Adobe 65015459 Server Guide - Page 14
Setting up your Contribute, Server Environment
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11 Chapter 2: Setting up your Contribute Server Environment After you have given some consideration to what is involved in deploying Adobe® Contribute® and Contribute Publishing Server (CPS), you are ready to begin. First you need to prepare your network, then you can install the software. • "Preparing your web server before you deploy" on page 11 • "Planning your Contribute site structure and connection path" on page 15 • "Installing Contribute and creating an administrative connection" on page 21 • "Installing Contribute Publishing Server (Optional)" on page 23 Preparing your web server before you deploy Before you actually install Contribute and roll it out, consider how Contribute will affect your network and prepare for it by setting permissions, access, and securing special files and folders on your web server. Understanding network and server permissions Contribute is unique in that it allows editing of web pages directly on the server hosting your website. This level of server access makes network permissions and access control especially important. There are at least three levels of permissions for every Contribute site: • Permissions defined by the network operating system (for instance, Windows or UNIX® server software) • Permissions defined by the web server software • Roles you define in Contribute Network permissions can be set in several ways through a variety of systems. Contribute always adheres to the network permissions for read and write access to folders. It also obeys permissions set through LDAP and similar systems. Contribute can never overwrite any server- or network-level permissions. Note: The server's network and operating system permissions, and the web server software's permissions, always take precedence over Contribute permissions. Whenever you provide access to a web server, take precautions to ensure that the operating system of the server hosting the site, as well as the web server software itself (and the FTP server, if you are using FTP), are secure. For the best practices related to securing your website from accidental and malicious tampering, see the documentation provided with your server's operating system, FTP, and web server software. Note: You can set folder permissions to allow a user or group of users to modify a folder and later define more restrictive folder- or file-editing options when you define the Contribute user roles.