Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
WebSpeed Essentials

Single-machine configuration

The most basic configuration for WebSpeed is to install the WebSpeed Workshop application on the same machine as your Web server and a data source. The WebSpeed Workshop uses a subset of the OpenEdge development tools focused on developing and testing WebSpeed applications. With the Workshop, you do not have access to the graphical interface design capabilities of the AppBuilder.

Figure 4–1 shows the components installed in a single-machine configuration.

Note: The WebSpeed Broker and the WebSpeed Agents it controls are collectively referred to as the WebSpeed Transaction Server in this figure.

Figure 4–1: Configuration for single developer on a single machine

The WebSpeed Workshop includes the WebSpeed Development Server, which supports a single developer. The WebSpeed Development Server comes with only two WebSpeed Agents. The WebSpeed Development Server includes the Progress OpenEdge Personal RDBMS. The OpenEdge Personal RDBMS can handle up to five local connections: one for the WebSpeed AppBuilder, one for the Progress Explorer, and three for the applications that you are developing. This is suitable for the needs of a single developer.

As Figure 4–1 shows, the Web server, the WebSpeed WebTools, and the WebSpeed Messenger form an interdependent unit. While the Web server can handle non-WebSpeed traffic in addition to the WebSpeed traffic, the WebSpeed WebTools and Messenger cannot operate independently from the Web server.

To set up a single machine configuration:

Install a Web browser and a Web server on your machine.
Perform a Complete Installation of WebSpeed Workshop onto your machine.

Startup sequence

After you have installed and configured everything, you can start your WebSpeed environment.

To start a single machine configuration:

Start the AdminServer.
Note: Once the AdminServer has started, you can use the Progress Explorer to start the other components on this machine.
Start the data source in multi-user mode.
Start the NameServer.
Note: The default setting for the NameServer is to start when the AdminServer starts.
Start the WebSpeed Transaction Server.
Start the Web server.
Start the WebSpeed AppBuilder.
Start the Web browser by choosing the WebTools from the AppBuilder’s Tools menu as needed.