[FX.php List] Ongoing saga of FMS 13 and FX.php... still no luck

[Andrew Denman]

This didn't even occur to me to be a problem since we use a separate web server for our sites, but FMS 13 now takes over the web server on the WPE machine (previous versions do not seem to exert this much control). The documentation has changed from previous versions:
https://fmhelp.filemaker.com/docs/13/en/fms13_getting_started.pdf

>From page 9:
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FileMaker Server requires a web server in all deployments. The web server serves web
publishing clients, hosts the web-based Admin Console application, and handles some data
transfer tasks. Ensure that no existing websites on the machine use port 80 or 443. These ports
are used by FileMaker Server even if web publishing is disabled. If the FileMaker Server
installer detects an existing website using these ports, the installer prompts you to let it disable
that website.
* Windows: The FileMaker Server installer runs the Microsoft Application Request Routing
(ARR) installer (which enables the IIS web server, if it isn't already), creates its own website
in IIS, and configures the website to use ports 80 and 443. Make sure no existing website
uses these ports.
* OS X: The web server included in OS X does not need to be enabled; if it is enabled, ensure
that no existing website uses port 80 or 443. The installer creates a separate web server
instance and enables it for FileMaker Server to use on these ports.
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There is also a special section for OS X on page 68:
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You do not need to enable the Apache web server that is installed with OS X, nor do you need to
have the OS X Server application installed. In fact, the FileMaker Server installer creates its own
instance of the Apache web server on both the master and worker machines and configures this web
server to use port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPS; on the master machine, the installer also
configures its Apache web server to use port 16000 for Admin Console via HTTPS. If you have
enabled the Apache web server that is already installed with OS X, the FileMaker Server installer
prompts you to let it disable any existing website using port 80 or 443 before it can continue.

If you have the OS X Server application installed and use it to enable any HTTP services (for
example, websites or the wiki), the existing Apache instance may be re-enabled after
FileMaker Server is installed. Therefore to ensure the Apache instance used by FileMaker Server
works normally, you may need to configure any other HTTP services to use different ports from
the ports that FileMaker Server uses, disable other HTTP services, or uninstall the OS X Server
application.
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Andrew Denman

From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Ongoing saga of FMS 13 and FX.php... still no luck

I thought about that, but I took Chris' advice (from another forum) instead:

I've created a web server on another machine, where I'm going to host all new web applications; then I'll reference the FileMaker Server in my setup file; the FM Server machines will be one-machine configs, with no websites on them, so I can leave the WPE on the FM machines and do all the web stuff on the web server.

I've already set up the web server and it works fine; not sure it's as fast as a one-machine config or a standard two-machine config, but I think it'll be okay.

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On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Dale Bengston <dale.bengston at gmail.com<mailto:dale.bengston at gmail.com>> wrote:


Hmmm, OS X Server. That puts things in a different light. Can you make a symbolic link (alias) from that FileMaker htdocs folder to the standard Apache directory?

Dale

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