Reflection for the Web Installation Guide

Reflection for the Web 13.0 includes Management and Security Server version 12.6 to configure and manage secure web-based sessions to a variety of hosts.

Your Reflection for the Web license also entitles you to the Security Proxy (except the Limited Edition) and the Terminal ID Manager.

This guide introduces the Reflection for the Web Launcher and walks you through the steps to install and upgrade to Reflection for the Web 13.0.

What’s New

At a glance, here’s what’s new in Reflection for the Web version 13.0:

Introduced Reflection for the Web Launcher, a client-side application that uses Web Start (JNLP) to launch Reflection for the Web sessions.

As you phase out Oracle’s JRE or the Java plug-in, choose one of three Java-based deployment options: Standard, Hybrid, or Launcher. For background, see Reflection for the Web Launcher: a Web Start (JNLP) solution.
Updated Management and Security Server (MSS) to 12.6.
Updated Apache Tomcat to 9.0.19.

See also Reflection for the Web 13.0 Release Notes.

As a reminder

Note these reminders as you begin to use version 13.0.

Compatibility requirements. Be sure to upgrade components and add-on products.

The Security Proxy (and any MSS Add-on product) must be the same <major>.<minor>.<update> version as Management and Security Server (MSS).

For example, when you upgrade to Reflection for the Web 13.0, which uses MSS version 12.6, be sure to upgrade the Security Proxy to version 12.6.
TLS is required for security.
Cumulative changes. The changes in Reflection for the Web 12.3 SP1 Update 2 are included in version 13.0.
Reference Guide is available as a separate document.

The Reflection for the Web Reference Guide includes the Scripting, HTML examples, and other advanced topics.

If you are evaluating

If you are running an evaluation copy, the product will be fully functional for 120 days. During that time you can install, configure, and test Reflection for the Web.

Follow the installation steps in this guide, and then walk through the evaluation scenario presented in Evaluating Reflection for the Web.

Please contact Micro Focus or your authorized reseller to obtain the full-use version of the software.