FileMaker® Server 12 FileMaker Server Help © 2010 - 2012 FileMaker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. FileMaker, Inc. 5201 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, California 95054 FileMaker is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. The file folder logo is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. FileMaker documentation is copyrighted. You are not authorized to make additional copies or distribute this documentation without written permission from FileMaker. You may use this documentation solely with a valid licensed copy of FileMaker software. All persons, companies, email addresses, and URLs listed in the examples are purely fictitious and any resemblance to existing persons, companies, email addresses, or URLs is purely coincidental. Credits are listed in the Acknowledgements documents provided with this software. Mention of third-party products and URLs is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. FileMaker, Inc. assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance of these products. For more information, visit our website at www.filemaker.com. Edition: 01 Contents FileMaker Server 12 Help . 1 About FileMaker Server . 7 New features in FileMaker Server 12 . 8 Deploying FileMaker Server . 10 Which deployment type is right for me? . 11 Testing FileMaker Server . 12 Checking the status of your deployment . 13 Changing a FileMaker Server deployment . 15 Starting Admin Console . 16 Hosting databases . 18 Editing accounts and privilege sets . 19 Uploading database files . 20 Uploading database files manually . 22 Verifying databases are available to FileMaker clients . 24 Hosting websites . 26 Hosting PHP websites . 27 Hosting databases for XML queries . 29 Using Instant Web Publishing . 30 Starting and stopping FileMaker Server . 32 Configuring general settings . 33 Server information settings . 34 Email notification settings . 36 Admin Console settings . 38 Auto Start settings . 40 Configuring administrator groups . 41 Adding administrator groups . 43 External authentication for Admin Console and administrator groups . 46 FileMaker Server group folders . 48 FileMaker Server administrator group privileges . 49 FileMaker Server group start page . 51 Configuring Database Server settings . 53 FileMaker client settings . 54 Using SSL with an LDAP directory service . 56 FILEMAKER SERVER 12 HELP 2 Database settings . 58 Database Server security settings . .60 External authentication for database access . 62 Default folder settings . 63 Understanding backup options . 64 Setting up additional database folders . 65 Setting up a default backup folder . 66 Setting up a progressive backup folder . 67 Restoring a database from progressive backup . 68 Logging and statistics settings . 69 Server plug-in settings . 71 Configuring web publishing settings . 72 General web publishing settings . 73 PHP web publishing settings . 75 XML web publishing settings . 77 Instant Web Publishing settings . 78 Administering clients . 80 Sending messages to FileMaker clients . 81 Disconnecting clients . 82 Administering databases . 83 Sending messages to FileMaker clients of selected databases . 85 Opening hosted files . 86 Closing hosted files . 87 Verifying hosted files . 88 Pausing hosted files . 89 Resuming hosted files . 90 Removing hosted files . 91 Downloading hosted files . 93 Using ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker Server . 94 Sharing FileMaker databases via ODBC and JDBC . 96 Enabling sharing via ODBC and JDBC . 97 Accessing external ODBC data sources . 98 Monitoring FileMaker Server . 100 Viewing server statistics . 102 Viewing client statistics . 105 Viewing log file entries . ..