Deployment Roadmap

This section identifies overall steps needed to design, install and use the various components needed for Mobile Access software deployment. Who is responsible for each step of the process will vary.

People working on a deployment will interact with Mobile Access software to administer, develop, and use a portal site. At times, these distinctions might overlap. For example, a developer might use both the Mobile Access product APIs and the Identity Server administration console to customize and configure availability, content, and layout of a portal site and its providers. Who is involved in each step of the process will vary.

This section provides the following topics:

• Deployment Architecture and Design

• Component Software Installation and Configuration

• Component Performance Tuning

• Mobile Access Software Configuration

Deployment Architecture and Design

• Identify each component of your deployment and specify its version.

• Establish component architecture.

• Document uninstall and back-out procedures and identify verification methods.

• Identify access requirements, ports, and protocols between each component in your deployment.

For information regarding Portal Server software deployment, see the Sun Java™ System Portal Server 7 Deployment Guide.

For information regarding deployment of other components in your installation, see the deployment documentation for those products.

Component Software Installation and Configuration

• Install your software components.

• Configure your software components, using instructions in the appropriate documentation.

• Complete other configuration tasks for other elements— for example, single-sign on adapters—that your deployment includes.

For information about installing Sun Java Enterprise System components, see the Sun Java™ Enterprise System Installation Guide.

Component Performance Tuning

• Tune the following software:

  • Directory Server

    For information about tuning the Directory Server, see the Sun Java ™ System Directory Server 5 Performance and Tuning Guide.

  • Back-end servers for applications that you will provide.

    For information about performance tuning components of your deployment, see the documentation for those products. For example, if you are using the Sun Java™ System Calendar Server software, see Appendix C of the Sun Java™ System Calendar Server 7 Administration Guide.

  Tune Portal Services.

  For information about performance tuning Portal Server software, see Chapter 8 of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server 7 Deployment Guide.

Mobile Access Software Configuration

• Configure the mobile Mail, Calendar, and Address Book channels.

  See Chapter 5, “Configuring Mobile Applications” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server Mobile Access 7 Administration Guide for instructions.

• Configure any other channels that you want to provide on the mobile Portal Desktop.

  See Chapter 4, “Managing the Mobile Portal Desktop” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server, Mobile Access 7 Administration Guide for instructions.

• Verify that the appropriate channels appear on the “Available to End Users on the Content Page” list and “Visible on the Portal Desktop“ list for JSPNative Container and JSPRendering Container.

  See Chapter 4, “Managing the Mobile Portal Desktop” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server, Mobile Access 7 Administration Guide for instructions.

• Add the appropriate cookies to the Cookie Domain List, if subdomains are used in your installation.

  See Chapter 33, “Platform Service Attributes” of the Sun Java™ System Identity Server Administration Guide for information.

• Disable http.ipsecurity on mail and calendar back-end servers.

  See documentation for the specific servers you are using.

• Configure the single sign-on adapter templates, if desired.

  See the Appendix H, “SSO Adapter Templates and Configurations,” and Chapter 12, “Configuring the Communication Channels,” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server 7 Administration Guide for instructions.

• Enable and configure administrator proxy authentication, if desired. See Chapter 12, “Configuring the Communication Channels,” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server 7 Administration Guide for instructions.

• Configure mobile device content and layout.

  See Chapter 4, “Managing the Mobile Portal Desktop” of the Sun Java™ System Portal Server Mobile Access 7 Administration Guide for instructions.