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Installing the Administration Server

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Preparing for Installation

This section covers the following topics:

 

Installation Overview

The ALES Administration Server runs in a servlet container (WebLogic Server or Apache Tomcat) and provides several administrative utilities, including the Administration Console, the Entitlements Management Tool, a Service Control Manager, a Security Service Module, the Business Logic Manager (BLM), the Policy Importer, and the Policy Exporter.

The major tasks involved in installing the Administration Server are:

  1. Installing the servlet container (not covered in this document).
  2. Installing and configuring the database server (see appendixes for database specific information).
  3. Installing the ALES Administration Server.

 

Requirements

Note: The Administration Server must have a static IP address. The IP address is used by the Security Service Modules and Service Control Manager for connectivity.

Table 2-1 System Requirements 
Use
Component and Version
Platforms
One of the following:
  • Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC, 32-bit)
  • Windows 2000 SP4, 2003 R2, XP (File system must be NTFS)
  • Red Hat Adv. Server 3.0, 4.0 (x86, 32-bit)
Servlet Container
One of the following servlet containers must be installed prior to installing ALES:
  • WebLogic Server 10.0 MP1, 9.x, or 8.1 SP5, SP6
  • Apache Tomcat 5.5.23
Java VM
One of the following:
  • Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2_08 (WebLogic Server 8.1) or Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 (JDK 1.5) (WebLogic Server 9.1, 9.2, 10.0)
  • BEA JRockit 1.4.2_08 SDK (WebLogic Server 8.1) or BEA JRockit 5.0 (JDK 1.5) (WebLogic Server 9.1, 9.2, 10.0)
Policy Store (Database Storage)
Once of the following:
  • Oracle 9.2.0.5, 10.1.2, 10.2.0.2
  • Sybase 12.5.3
  • MS-SQL 2000 or 2005 (with MS-SQL 2005 driver)
    Note: MS-SQL 2000 driver is not supported.
  • PointBase 5.1
  • DB2 Universal DB Enterprise Server 9.1
Web Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 6.0 or later.
Memory
256 MB of RAM minimum, 512 MB or more is recommended. Each user session requires approximately 5 MB of memory.
Hard Disk Space
At least 206 MB free storage space (this does not include the servlet container).
Reporting
Log4j may be used to configure a reporting application to support audit features.

 

Product Distribution

BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security products are distributed and installed using the BEA Installation and Distribution System.

To download the product from the BEA web site, contact BEA Sales at http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=sales1.htm&FP=/content/about/contact/.


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