WebLogic Server v8.1 Installation
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This section provides the information needed to install the BEA WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module, including system requirements and prerequisite software and hardware. It does not include information for installing the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security 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 WebLogic Server v8.1 Security Service Module. The package installer is approximately 55 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 sales representative, you will find the following items in the product box:
The following printed documents:
The WebLogic Server, version 8.1 Security Service Module requires certain software components to operate properly. 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 WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module.
Note: The machine on which you install the WebLogic Server 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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You can download this product from this location: http://commerce.bea.com/showallversions.jsp?family=WLS Note: The BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security installation program requires a Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE), Version 1.4 Java run-time environment (JRE). The JRE provided by WebLogic Server 8.1 SP3 and SP4 satisfies this requirement. |
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The WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module runs on any of the following platforms: |
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If you do not have domain configured for the WebLogic Server, use the WebLogic Server Configuration Wizard to configure a domain. Make a note of the domain name and its location. This information is required to install the WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module. |
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You must install the Administration Application before you install the WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module software distribution. |
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With the Sun Java SDK— 64 MB of RAM minimum, 256 MB or more is recommended for each instance. |
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For installation on a Microsoft Windows platform—About 100 MB of free storage space is required for the installed product and about 100 MB of temporary storage space is required by the installer. For installation on Unix systems—About 100 MB of free storage space is required for the installed product and about 100 MB of temporary storage space is required by the installer. |
The product software cannot be used without a valid license. When you install WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 Security Service Module, the installation program creates an evaluation license. The evaluation license expires in 90 days.
To use the WebLogic Server, Version 8.1 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:
The files and directories in the BEA Home directory are described in your WebLogic documentation. When you install the product, you are prompted to specify a BEA Home directory. You should specify the same BEA Home directory that you specified when you installed WebLogic Server 8.1. 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:
If you choose the default product installation directory, you will see additional directories in the BEA Home directory, such as weblogic81 (the WebLogic Server installation directory) and user_projects (a folder for WebLogic domains that you create). Although the default location for the WebLogic Enterprise Security installation directory is within the BEA Home directory, you can select a different location outside the BEA Home directory.
During installation, you are prompted to choose an existing BEA Home (BEA_HOME) directory or specify a path to create a new BEA Home directory. If you choose to create a new directory, the installation program automatically creates the directory for you.
Note: For a BEA Home directory, you are allowed to install each version of a BEA product that uses the BEA Home directory convention only once. For example, you can install WebLogic Server 8.1 and associate it with a BEA Home directory, and that BEA Home directory can also be associated with an installation of BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security. It cannot be associated with another installation of WebLogic Server 8.1.
The files and directories in the BEA Home (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.
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 the following directory:
where c:\bea is the BEA_HOME directory and wles42-ssm\wls-ssm is the product installation directory. You can specify any name and location on your system for your product installation directory and there is no requirement that you name the directory wles42-ssm\wls-ssm or create it under the BEA Home directory.
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