Preface

This document describes how to install Oracle Applications InterConnect.

This preface discusses the following topics:

• Prerequisites

• Intended Audience

• How This Document is Organized

• Documentation and Code Conventions

Prerequisites

This document assumes that:

• You have a basic understanding of HTTP server and network concepts.

• You have reviewed the Oracle Support Services welcome letter.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for anyone who will install Oracle Applications InterConnect.

How This Document is Organized

This document is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, "System Requirements"

  This chapter describes the system requirements of Oracle Applications InterConnect.

• Chapter 2, "Installation"

  This chapter describes installing Oracle Applications InterConnect.

• Chapter 3, "Starting and Stopping OAI Components"

  This chapter describes starting and stopping Oracle Applications InterConnect components.

Documentation and Code Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Example	Meaning
All uppercase plain	PROCESSES	Indicates Structured Query Language (SQL) reserved words, keywords, and initialization parameters.
Monospace	/usr/local/bin aca.bat	Indicates directories and file names.
Italic	aq_server initsid.ora http://hostname.domain Oracle iAS Appliance Administrator's Guide	Indicates variables, including the variable portion of a file name. Italic is also used to indicate a Web site and the title of a document.
Forward slash (/) before a directory name	/usr/local/bin	Indicates a subdirectory on a UNIX platform.
Backslash (\) before a directory name	C:\WINNT\system32	Indicates a subdirectory on a Windows platform.
$ORACLE_HOME	$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/admin	Represents the top-level directory structure in which your Oracle software is installed on a UNIX platform.
ORACLE_HOME	ORACLE_HOME\sysman\admin	Represents the hard-drive letter and top-level directory structure in which your Oracle software is installed on a Windows platform.
HOME_NAME	OracleHOME_NAMEManagementServer	Represents the name of an Oracle home.