connect to the running AdminServer processes that you verified in 1.
3. If you are using the NameServer, configure one or more NameServer instances to support all AppServer instances you want to configure. Note that for every AppServer instance that you plan to run on a separate machine from its controlling NameServer, you must configure a remote NameServer instance on the same machine as the AppServer. This remote NameServer instance must reference the host and port of the controlling NameServer for the AppServer. For more information, see the chapter on configuring OpenEdge Unified Broker products in OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.
4. Select where you want the AppServer instances to reside. If you are using the NameServer, configure the instances to register with the controlling NameServer (with or without load balancing). Specify any application service names required for clients to access the AppServer and any other required configuration information.
The sections that follow describe the basic steps for configuring each AppServer instance. For more information, see the OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer online help.