Sun Identity Manager 8.1 Installation

Install an Application Server

For a list of supported application server versions, see Application Servers in Sun Identity Manager 8.1 Release Notes

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Installation Notes

You may need to perform one or more of these general steps when installing the software:

Tomcat Installation Notes

Install the Tomcat software according to the instructions included with Tomcat. You may find helpful information at the Jakarta Project site: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/

ProcedureTo Install Tomcat on Windows

  1. Specify the Tomcat installation location.

  2. Select to start Tomcat as a service, and then select the port to run on. The default port is 8080.

ProcedureTo Install Tomcat on UNIX

  1. After downloading and unpacking the Tomcat installation bundle, modify the Tomcat startup script by using this procedure:

    In the setclasspath.sh file in the $TOMCAT_HOME/bin directory, add these lines to the top of the file:


    JAVA_HOME=Location of a JDK 
    BASEDIR=Location of your unpacked Tomcat 
    export JAVA_HOME BASEDIR
  2. When configuring Tomcat to support UTF-8, add the URIEncoding="UTF-8" attribute to the connector element in the TomcatDir/conf/server.xml file, for example:


    <!-- Define a non-SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on the 
    port specified during installation -->
     <Connector port="8080"
        maxThreads="150"
        minSpareThreads="25"
        maxSpareThreads="75"
        enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443"
        acceptCount="100" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000"
       disableUploadTimeout="true"
        URIEncoding="UTF-8" />
  3. When configuring Tomcat to support UTF-8, also add -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 in your Java VM options.

WebLogic Installation Notes

Install WebLogic using the instructions provided with the software. To configure WebLogic before installing Identity Manager, see Step 1: Configure the WebLogic Software.

WebSphere Installation Notes

Install WebSphere using the instructions provided with the software. To configure WebSphere before installing Identity Manager, see Step 1: Configure WebSphere.

JBoss Installation Notes

Install JBoss using the instructions provided with the software. You may find helpful information at the JBoss Project site, at http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossas .

You may need to perform one or more of these general steps when installing the software:

Oracle Application Server Installation Notes

Follow these general steps when installing the software. For details, see the documentation provided by Oracle®.