To Enable the Notification Service with a Portal-only Installation

This section describes the steps to enable notification with WebLogic 8.1 in a Portal-only installation, which by default runs in polling mode. For Portal instances that also contain the amserver component, these procedures are not needed. amserver components are automatically configured to perform notification.

1. Register the PLLNotificationServlet in WebLogic.

   WebLogic 8.1 requires that a web application be deployed. Also, the servlet URL must be valid so that when accessed from a browser, the following message is returned:

   Webtop 2.5 Platform Low Level notification servlet

2. Enter the registered URL into AMConfig.properties as follows:

   com.iplanet.am.notifaction.url=http://weblogic_instance-host.domain:port/notification/PLLNotificationServlet

3. Disable polling in AMConfig.properties. This automatically enables notification:

   com.iplanet.am.session.client.polling.enable=false

4. Restart WebLogic and test the configuration.

   If you have set the debug mode to message, you should see session notification arriving at the portal when triggered. For example, a action such as the termination of a user from the Access Manager console will cause a notification event.