Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Planning Guide

Choosing Configuration Values for Communications Express

For each Communications Express instance in your solution, you must input values that configure the instance to interoperate with the other components in the solution. In particular, Communications Express is configured to interoperate with the Messaging Server and Calendar Server instances that provide messaging and calendar data, and the Access Manager and Directory Server instances that provide authentication and authorization services. Use Table 3–11 to help you choose configuration values.

Table 3–11 Key Configuration Values for Communications Express

Input Field 

Choosing a Value for Your Solution 

Mail Component and Calendar Component 

Select the Communications Express components for the services your solution is providing. 

Hostname and DNS Domain Name 

These fields, together, identify the computer on which you are configuring Communications Express. 

Web Server or Application Server 

Select the web container your solution is using. You can find this information in the deployment architecture. For more information, see Analyzing a Deployment Architecture.

Server Root Directory, Server Instance Identifier, Virtual Server Identifier, HTTP Port 

If you are installing Communications Express and Web Server together, use these fields to specify how Web Server is installed. 

If you are installingCommunications Express on a computer where Web Server is already installed, use these fields to specify an existing Web Server instance. 

 

If you are installing Communications Express and Application Server together, use these fields to specify how Web Server is installed. 

If you are installingCommunications Express on a computer where Application Server is already installed, use these fields to specify an existing Web Server instance. 

Web Container User ID and Web Container Group ID 

Specify the user and group that will run the web container process. 

URI Path 

Specify the URI for accessing Communications Express 

LDAP URL, Bind DN, Administrator Password 

Specify the Directory Server instance that your solution uses for user and group data. Bind DN and Administrator Password are the directory manager account and password. If your solution uses load-balanced Directory Server instances, type the logical URL for the load-balanced directory service. 

DC Suffix Tree 

Specify the base DN of the user and groupDirectory Server instance. This was established when the Directory Server instance was installed. For more information, see Table 3–5.

Enter the Domain Name 

Type the name of the mail domain your solution is using. This mail domain was established when Messaging Server was configured. For more information, see Table 3–9.

Login URL, Administrator DN, and Administrator Password 

Specify the values used to connect to Access Manager. 

  • Login URL has the form http://hostname:port/amserver/UI/login, where hostname specifies the computer on which Access Manager is running.

  • Administrator DN must be the full LDAP name for the Access Manager administrator account. It should resemble the following: uid=amadmin,ou=people,o=DirectoryBaseDN.

  • The administrator password must be the password established when Access Manager is installed. For more information, see Table 3–8.

Messenger Express Port 

Specify the port that Messaging Server is using. The port was specified when Messaging Server was configured. For more information, see Table 3–9.

Calendar Server Hostname and Calendar Server Port Number 

Specify the name of the computer that is running Calendar Server. If the calendar service in your solution is clustered or load-balanced, supply the logical name for the service. 

The Calendar Server Port Number was assigned when Calendar Server was configured. For more information, see Table 3–10.

Administrator User ID and Administrator Password 

Use the Calendar Server administrator ID and password. These values were established when Calendar Server was configured. For more information, see Table 3–10.

Login URL, Administrator DN, Administrator Password 

Specify the Directory Server instance that your solution uses for personal address book data. If you solution uses load-balanced Directory Server instances, type the logical URL for the load-balanced directory service. These values were established when theDirectory Server instance was configured. For more information, see Table 3–5.