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About the configuration hierarchy

Flash Communication Server can support several adaptors, virtual hosts, and applications simultaneously. Each adaptor on the server can serve multiple virtual hosts, and each virtual host can host multiple applications. By supporting multiple adaptors and virtual hosts, Flash Communication Server facilitates management of multiple websites that may have different configurations and administrators.

Each of these layers of service has its own configuration settings, stored in separate XML files. These files are stored in a directory structure that reflects the hierarchy of adaptors, virtual hosts, and applications you want to use with the server.

The default directory structure installed with the server looks like this:

The directory structure includes three subdirectories: conf, _defaultRoot_, and _defaultVHost_.

The conf subdirectory, at the top of the hierarchy, holds all the configuration files for the server. This subdirectory contains the Server.xml file and the _defaultRoot_ subdirectory. The Server.xml file contains settings that relate to the server only. The specific settings for the adaptors, virtual hosts, and applications are stored in separate XML files.

The _defaultRoot_ subdirectory is the default adaptor directory for the server. It contains the Adaptor.xml file and the _defaultVHost_ subdirectory. The Adaptor.xml file contains the settings that relate to the adaptor. (If there were a separate adaptor, it would have its own subdirectory at the same level as the _defaultRoot_ subdirectory.)

The _defaultVHost_ subdirectory is the default virtual host subdirectory for the adaptor. It contains the Vhost.xml file, which contains the settings for the virtual host, and the Application.xml file, which contains default settings for the client applications that will connect to the server. (If there were another virtual host on the same adaptor, it would have its own subdirectory at the same level as the _defaultVHost_ subdirectory.) Each adaptor directory must contain a _defaultVHost_ directory.