Configuring Portal Server and Gateway on Separate Nodes

This section describes how to configure Portal Server and Gateway on separate nodes in the Configure Now and Configure Later modes.

You can configure Gateway using the Configure Now or Configure Later options, where you need to manually configure Gateway using the psconfig command after installing Portal Server.

Ensure that the following ports are opened whenever you configure a Gateway or perform any Administration Console or command line operations that involve Gateway.

• 80 or 8080 : Portal Server Host or Portal Server Load Balancer

• 80 or 8080 : Access Manager Host or Access Manager Load Balancer (site id)

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  80 or 8080 ports are default values. But, could be different depending on configuration.

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• 11162 : JMX Port (TCP) — Preferred

• 11161 : SNMP Adapter Port (UDP) — Optional

• 11163 : Commandstream Adapter Port (TCP) — Optional

• 11164: RMI Connector Port (TCP) — Used outside of DMZ environment

To Configure Portal Server and Gateway on Separate Nodes in the Configure Now Mode

This procedure requires a minimum of two nodes: Node 1 and Node 2.

1. Install Portal Server 7.2 on Node 1 on top of Application Server 9.1 with Access Manager and Directory Server.

2. Set SRA status to Enabled on Node 1.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin switch-sra-status -u admin_user -f password_file on

3. Invoke Portal Server 7.2 GUI installer on Node 2 and select Gateway to install. This will also install Access Manager SDK.

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   Use the same password encryption key on both the nodes.

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4. Provision profile on Node 1.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin provision-sra -u admin_user -f password_file --gateway-profile gateway_profile -p portal-id --enable

5. Start Gateway on Node 2.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin start-sra-instance -u admin-user-name -f password-file -N default -t gateway

To Configure Portal Server and Gateway on Separate Nodes in the Configure Later Mode

1. In the Configure Now mode, install Portal Server 7.2 on Node 1 on top of Application Server 9.1 with Access Manager and Directory Server.

2. Install Access Manager SDK on Node 2 in the Configure Now mode using the Java ES 5 installer.

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   Use the same password encryption key on both the nodes.

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3. Install Gateway on Node 2 in the Configure Later mode using the Portal Server 7.2 GUI installer.

4. Enable Gateway profile on Node 1.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin provision-sra -u admin_user -f password_file --gateway-profile gateway_profile -p portal-id --enable

5. On Node 2, modify the example10.xml file.

   The example10.xml file is located in the PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/samples/psconfig directory.

6. On Node 2, Configure Gateway and Common Agent Container using the psconfig command.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psconfig --config example10.xml

7. Start the Gateway.

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin switch-sra-status -u admin-user-name -f password-file on

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin provision-sra -u admin-user-name -f password-file --gateway-profile gateway_profile -p portal-id --enable

   PortalServer_base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin start-sra-instance -u admin-user-name -f password-file -N default -t gateway