This document is a resource for system administrators, database administrators, or software developers who need to install and configure the BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security™ Security Service Modules.
The topics in this document are relevant during the design, staging, and production deployment 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.
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 application developers with the information needed to install the BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security™ Security Service Modules. The document is organized as follows:
Chapter 2, Overview, provides an overview of the Security Service Module installation process.
Chapter 3, Prerequisites, discusses system requirements (software and hardware) that you need to ensure are met before installing Security Service Modules.
Chapter 4, Installing, provides detailed procedures for installing Security Service Modules.
Chapter 5, Post Installation Tasks, provides detailed procedures for tasks you need to perform after the installation, including configuring, enrolling, and binding components and starting and stopping required processes.
Chapter 6, Uninstalling, describes the procedures for uninstalling Security Service Modules.
Related Documentation
This document contains information about installing and configuring Security Service Modules for AquaLogic Enterprise Security.
Administration and Deployment Guide—This document provides a complete overview of the product and includes step-by-step instructions on how to perform various administrative tasks.
Integrating ALES with Application Environments—This document describes post-installation integration tasks to configure ALES for use with BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform, BEA AquaLogic Service Bus, Apache Web Server, Microsoft IIS web server and Web Services.
Policy Managers Guide—This document defines the policy model used by BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security, and describes how to generate, import and export policy data.
Programming Security for Java Applications—This document describes how to implement security in Java applications. It includes descriptions of the security service Application Programming Interfaces and programming instructions.
Programming Security for Web Services—This document describes how to implement security in web servers. It includes descriptions of the Web Services Application Programming Interfaces.
Javadocs for Java API—This document provides reference documentation for the Java Application Programming Interfaces that are provided with and supported by this release of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security.
Wsdldocs for Web Services API—This document provides reference documentation for the Web Services Application Programming Interfaces that are provided with and supported by this release of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security.
Javadocs for Security Service Provider Interfaces—This document provides reference documentation for the Security Service Provider Interfaces that are provided with and supported by this release of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security.
Javadocs for BLM API—This document provides reference documentation for the Business Logic Manager (BLM) Application Programming Interfaces that are provided with and supported by this release of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security.
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