Manual :
GLOBAL-SITE Administrator Guide, version 3.0
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GLOBAL-SITE Controller
- 3.0.0
Original Publication Date: 03/25/2008
Table of Contents
Introduction to the GLOBAL-SITE Controller
Welcome to the GLOBAL-SITE Controller
GLOBAL-SITE Controller features
- Enterprise content delivery network
- Application and content synchronization
- Version control
- Site recovery and one-button rollback
- Content and administration security
- Visibility into the publishing process
- Adaptable open systems and web publishing support
- Secure, succinct network traffic
What's new in version 3.0
- The GLOBAL-SITE HTTP section
- Running the GLOBAL-SITE Controller as an option on an EDGE-FX Cache
- Enhanced publishing progress display
- Setup utility
Finding additional help
Publishing Documents
Why GLOBAL-SITE Controller?
Planning to configure the GLOBAL-SITE Controller
- Defining publications
- Defining sections
- Loading initial content into sections
- Specifying subscribers
Using the publishing cycle
- Updating section content
- Delivering the content to subscribers
- Displaying status
- Delivering the publication
Working with the Setup Utility
Using the Setup utility
Gathering configuration information
Starting the Setup utility
- Defining a root password
- Allowing Technical Support
- Defining a host name
- Configuring a default route
- Configuring the interfaces
- Configuring nameserver
- Configuring NTP clocks
- Configuring a time zone
- Configuring system time
- Configuring remote administration
- Configuring services
Configuring settings for the management web server
- Configuring GLOBAL-SITE web server passwords
- Configuring the LDAP server
- Defining a gsite password
- Entering the GLOBAL-SITE Identifier
Confirming your configuration settings
Committing your configuration settings to the system
Accessing the Configuration utility
Increasing Control over Publishing
Using enhanced publishing features
Scheduling the publishing process
- Scheduled publications
- Scheduling the activation of new content
- Comparing controlled and independent activation
- Options for controlled activation
Working with the BIG-IP and virtual servers
- Guidelines for BIG-IP and GLOBAL-SITE Controller cooperation
- Creating a BIG-IP on the GLOBAL-SITE Controller
- Marking BIG-IP nodes down while updating content
Working with the EDGE-FX Cache and cache subscribers
- Supported URL schemes
- Guidelines for EDGE-FX Cache and GLOBAL-SITE Controller cooperation
- Managing a cache subscriber
- Creating a cache subscriber
Creating non-archived publications
- Looking at benefits of non-archived publications
- Planning for non-archived publications
- Considering the details of non-archived publishing
- Using procedures for non-archived publications
Understanding file transfer methods
Controlling servers with the GLOBAL-SITE agent
Installing and configuring the GLOBAL-SITE agent and scripts
Transferring files using WebDAV and WebDAV-SSL
Section updates using HTTP
Section updates using FTP-Push
Defining exceptions to sections
Monitoring Publishing Processes
Managing publishing
Making ongoing configuration changes
- Working with unavailable subscribers
- Freeing up disk space by deleting editions and unused versions
- Switching sections in an existing publication to use
FTP-Push transfer method - Changing system settings using the System Settings screen
- Changing system settings using the ITCMconsole command line interface
Understanding publication logs
Understanding the GLOBAL-SITE Controller phases
ITCMconsole Command Line Interface
- Using the ITCMconsole
- Commands
- Creating actions and subactions
- Creating user-defined alerts
- Modifying default alerts
- Changing global settings
- Overriding global settings
- Setting the date and time
- Running the LDAP server
- Administering the LDAP server
- Checking the host name for the LDAP server
- Changing the IP address of the controller
- Changing the LDAP server
- Checking status on the LDAP server
- Configuring network devices
- Configuring interfaces
- Viewing your configuration
- Changing the host name of the controller
- Configuring aggregate rate limiting
- Configuring custom rate limiting
- Viewing rate limit statistics
- Using the batch mode to create custom rate limits
- [enable | disable | start | stop]
- Configuring the CORBA service
- Displaying service status
- Using the show command
- Viewing the software version
- Setting the time zone
- Configuring user accounts
- Configuring the webserver
- Configuring accounts
- Migrating htpasswd contents to the LDAP server
- Configuring LDAP users
- Configuring iControl user privileges
- Setting permissions
SNMP, MIBs, traps, and alerts
Working with SNMP and alerts
SNMP agent
Default and user-defined alerts
Changing the Host Name or IP Address
Changing the host name or IP address of a GLOBAL-SITE Controller
- Editing the network and hosts files
- Resetting the GLOBAL-SITE identifier
- Updating the distributor lists on other GLOBAL-SITE Controllers
Glossary
