Web Server Installation
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This section provides the information needed to install the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security Web Server Security Service Module, including system requirements and prerequisite software and hardware. It does not include information for installing the Administration Application or other Security Service Modules.
This section covers the following topics:
BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security products are distributed and installed using the BEA Installation and Distribution System, which provides a complete framework for the following:
BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security is distributed on both the BEA web site and on CD-ROM.
If you want to install the product by downloading it from the BEA web site, contact BEA Sales at http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=sales1.htm&FP=/content/about/contact/ and request a download.
The package installer downloads a stand-alone version of the installation program that contains the complete Web Server Security Service Module. The package installer is approximately 40 MB.
Documentation is available from the product documentation home page. Be sure to download the most up-to-date information from the BEA web site at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13212_01/wles/docs42/download.html
If you purchased BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security from your local BEA sales representative, you will find the following items in the product box:
The following printed documents:
Before installing the Web Server Security Service Module (SSM) or Web Services SSM, ensure that the following requirements are met. Review these requirements before installing the product. For additional information on the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security products, see: http://www.bea.com/wles.
Table 2-1 lists the system requirements for the machine on which you install the Web Server Security Service Module.
Note: The machine on which you install the Security Service Module must have a static IP address. The IP address is used by the Security Service Module and Service Control Manager for connectivity. Also, on a Windows platform, the file system used must be NTFS, not FAT. To check the file system format, open Windows Explorer and right-click the hard drive on which you intend to do the installation and select Properties.
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The Web Server Security Service Module runs on any of the following platforms:
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You must install the Administration Application before you install the Web Server Security Service Module product software. |
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For installation on Windows systems—About 200 MB of free storage space is required for the installed product and about 200 MB of temporary storage space is required by the installer. For installation on Unix systems—About 40 MB of free storage space is required for the installed product and about 200 MB of temporary storage space is required by the installer. |
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The Web Server Security Service Module products are provided for the following web servers: |
The product software cannot be used without a valid license. When you install Web Server Security Service Module, the installation program creates an evaluation license. The evaluation license expires in 90 days.
To use the Web Server Security Service Module in a production environment, you must purchase a license. For information about purchasing a license, contact your BEA Sales Representative.
If you are installing the security Service Module on a computer on which a WebLogic Enterprise Security SSM was previously installed, refer to Uninstalling and make sure all of the uninstall steps were completed; otherwise the installation may fail.
During installation, you need to specify locations for the following directories:
During installation, you are prompted to choose an existing BEA Home (BEA_HOME) directory. The BEA Home directory is a repository for common files that are used by multiple BEA products installed on the same machine. For this reason, the BEA Home directory can be considered a "central support directory" for the BEA products installed on your system.
The files in the BEA Home directory are essential to ensuring that BEA software operates correctly on your system. They perform the following types of functions:
The files and directories in the BEA Home directory are described in your WebLogic documentation. Although it is possible to create more than one BEA Home directory, BEA recommends that you avoid doing so. In almost all situations, a single BEA Home directory is sufficient. There may be circumstances, however, in which you prefer to maintain separate development and production environments on a single machine, each containing a separate product stack. With two directories, you can update your development environment (in a BEA Home directory) without modifying the production environment until you are ready to do so.
BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security offers three web server security products: 1) the IIS Web Server Security Service Module (SSM), 2) the Apache Web Server SSM, and 3) the Web Services SSM.
The product installation directory contains all the software components used to administer BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security. During installation, you are prompted to choose a product installation directory. If you accept the default, the software is installed in one of the following directories depending on which product you elect to install:
where c:\bea is the BEA Home directory and wles42-ssm\iis-ssm, wles42-ssm/apache-ssm, and wles42-ssm\webservices-ssm are the product installation directories.
Note: You can specify any name and location on your system for your product installation directory. There is no requirement that you accept the default directory.
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