This reference configuration guide provides information about Sun's development of the reference configuration architecture and step-by-step instructions for implementing the reference configuration architecture on your network. This reference configuration guide is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Introduction to the Portal Service Reference Configuration describes the overall goals of the reference configuration and the business and technical requirements for portal services for medium-sized organizations.
Chapter 2, Reference Configuration Architecture describes the architecture that is needed to meet the requirements. Use this chapter to understand the architecture before you attempt to implement it.
Chapter 3, Deployment Specifications describes how to prepare the detailed technical specifications that you will need to deploy the reference configuration architecture in your environment. The chapter includes a set of sample specifications that you can adapt for your own use.
Chapter 4, Implementation Module 1: Directory Server With Multimaster Replication contains detailed procedures for installing and configuring the directory service module in your environment.
Chapter 5, Implementation Module 2: Access Manager With Session Failover on Application Server contains detailed procedures for installing and configuring the Access Manager service module in your environment.
Chapter 6, Implementation Module 3: Portal Server With Portlet Session Failover on Application Server Cluster contains detailed procedures for installing and configuring the portal service module in your environment.
Chapter 7, Implementation Module 4: Secure Remote Access Gateway contains detailed procedures for installing and configuring the Secure Remote Access (SRA) Gateway module in your environment.