Chapter 1 Planning Your Installation

The following sections describe the Waveset installation process and provide information on how to plan your installation.

For information about upgrading to Waveset 8.1.1, refer to the Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Upgrade guide.

Installation Task Flow

This guide is organized into parts to help guide you through the installation process. For example, you only need to read the chapters that apply to your choice of application server and database.

Part I, Preparing to Install Waveset

• Install and configure an application server

• Install the JDK (if necessary)

• Install and configure a database

Part II, Installing Waveset

• Install the Waveset software using the installer application and deploy it to your application server

Part III, Installing Optional Components

• Optionally install the Waveset Gateway

• Optionally install PasswordSync

Part IV, Starting, Configuring, and Registering Waveset

• Start Waveset and log on to the Administrator interface using a web browser

• Verify that Waveset is working properly and perform some simple configuration tasks

• Register Waveset with Oracle

Part V, Appendices

• Manually install Waveset and configure the database connection (if you did not use the installer application in Part II)

• Uninstall the Waveset software (if necessary)

• Other topics

Supported Software and Environments

Refer to Supported Software and Environments in Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Release Notes for detailed information about software and environments that are compatible with Waveset.

Installing in a Cluster Configuration

Refer to Chapter 3, Clustering and High Availability, in Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Overview for information on clustering.

Installing Waveset Service Provider

These installation instructions apply to Waveset and Waveset Service Provider.