Basic Installation Procedures for Communications Express

The basic steps for installing and configuring Communications Express are the following:

1. Use the Java ES installer to install Communications Express on all computers systems specified in your deployment architecture.

   1. When you install Communications Express you also install the web container in which Communications Express runs.

   2. When you install Communications Express you must also install either a copy of the Access Manager SDK, or a local copy of Access Manager.

2. Run the Communications Express configuration wizard. When you configure Communications Express you must specify the repository for user and group data (typically a Directory Server instance, specified with a URL).

3. Start and verify all instances of Communications Express.

4. If your solution uses load balancing for the Communications Express instances, verify that the load balancer is working properly.