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62 Deploying Flash Media Server
Configuration for development and testing
While developing and testing your applications, you may choose to install a web server, Flash
Media Server, and Flash on the same computer. The web root directory in this scenario would
contain all the Flash Media Server elements of your applications, such as its FLA, SWF,
HTML, script, stream, and shared object files. This configuration provides a simple working
environment for designing and testing applications, and is possible only when you install
Flash Media Server on a Windows computer.
For security reasons, this configuration is not recommended for deployment. In deployment,
your FLA, script, stream, and shared object files would not be stored in the web root
directory.
Deploying on one computer
A relatively simple deployment scenario consists of one computer where a web server, Flash
Media Server, and a firewall are installed. The firewall provides security for the server
computer and the rest of your local network. In this and any other deployment scenario,
the server-side files (ASC files), the audio/video files (Flash Video or FLV files), and the source
files (FLA files) should not reside in the web server’s published directories. These files should
be located in your registered application directory within the applications directory in the
Flash Media Server 2 directory (or, if you changed this location, the directory specified in the
AppsDir
tag in the Vhost.xml file). The web server’s web root directory should contain only
the HTML and SWF files for your applications.
If you are developing applications for Linux systems, you should use a two-computer
deployment. For more information, see
“Deploying on two computers” on page 62 .
Deploying on two computers
In this scenario, Flash Media Server and the application server are installed on two separate
computers. This separation of files and functions provides more processor bandwidth. The
web server computer can also function as an application server if your situation requires one.
If you are running Flash Media Server on a Linux system, you should use this deployment for
development and testing, in which case you would also install Flash for Windows or
Macintosh on the web server computer.