Don't understand the vfhttpd user and group

When creating your first web server using vFabric Web Server there is a user and group created, both named "vfhttpd".  Would anyone be able to explain this?
Why are they needed?
What do they do?
What are they used for?
Do I need to be this user at any point?
Why is there no documentation explaining all this to me?  I get nothing of use when searching this site for "vfhttpd".  Yes I "googled" also.
Thanks.

I think that idea is that you would start as root.  This will result in the parent process being owned by root, but the listeners/children being owned by vfhttpd.
What I have done so far:
[root] Create non interactive account/user and group “vfhttpd”
'sudo useradd –s /bin/false vfhttpd'
[root] Create link /opt/vmware --> /apps/vmware
'sudo ln -s /apps/vmware/ /opt/vmware'
[<other> user] Install vFabric Web Server under /apps/vmware
'./vfabric-web-server-5.3.0-5-x86_64-linux-glibc2.zip.sfx'
'cd vfabric-web-server'
'./fixrootpath.pl'
[<other> user] Create web server
This script checks that vfhttpd user/group exists
'./newserver --server=my-demo-server'
[<other> user] Update configuration files as needed
Get sudo to run httpdctl stop/start/recycle/status as root.
Create, and get installed, rcscript/initd to stop/start/recycle/status web server

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