Installation Guide

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Introduction

This section contains the following topics:

 


Overview

BEA SALT provides a native Web service stack for Tuxedo. It enables you to access Tuxedo services via the SOAP/WS-* protocol. BEA SALT is configuration-driven. You can easily export most existing Tuxedo services as Web services without having to do any programming tasks. This document will guide you through BEA SALT installation on top of Tuxedo.

 


Preparing to Install BEA SALT

Before installing BEA SALT, ensure the following prerequisites are met.

Notes: For Tuxedo 8.1 (Windows), rolling patch 268 or above is required.
Note: For Tuxedo 8.1 (UNIX), rolling patch 265 or above is required.
Note: For Tuxedo 9.1 (Windows and UNIX), rolling patch 003 or above is required.
Note: The rolling patch can be found on the product CD. You can also contact
BEA Support for the latest rolling patch version.

 


BEA SALT Platform Support

For a listing of BEA SALT-supported platforms, see BEA SALT 1.1 Supported Platforms.

 


BEA SALT Installation Program

The BEA SALT software is distributed as an installation program for Windows or UNIX systems. The BEA SALT installation program supports three installation methods. You can use any of these methods to install the BEA SALT product software:

 


BEA SALT Distribution Methods

BEA SALT is distributed on both the Web and CD-ROM.

Web Distribution

An evaluation copy of BEA SALT is available for download from the BEA corporate Web site at http://commerce.bea.com/downloads/tuxedo.jsp#tuxedo. When downloading BEA SALT, you must also download an evaluation license, which allows you to use the BEA SALT software for a 30-day trial period. Anytime during the 30-day trial period you may purchase a non-expiring license for your BEA SALT product by calling or e-mailing BEA Customer Support. For BEA Customer Support contact information, go to http://www.bea.com/support/contact_cs.html.

Platform-specific installer files for the BEA SALT product software are available for download from the BEA corporate Web site.

CD-ROM Distribution

If you purchased BEA SALT from your local sales representative, you will find the following items in the BEA SALT product box:

Shortly after purchasing BEA SALT on CD-ROM, you will receive a non-expiring BEA SALT product license via e-mail.

 


What's Next?

You are now ready to begin your installation. To install BEA SALT 1.1, see one of the following sections:


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