1 Introduction to Best Practices

This book provides a collection of best practices, covering configuration, deployment, and development of Oracle Application Server. A best practice provides a recommendation or a common practice on how to perform certain tasks and actions. This recommendation may involve a combination of tools and manual processes to achieve a desired result. This collection covers the following technology areas:

• Administration and management tools for Oracle Application Server

• Oracle HTTP Server

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) Applications and associated tools

• Oracle Application Server Portal

• Oracle Application Server Wireless

• Oracle Application Server Web Cache

• Oracle Business Intelligence, including components Oracle Reports and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer

• Security and Oracle Identity Management

• High availability