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CHAPTER 1
Installing the Server
Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX 1.5 is a development framework and a
deployment environment for rich communication applications. A developer uses Macromedia
Flash MX and Flash Communication Server MX to write a communication application, and then
uses Flash Communication Server to deploy the application and its scripts. Macromedia Flash
Player 6 is the end user’s interface.
This chapter provides system requirements, installation instructions, and an overview of files
installed during installation.
System requirements for Flash Communication Server
The following table shows a high-level view of which systems are supported and what’s required
to develop, run, and administer Flash Communication Server applications:
You can set up your software in one of a few configurations:
• You can install the Flash Communication Server software on the same computer that is
running Flash MX. You can do this only if you are running the server on a Microsoft Windows
computer.
• You can install the Flash Communication Server software on one computer and use another
computer for Flash MX. An example of this configuration is to run the server on a UNIX
system and author applications on a Macintosh computer.
Macintosh Windows UNIX
Author applications Flash MX for Macintosh Flash MX for Windows --
Administer the server Flash Player Flash Player Flash Player for Linux
Install and run the server -- Flash Communication
Server for Windows (NT,
2000, XP)
Flash Communication
Server for Linux
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