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1
Overview
1.1
What is an Enterprise Deployment?
1.2
Benefits of the Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Configurations
1.2.1
Built-in Security
1.2.2
High Availability
2
Selecting a Deployment Architecture
2.1
Creating Solutions with Oracle Application Server
2.2
Enterprise Deployment Nomenclature
2.3
Understanding the Enterprise Deployment Architectures
2.3.1
myJ2EE
2.3.2
myPortal
2.3.3
myBIFCompany
2.4
Understanding Deployment Variants
2.4.1
Understanding Data Tier Variants
2.4.1.1
Using Multimaster Replication with Oracle Internet Directory
2.4.1.2
Using the Oracle Application Server Cold Failover Cluster (Identity Management) Solution
2.4.2
Understanding Identity Management Tier Variants
2.4.2.1
Oracle Internet Directory: Data Tier or Identity Management Tier?
2.4.2.2
Oracle Internet Directory: AD/iPlanet Integration
2.4.2.3
Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On: Using Netegrity
2.4.2.4
Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On: Windows Authentication
2.4.3
Understanding Application Tier Variants
2.4.3.1
J2EE Applications: File Based or Database Repository?
2.4.4
Understanding Web Server Tier Variants
2.4.4.1
Oracle Application Server Web Cache Placement, Clustering and Deployment Considerations
2.4.4.2
Oracle HTTP Server: Forward and Reverse Proxies
2.4.4.3
Oracle HTTP Server as a Standalone Web Server
2.5
How to Use this Guide: The Enterprise Deployment Configuration Process
2.5.1
Installing and Configuring myJ2EE
2.5.2
Installing and Configuring myPortal
2.5.3
Installing and Configuring myBIF
2.6
Selecting a Deployment Architecture
3
Before You Begin Installation
3.1
Best Practices for Installing and Configuring Enterprise Deployments
3.2
Hardware Sizing Guidelines
3.3
Managing Oracle Application Server Component Connections
4
Installing and Configuring the Security Infrastructure
4.1
Installing the Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository for the Security Infrastructure
4.1.1
Installing the OracleAS Metadata Repository Creation Assistant
4.1.2
Installing the Metadata Repository in a Database Using Raw Devices
4.1.3
Installing the Metadata Repository in an Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS)
4.1.4
Updating the sqlnet.ora File for OracleAS Portal Communication
4.1.5
Configuring the Time out Value in the sqlnet.ora File
4.2
Installing the Oracle Internet Directory Instances in the Data Tier
4.2.1
Installing the First Oracle Internet Directory
4.2.2
Installing the Second Oracle Internet Directory
4.3
Configuring the Virtual Server to Use the Load Balancing Router
4.4
Testing the Data Tier Components
4.5
Installing and Configuring Authentication Services for myPortalCompany.com
5
Installing and Configuring Authentication Services
5.1
Option 1: Using Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On
5.1.1
Installing the First Identity Management Configuration
5.1.2
Testing the Identity Management Components With Oracle Internet Directory
5.1.3
Installing the Second Identity Management Configuration
5.1.4
Testing the Identity Management Tier Components
5.2
Option 2: Using the Oracle Application Server Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Provider
5.2.1
Adding Administrative Users and Groups to Oracle Internet Directory for the OracleAS JAAS Provider
6
Installing and Configuring the myJ2EECompany Application Infrastructure
6.1
Installing and Configuring the Security Infrastructure
6.2
Configuring the Load Balancing Router or Proxy Server
6.3
Installing and Configuring the Application Tier
6.3.1
Installing the First Application Tier Application Server Instance on APPHOST1
6.3.2
Installing the Second Application Tier Application Server Instance on APPHOST2
6.3.3
Creating OC4J Instances on the Application Tier
6.3.4
Deploying J2EE Applications
6.3.5
Creating a DCM-Managed Oracle Application Server Cluster on the Application Tier
6.3.5.1
Creating the DCM-Managed OracleAS Cluster
6.3.5.2
Joining Application Server Instances to the DCM-Managed OracleAS Cluster
6.3.6
Modifying the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
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Application Server Control Console Welcome Page
6.4
Installing and Configuring the Web Tier
6.4.1
Installing the Oracle HTTP Servers on WEBHOST1 and WEBHOST2
6.5
Configuring the Manually Managed Oracle Application Server Cluster
6.6
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancing Router
6.7
Configuring OC4J Routing
6.8
Configuring Application Authentication and Authorization
7
Installing and Configuring the myPortalCompany Application Infrastructure
7.1
Installing the Metadata Repository for the Application Infrastructure
7.1.1
Installing the Metadata Repository in a Database Using Raw Devices
7.1.2
Installing the Metadata Repository in an Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS)
7.2
Configuring the Load Balancing Router or Proxy Server
7.3
Installing the Application Tier
7.3.1
Installing the First Application Server on APPHOST1
7.3.2
Configuring Load Balancing and Monitoring
7.3.3
Configuring the First Application Server on APPHOST1
7.3.3.1
Executing the SSL Configuration Tool on APPHOST1
7.3.3.2
Re-Setting the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
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Link
7.3.3.3
Configuring the Portal Tools Providers on APPHOST1
7.3.3.4
Creating an Indirect Password
7.3.3.5
Re-registering mod_osso on APPHOST1
7.3.3.6
Verifying Connectivity for Invalidation Messages from the Database to the OracleAS Web Cache on APPHOST1 through the Load Balancing Router
7.3.3.7
Enabling Monitoring of the Load Balancing Router's OracleAS Portal Host and Port Settings
7.3.3.8
Testing the Configuration on APPHOST1
7.3.4
Installing the Second Application Server on APPHOST2
7.3.5
Configuring the Second Application Server on APPHOST2
7.3.5.1
Enabling Portal on APPHOST2
7.3.5.2
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancing Router on APPHOST2
7.3.5.3
Configuring the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancing Router on APPHOST2
7.3.5.4
Modifying the Portal Dependency Settings (iasconfig.xml) File on APPHOST2
7.3.5.5
Configuring the Portal Tools Providers on APPHOST2
7.3.5.6
Re-registering mod_osso on APPHOST2
7.3.6
Configuring OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
7.3.7
Configuring Load Balancing and Monitoring
7.3.8
Enabling Session Binding on OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
7.3.9
Modifying the Oracle Application Server Welcome Page
7.3.10
Registering Web Providers or Provider Groups Exposed over SSL (Optional)
7.3.11
Enabling the Federated Portal Adapter for SSL (Optional)
7.3.12
Registering OracleAS Portal as an Oracle Ultra Search Content Source (Optional)
7.3.12.1
Enabling Oracle Ultra Search Access
7.3.12.2
Registering OracleAS Portal as an Oracle Ultra Search Content Source
7.4
Testing the Application Server Tier
7.5
Configuring Custom Java Portal Development Kit (JPDK) Providers
7.5.1
Deploying Custom JPDK Providers
7.5.2
Configuring Manually Managed Oracle Application Server Clusters for Session State Replication in OC4J_JPDK Applications
7.5.2.1
Configuring State Replication in the OC4J Instances
7.5.2.2
Configure the J2EE Applications for Clustering
7.5.2.3
Configure the Oracle HTTP Server for Failover and Load Balancing
7.5.2.4
Disabling the JAZN Session Cache for UDDI Session Replication
7.6
Setting the OracleAS Single Sign-On Query Path URL for External Applications
7.6.1
Firewall Considerations for OracleAS Portal
8
Installing and Configuring the myBIFCompany Application Infrastructure
8.1
Installing the Metadata Repository for the Application Infrastructure
8.2
Configuring the Load Balancing Router or Proxy Server
8.3
Installing the Application Tier
8.3.1
Installing the First Application Server on APPHOST1
8.3.2
Configuring the First Application Server on APPHOST1
8.3.2.1
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancing Router on APPHOST1
8.3.2.2
Re-registering mod_osso on APPHOST1
8.3.2.3
Configuring OracleAS Reports Services Server Targets in Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
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Application Server Control Console
8.3.2.4
Testing the Configuration on APPHOST1
8.3.3
Installing the Second Application Server on APPHOST2
8.3.4
Configuring the Second Application Server on APPHOST2
8.3.4.1
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server with the Load Balancing Router on APPHOST2
8.3.4.2
Re-registering mod_osso on APPHOST2
8.3.4.3
Configuring OracleAS Reports Services Server Targets in Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
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Application Server Control Console
8.3.5
Configuring OracleAS Web Cache Clusters
8.3.6
Selecting the Secure Tunneling Protocol for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus Deployment
8.3.7
Completing the Configuration
8.3.8
Managing Connection Availability for OracleAS Reports Services
8.3.9
Configuring Session State Replication in OC4J Instances
8.3.10
Modifying the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10
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Application Server Control Console Welcome Page
8.3.11
Updating Host and Port Entries in OC4J_BI_Forms
8.4
Testing the Application Server Tier
8.5
Configuring OracleAS Portal in Business Intelligence and Forms
9
Implementing Architecture Variants
9.1
Configuring a Dedicated Intranet and Internet for OracleAS Portal
9.1.1
Installing the Infrastructure and External Middle Tier Instances
9.1.2
Installing the First Internal Middle Tier on APPHOST3
9.1.3
Installing the Second Internal Middle Tier on APPHOST4
9.1.4
Configuring an OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation-only Cluster
9.1.4.1
Preparing the Network Environment for the OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation-only Cluster
9.1.4.2
Configuring the Caches
9.1.4.3
Disabling External to Internal Communication Through the Firewall
9.1.5
Configuring the First Internal Middle Tier on APPHOST3 for Load Balancing Router Access
9.1.6
Configuring the Second Internal Middle Tier on APPHOST4 for Load Balancing Router Access
9.1.7
Registering the Internal Middle Tier as a Partner Application
9.1.8
Updating the Default JPDK Instance URL and Seeded Provider Group URLs
9.1.9
Configuring OracleAS Portal Invalidation Messages
9.1.9.1
Verifying the OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation Messages Configuration
9.1.10
Configuring the OracleAS Portal Schema in the OracleAS Metadata Repository
9.1.11
Modifying the Oracle Text Base Search URL
9.1.12
Enabling Session Binding on OracleAS Web Cache
9.1.13
Configuring the Oracle Drive WebDAV Client
9.1.14
Validating the Completed Configuration
9.2
Configuring a Reverse Proxy for OracleAS Portal and OracleAS Single Sign-On
9.2.1
Install and Configure the Proxy Server
9.2.1.1
Configuring OracleAS Web Cache as a Reverse Proxy
9.2.1.2
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server as a Reverse Proxy
9.2.1.3
Configuring Internet Information Services as a Reverse Proxy
9.2.2
Testing the OracleAS Single Sign-On Connection
9.2.3
Configuring OracleAS Single Sign-On to Use a Reverse Proxy
9.2.3.1
Ensuring that IP Checking is Off
9.2.3.2
Executing the ssocfg Script
9.2.3.3
Updating the targets.xml File
9.2.3.4
Updating the httpd.conf File
9.2.3.5
Updating Oracle Internet Directory with the Operation URL
9.2.3.6
Registering mod_osso to Use the Proxy Host Name
9.2.3.7
Updating the Single Sign-On Configuration
9.2.4
Validating the OracleAS Single Sign-On Configuration
9.2.5
Testing the OracleAS Portal Connection
9.2.6
Configuring OracleAS Portal for a Reverse Proxy
9.2.6.1
Ensuring Validity of Self-Referential URLs Rendered on OracleAS Portal Pages
9.2.6.2
Configuring Loopback Communication to the Internal Server
9.2.6.3
Specifying the OracleAS Portal Published Address and Protocol
9.2.6.4
Configuring the Parallel Page Engine Loop-Back with the Load Balancing Router on APPHOST1
9.2.6.5
Configuring OracleAS Web Cache with the Reverse Proxy Server on APPHOST1
9.2.6.6
Configuring Seeded Providers and Locally Hosted Web Providers
9.2.6.7
Registering the Domain Name
9.2.6.8
Re-registering mod_osso on APPHOST1
9.2.6.9
Augmenting the Parallel Page Engine x509certfile for Web Providers Exposed Over SSL (Optional)
9.2.6.10
Registering Web Providers or Provider Groups Exposed over SSL (Optional)
9.2.6.11
Enabling the Federated Portal Adapter for SSL (Optional)
9.2.6.12
Registering OracleAS Portal as an Oracle Ultra Search Content Source (Optional)
9.2.6.13
Using Oracle HTTP Server 1.3 as a Reverse Proxy for OracleAS Portal
9.2.7
Validating the OracleAS Portal Configuration
9.3
Configuring J2EE and Web Cache on the Web Tier
9.3.1
Installing and Configuring the Security Infrastructure
9.3.2
Installing and Configuring the Application Tier
9.3.2.1
A Note About Port Assignments for the Oracle Application Server File-Based Farm
9.3.3
Installing and Configuring the Web Tier
9.3.3.1
Installing the Web Tier Application Servers on WEBHOST1 and WEBHOST2
A
Sample Configurations for Load Balancers
A.1
Test Network Configuration
A.1.1
Network Subnets in the Test Configuration
A.1.2
Hardware in the Test Configuration
A.1.3
Configuration of Load Balancers and Firewalls for Oracle Application Server Component High Availability
A.1.3.1
OracleAS Portal Communication
A.2
F5 Big IP Application Switch (Software Version 4.5 PTF.5)
A.2.1
Subnets for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.2
Servers/Nodes for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.3
Pools for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.4
Virtual Servers (VIPs) for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.5
Load Balancing Method for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.6
Health Monitors for the Big IP Configuration
A.2.6.1
OracleAS Single Sign-On
A.2.6.2
Middle Tier Components
A.2.6.3
OracleAS Web Cache Invalidation
A.2.6.4
Oracle Internet Directory LDAP
A.2.6.5
SSL Configuration
A.2.7
OracleAS Portal Configuration Notes for Big IP
A.2.8
OracleAS Wireless Configuration Notes for Big IP
A.2.9
OracleAS Web Cache Configuration Notes for Big IP
A.3
Cisco CSM 3.1(2)
A.3.1
Subnets for the CSM 3.1(2) Configuration
A.3.2
Servers/Nodes for the Cisco CSM 3.1(2) Configuration
A.3.3
VLANs for the Cisco CSM 3.1(2) Configuration
A.3.4
Server Farms for the Cisco CSM 3.1(2) Configuration
A.3.5
Virtual Servers (VIPs) for the Cisco CSM 3.1(2) Configuration
A.3.5.1
Virtual Servers for Outside Traffic Access to Server Farms
A.3.5.2
Sticky Configuration
A.3.5.3
Virtual Servers for HTTP Request Forwarding From the SSL Accelerator
A.3.5.4
Virtual Servers for Traffic from VLAN for Parallel Page Engine Requests
A.3.6
Test Configuration: Cisco CSM 3.1(2)
A.4
Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24
A.4.1
Subnets for the Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24 Configuration
A.4.2
Servers/Nodes for the Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24 Configuration
A.4.3
Real Servers for the Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24 Configuration
A.4.4
OracleAS Portal Configuration Notes for Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24
A.4.5
OracleAS Wireless Configuration Notes for Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24
A.4.6
Test Configuration: Foundry Server Iron v08.1.00cT24
A.5
Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.5.1
Subnets for the Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1) Configuration
A.5.2
Servers/Nodes for the Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1) Configuration
A.5.3
Real Servers for the Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1) Configuration
A.5.4
Groups for the Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1) Configuration
A.5.5
Virtual IP Addresses for Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.5.6
Additional Server Configuration for Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.5.7
OracleAS Portal Configuration Notes for Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.5.8
OracleAS Wireless Configuration Notes for Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.5.9
Test Configuration: Nortel Alteon 2424 SSL (Software Version 20.2.2.1)
A.6
Radware Web Server Director NP with SynApps 7.50.05
A.6.1
Subnets for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.2
Servers/Nodes for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.3
Farms for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.4
Servers for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.5
Additional Server Configuration for the Radware Web Server Director NP
A.6.6
Super Farms for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.7
Load Balancing Method for the Radware Web Server Director NP Configuration
A.6.8
OracleAS Portal Configuration Notes for Radware Web Server Director NP
A.6.9
OracleAS Wireless Configuration Notes for Radware Web Server Director NP
A.6.10
Test Configuration: Radware Web Server Director NP
B
Sample Files and Values
B.1
Metadata Repository Tablespaces
B.2
Tablespace Mapping to Raw Devices Sample File
B.3
Using the Static Ports Feature with Oracle Universal Installer
B.4
dads.conf File
Index