Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Planning Guide

Portal Server Secure Remote Access

Portal Server Secure Remote Access provides controlled access to internal resources through the portal mechanism.

Portal Server Secure Remote Access has solution-level dependencies on Portal Server and on Access Manager authentication and authorization.

Both dependencies are also local dependencies. Portal Server Secure Remote Access must be installed on the same computer as the Portal Server instance that serves the resources to be accessed through secure remote access. Portal Server Secure Remote Access must also have local access to Access Manager services. In a distributed solution, this is typically accomplished by installing a local copy of Access Manager SDK, which lets Portal Server Secure Remote Access interact with a remote instance of Access Manager.

Basic Installation Procedures for Portal Server Secure Remote Access

The basic procedures for installing and configuring Portal Server Secure Remote Access are as follows:

  1. Install and configure Portal Server Secure Remote Access on the computers specified in your deployment architecture. The Portal Server instance that provides the resources controlled by Portal Server Secure Remote Access is installed on the same computer.

  2. Start and verify all of the Portal Server Secure Remote Access instances.

Choosing Configuration Values for Portal Server Secure Remote Access

For each Messaging Server instance in your solution, you must input values that configure the instance to interoperate with the other components in the solution. For information on choosing configuration values, see Portal Server Secure Remote Access Configuration Information in Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Reference.

Adding Procedures for Portal Server Secure Remote Access to Your Installation Plan

To add installation and configuration instructions for Portal Server Secure Remote Access, do the following:

  1. In your plan, list all of the computers with Portal Server Secure Remote Access instances. For each computer, add Portal Server Secure Remote Access to list of components installed.

  2. Beneath the Portal Server Secure Remote Access heading, add an instruction to run the Java ES installer, that includes the following:

    1. Selecting Portal Server Secure Remote Access.

    2. A list of the key values for configuring the instance.

  3. Add an instruction to start and verify the Portal Server Secure Remote Access instances.

  4. If the Portal Server Secure Remote Access instances are used to load balance Portal Server instances, add an instruction to verify the load balancing feature.