Preface

Welcome to Oracle Portal 3.0.8! This guide provides information about configuring Oracle Portal Release 3.0.8.

This preface includes the following sections:

• Intended Audience

• Structure

• Conventions

• Related Publications

• Oracle Services and Support

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for users who are responsible for configuring and maintaining Oracle Portal.

Structure

The "Oracle Portal 3.0.8 Configuration Guide"is comprised of the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter	Contents
Chapter 1, "Verifying Requirements"	Provides information about the Oracle Portal system requirements.
Chapter 2, "Post-installation and Configuration Tasks"	Provides general post-installation information including how to access Oracle Portal in your browser, installing and changing the language of Oracle Portal in your browser, and descriptions of the default Oracle Portal schemas, accounts, and groups created upon installation. Deinstallation information is also provided.
Chapter 3, "Basic Oracle Portal Configurations"	Provides various topologies that you can set up with Oracle Portal including standalone laptop, integrated server, traditional three-tier, and so on.
Chapter 4, "Distributed Oracle Portal Installations"	Provides instructions on running Oracle Portal in a distributed environment to enable portlet providers to be shared across nodes and for increased scalability, availability, and performance.
Chapter 5, "Configuring the Login Server on a Separate Listener"	Provides instructions on how to configure a separate Login Server listener from the Oracle Portal listener.
Chapter 6, "Configuring the PL/SQL Gateway"	Provides information about configuring the Apache Listener and PL/SQL Gateway for optimal performance.
Chapter 7, "Setting Up the Search Feature in Oracle Portal Content Areas"	Provides instructions on setting up interMedia Text to perform text searching in content areas created with Oracle Portal.
Chapter 8, "Building Oracle Portal Reports and Forms with Rich Content"	Provides instructions on including rich content such as graphics, audio, images, and video into Oracle Portal Reports and Oracle Portal Forms.
Chapter 9, "Troubleshooting"	Provides solutions to problems you may encounter while installing or using Oracle Portal.
Appendix A, "Oracle9i Application Server Configuration Files"	Provides information about the configuration files which can affect the connection to and the behavior of the Oracle9i Application Server and its components in the middle tier as well as on other machines to which it is connecting.
Appendix B, "Oracle Portal Installation and Configuration Scripts"	Provides information about various scripts that are used for customizing the configuration. In addition, information about installing additional components, such as a standalone Login Server, additional Oracle Portal nodes, loading additional language translations into Oracle Portal, import and export utilities, and so on are provided.

Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Used for emphasis. Also used for button names, labels, links, and other user interface elements.
italics	Used to introduce new terms. Also used enclosed in angled brackets (<>) to represent a variable. Substitute an appropriate value.
courier	Used to represent text you need to type. Also used for file names and directories.
<ORACLE_HOME>	Refers to the location of the Oracle9i Application Server installation files, including those for the Oracle Portal component.

Related Publications

You may refer to the following publications which are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Oracle Technology Network at:

http://technet.oracle.com/docs/products/iportal/listing.htm

Note: If you have never visited the Oracle Technology Network before, you will be prompted to register. Registration is free.

Oracle Portal publications

Part Number	Title	Description
A87564-01	Oracle Portal Release Notes	Describes last minute changes to the product or documentation.
A87567-01	Oracle Portal Tutorial	Provides step-by-step lessons that teach you the basics of Oracle Portal.
A87570-01	Oracle Portal Release 3.0.8: Building Advanced Portal	Provides several cases that show you how to use Oracle Portal's advanced features.
N/A	Oracle Portal Development Kit	Provides detailed information about the Oracle Portal API set as well as numerous examples that demonstrate API implementation. You can find the PDK on the Oracle Technology Network at: http://technet.oracle.com/

Other Oracle publications

Part Number	Title
A88725-01	Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide Release 1.0.2.1
A83709-05	Oracle9i Application Server - Migrating from Oracle Application Server
A87562-01	Using the PL/SQL Gateway
A87353-01	Oracle9i Application Server Overview
A77063-01	Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference
A77061-01	Oracle8i interMedia Text Migration

Oracle Services and Support

A wide range of information about Oracle products and global services is available from:

http://www.oracle.com 

The sections below provide URLs for selected services.

Oracle Support Services

Technical Support contact information worldwide is listed at:

http://www.oracle.com/support

Templates are provided to help you prepare information about your problem before you call. You will also need your CSI number (if applicable) or complete contact details, including any special project information.

Product and Documentation

For U.S.A customers, Oracle Store is at:

http://store.oracle.com 

Links to Stores in other countries are provided from this site.

Product documentation can be found at:

http://docs.oracle.com 

Customer Service

Global Customer Service contacts are listed at:

http://www.oracle.com/support 

Education and Training

Training information and worldwide schedules are available from:

http://education.oracle.com 

Oracle Technology Network

Register with the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at:

http://technet.oracle.com 

OTN delivers technical papers, code samples, product documentation, self-service developer support, and Oracle key developer products to enable rapid development and deployment of applications built on Oracle technology.