1 Summary of Installation Steps

Oracle Application Server is a completely standards-based application server that provides a comprehensive and fully integrated platform for running web sites, J2EE applications, and Web services. This chapter provides an overview of the different installation processes to install Oracle Application Server.

This chapter provides an overview of the steps to install Oracle Application Server. The other chapters in this guide describe the steps in detail.

To install Oracle Application Server:

1. Read Oracle Application Server Release Notes for the most current information.

   You can find the latest version of the release notes on Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation).

2. Check that the computer where you want to install and run Oracle Application Server meets the requirements. This includes:

   • Section 2.1, "System Requirements"

   • Section 2.2, "Microsoft Windows System Files (wsf.exe)"

   • Section 2.3, "Ports"

   • Section 2.4, "Operating System User"

   • Section 2.5, "Environment Variables"

   • Section 2.6, "Network Topics"

   • Section 2.7, "Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer"

3. Read Chapter 3, "Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation" to understand how the different components of Oracle Application Server work together. This chapter describes what the Oracle Application Server Middle Tier components are, where you can install them, and what values the installer expects on some of the installation screens.

4. Install Oracle Application Server Middle Tier. Follow the procedures in Chapter 4, "Installing Middle Tier".

5. After you install Oracle Application Server, access the Welcome page and perform some basic tasks to ensure that the installation was successful.