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Installing Multiple CMS Instances
284 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001
Installing Multiple CMS Instances
Multiple instances of Certificate Management System can run on the same
machine. You might, for example, install multiple Registration Managers, all
reporting to the same Certificate Manager, to handle requests from different types
of users (end users, servers, and routers) or from users from different domains. For
example deployment scenarios, see Chapter 4, “Planning Your Deployment.”
Once Certificate Management System is installed on a machine, you can use that
CMS installation to create multiple instances of the server on the same machine.
Administration Server contains all the files necessary to install another instance of
Certificate Management System on the same machine; you don’t have to run the
complete installation (
setup
) program again. However, you do need to run the
CMS installation wizard each time you create an instance, so that you can
configure the server and generate the required certificates. So, before attempting to
create another instance of Certificate Management System, be sure to read about
the installation wizard explained in Chapter 6, “Installing Certificate Management
System.”
When you install additional CMS instances on the same machine, you are required
to specify different ports for each CMS instance to listen on. For example, you will
have to set up one server to listen on port 443 and another server to listen on port
4430. However, if you install multiple CMS instances on a machine that has been
set up with more than one IP addresses, you can configure each instance to listen to
a specific IP address—this enables you to use same the port numbers for different
CMS instances installed on the same machine.
Keep in mind that when you create a new instance, you’ll be required to specify
different port numbers; the installation wizard allows you to specify the port
numbers only, not IP addresses. After you have successfully created the instance,
you can edit the CMS configuration file to specify the IP addresses for individual
CMS ports and then change the port numbers. For details on editing the
configuration file to include the IP addresses, see “Step 2: Specify IP Addresses” on
page 377. For details on changing the port numbers, see “Configuring Port
Numbers” on page 374.
To create another instance of Certificate Management System with a separate
configuration file (and certificates):
1.
Log in to Netscape Console (see “Logging In to Netscape Console” on
page 336).
2.
In the navigation tree at the left, expand the icon for your computer, then select
the server group that contains the CMS instance you want to use as your
source.