For security reasons, Web servers are typically installed outside of an organization's primary network in a perimeter network or demilitarized zone (DMZ). In this configuration, the Web server is located on either a different domain or in a workgroup separate from the domain of the database server. However, this model prevents an organization from using a domain-level trusted user to run an e-Business site, which is Aptify's recommended approach for e-Business. Since the domain user is not valid in the DMZ, the user cannot be authenticated.
Below is the Aptify's recommended approach for establishing an e-Business Web server on a different domain or workgroup from the Aptify database using the mirrored accounts approach, which uses a pair of a local trusted user accounts to host the e-Business site. The process involves the following steps:
- STEP 1: Establish Cross-Domain Communication: Describes the basic network requirement for supporting cross-domain communication between a Web server and the Aptify Database server.
- STEP 2: Create Trusted Windows User Account: Describes the requirement to create a local computer user on the database server.
- STEP 3: Add Local Database User to Aptify: Describes how to add the Aptify user account required to support the cross-domain configuration.
- STEP 4: Install e-Business: Describes how to install Aptify e-Business in a cross-domain configuration.
- STEP 5: Test the Setup and Troubleshooting Tips: Describes tests to perform to confirm that the e-Business website operates successfully when the Web server and database server are on different domains.
- STEP 6: Final Setup and Installation Notes: Describes the point at which the Web server should be moved to a different domain or workgroup from the database server.
Note: These instructions refer to the Aptify 5.0 Installation Guide. You should locate this document before continuing with these instructions.