3 Installing Oracle WebCenter Interaction

This chapter describes how to install the Oracle WebCenter Interaction components and how to deploy the portal application and Image Service to your application server.

Installing the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Components

This section describes how to run the Oracle WebCenter Interaction installer. Before installing Oracle WebCenter Interaction you must complete the tasks described in Chapter 2, "Installation Prerequisites."

Notes:

If you install all the Oracle WebCenter Interaction components on one computer, the computer becomes overloaded and services will stop intermittently. To avoid this situation, install the components on two or more computers. For example, you might want to install the Administrative Portal Server, Automation Server, and API Service on one computer; Search on a second computer, and the remaining components on a third computer.
Oracle WebCenter Interaction requires Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2005 SP1 Runtime Libraries. If you do not have these libraries, you are given the option to let the installer install the EN localized version of these libraries.

Log in to the host as the local Administrator.
Close all programs.
Launch the Oracle WebCenter Interaction installer.

The installer file is named WebCenterInteraction_10.3.3.0.0.exe.
Complete the installer wizard pages.

For details, see Oracle WebCenter Interaction Installer Wizard Pages
If necessary, deploy the portal application to your application server.

If you are installing Oracle WebCenter Interaction to a Java application server and the portal was not autodeployed, you must manually deploy the portal WAR or EAR to your application server. The portal WAR and EAR are located in install_dir\ptportal\10.3.3\webapp\.
- If you are deploying to Oracle WebLogic Server or IBM WebSphere, deploy portal.ear.
If necessary, deploy the Image Service to your application server.

If you are installing Oracle WebCenter Interaction to a Java application server and the portal was not autodeployed, you must manually deploy the Image Service to your application server. The Image Service files are located in install_dir\ptimages\imageserver\.

For instructions, see Deploying the Image Service.

Oracle WebCenter Interaction Installer Wizard Pages

This section describes the Oracle WebCenter Interaction installer wizard pages.

Wizard Page	Description
Introduction	This installer wizard page provides a brief description of the installer and describes how to run the installer in silent mode.
Installation Folder	Accept the default installation folder or select a different folder in which to install Oracle WebCenter Interaction. Default: C:\Oracle\Middleware\wci
Choose Components	Select either Complete or Custom. If you select Complete, a full set of Oracle WebCenter Interaction components is installed. If you select Custom, you can select individual portal components to install according to your deployment plan.
Configuration Manager - Port and Password	Enter the port and password for the Configuration Manager Web tool. The Configuration Manager will be used to complete the installation of Oracle WebCenter Interaction.
Web Application Environment: .NET or Java	Select .NET (IIS) or Java.
Select IIS Web Site	If you chose .NET IIS as your Web application environment, select Use Default Web Site if you want the component or components being installed deployed to port 80, the default HTTP port. Select Use another Web site if other applications are using port 80 and you do not want to share the port.
Specify IIS Web Site Information	If you chose to deploy the portal to a Web site other than the default Web site, enter the IIS Web site name and HTTP and HTTPS ports you want to use for accessing the portal. Example Web site name: `WCI` Example HTTP port: `8082` Example HTTPS port: `9092` Note: If the name you enter is not the name of an existing IIS Web site, a new Web site is created. If the Web site already exists, the secure and non-secure ports will be changed to the entries made in the installer.
Auto-Deployment to a Java Web Application Server	If you chose Java as your Web application environment, select a Web application server to which you want to auto-deploy the Portal. Select Manual to manually deploy the portal to a Web application server.
Specify WebLogic Deployment Information	If you chose WebLogic as your Web application server, enter the Oracle WebLogic Server home directory, domain home, host name, port, domain, server, administrator user and administrator user password. Note: Oracle WebLogic Server domain and server names are case-sensitive. If the letter casing you enter does not match the running Oracle WebLogic Server domain and server, auto-deployment fails. Click Help for further details on this installer wizard page.
Image Service: Auto-Deployment to Apache	If you chose to manually deploy your Web application server, select Apache to have the Image Service automatically deployed to Apache. Select Manual if you prefer to use a Web server other than Apache.
Apache Deployment Information	If you chose to auto-deploy the image service to Apache, enter the Apache configuration directory. Example directory: `C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\` Enter the Apache Windows service name. Example name: `Apache2`
Image Service Compression on IIS	The Enable Image Service HTTP Compression check box is selected by default. Clear the check box if you do not want to use HTTP compression.
Standalone or Cluster	Select whether you would like to install a Single Standalone Search Node or add a Search Cluster Node. Selecting to install the standalone search node installs a single node on the local computer. If you want to support failover, add search cluster nodes.
Adding New Search Node	Enter the name and port number of the new search node. The search node is installed into install_dir\ptsearchserver\10.3.3.
Search Cluster Files	If you chose to install a search cluster node, select the location of the search cluster files. You must have permission to access and write to the location where you want to install these files. Example: install_dir\ptsearchserver\10.3.3\cluster
Content Service for Documentum - Application Port	Choose whether to use a secure protocol (https) for the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Content Service for Documentum or a standard protocol (http). Specify your port number. The default port is 11951. Make sure to enter the SSL port number if using https.
Documentum Client Library	Enter the path to your Documentum client library. Example: `C:\Program Files\Documentum\dctm.jar`
Fully Qualified Domain Name	Enter the fully qualified domain name for the computer hosting Oracle WebCenter Interaction Content Service for Windows Files.
Identity Service for LDAP - Application Port	Choose whether to use a secure protocol (https) for the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Identity Service for LDAP or a standard protocol (http). Specify your port number. The default port is 11950. Make sure to enter the SSL port number if using https.
Fully Qualified Domain Name	Enter the fully qualified domain name for the computer hosting Oracle WebCenter Interaction Identity Service for Microsoft Active Directory.
Interaction Development Kit: .NET Signed or Unsigned	Choose whether to install the .NET signed or unsigned version of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK).
Fully Qualified Domain Name	Enter the fully qualified domain name for the computer hosting Oracle WebCenter Console for Microsoft SharePoint.
Pre-Installation Summary	Review the list of components to be installed. Click Install.
Launch Configuration Manager	Launch the Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager is located at: `https://host:port` Where host is the host you are installing on and port is the port you specified. Log in to the Configuration Manager using the user name `administrator` and the password you specified on the Configuration Manager – Port and Password page. The Configuration Manager displays a list of all recently installed components. Clicking the link next to each component leads you through the settings you must configure to complete the installation. For information on the settings in the Configuration Manager, refer to the Configuration Manager online help or to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Interaction. When you have completed all Configuration Manager tasks, return to the installer.
Application Settings Confirmation	Choose whether you have completed configuration of your application settings or want to complete configuration later.
Install Complete	When the installer is finished, you might be asked to restart your computer to complete installation. If prompted, choose whether to restart your computer now or manually at another time. Click Done. Note: The Oracle WebCenter Interaction installer launches additional installers depending on the components you chose to install. You might be prompted by one of the additional component installers to restart your computer before the Oracle WebCenter Interaction installer is finished. If you are prompted to restart your computer while another installer is running, select the option to manually restart your computer later. Then, if you are not prompted to restart your computer after the final installer is finished, restart your computer manually.

Deploying the Image Service

Note:

This step is unnecessary if you selected .NET IIS during installation, or if you instructed the installer to autodeploy the Image Service to Apache.

The Image Service is a collection of static, non-secure files that should be served by an HTTP server, such as Apache HTTP Server. The Image Service files are located in install_dir\ptimages\imageserver.

This directory should be aliased in your HTTP server configuration so that the URL specified for the Image Service when the installer was run is correct. For example, if you were running an Apache HTTP Server on port 8082, and you had specified http://webserver:8082/imageserver as your Image Service URL, you might configure Apache HTTP server as follows:

Note:

This is only an example. In a production environment the imageserver directory should be aliased to the Web server by a knowledgeable Web server administrator.

In a text editor, open the file Apache_home\conf\httpd.conf.
Alias your install_dir\ptimages\imageserver directory to \imageserver\ on the Web server by adding the following alias to the httpd.conf file:
```
Alias \imageserver\ “install_dir\ptimages\imageserver\”
```

Create a Directory entry for the imageserver directory:

<Directory “install_dir\ptimages\imageserver”>
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Save httpd.conf and exit the text editor.
When Apache HTTP Server is restarted, http://webserver:8082/imageserver/ should point to install_dir\ptimages\imageserver\.