Administration and Deployment Guide

Introduction

This section describes the contents and organization of this guide—Administration and Deployment Guide. It includes the following topics:

Document Scope and Audience

This document is a resource for system administrators and database administrators who administer and deploy BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security™.

The topics in this document are relevant during the staging, production deployment, and production use phases of a software project. For links to other AquaLogic Enterprise Security documentation and resources, see Related Documentation.

It is assumed that readers understand Web technologies and have a general understanding of the Microsoft Windows or UNIX operating system being used. Prior to using this document, you should have a general understanding of the principal components and architecture of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security. Read the Introduction to BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security for conceptual information that is helpful in understanding how the product works. This document provides information for post-installation configuration and operation of AquaLogic Enterprise Security; read Installing the Administration Server and Installing Security Service Modules for information about installation procedures that you need to perform first.

Additionally, BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security includes many terms and concepts that you need to understand. These terms and concepts, which you will encounter throughout the documentation, are defined in the Glossary.

Guide to this Document

This document provides system administrators with information needed to set up the database, install the BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security™ Administration Application, and configure metadirectories. The document is organized as follows:

This document describes tasks associated with deploying and managing AquaLogic Enterprise Security. It is organized as follows:

Related Documentation

For information about other aspects of AquaLogic Enterprise Security, see the following documents:

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