Creating a Gateway Profile

A gateway profile contains all the information related to gateway configuration, such as the port on which the Gateway listens, SSL options, and proxy options. When you install a Gateway, if you choose the default values, a default gateway profile called "default" is created. A configuration file corresponding to the default profile exists at: /etc/opt/SUNWportal/platform.conf.default.

Where /etc/opt/SUNWportal is the default location for all the platform.conf.* files. For more information on the platform.conf file, see Understanding the platform.conf File.

You can:

• Create multiple profiles, define attributes for each profile, and assign these profiles to different Gateways as required.

• Assign a single profile to Gateway installations on different machines.

• Assign different profiles to instances of a single Gateway running on the same machine.

Do not assign the same profile to different instances of the Gateway running on the same machine. This causes a conflict because the port numbers would be the same.

Do not specify the same port numbers in the different profiles created for the same Gateway. Running multiple instances of the same Gateway with the same port causes a conflict.

To Create a Gateway Profile

1. Log into the Portal Server administration console as administrator.

2. Click the Secure Remote Access tab and click New Profile.

   The New Profile page is displayed.

3. Enter the name of the new gateway profile.

4. Select the profile to use for creating the new profile from the drop-down list.

   By default, any new profile that you create is based on the pre-packaged Default profile. If you have created a custom profile, you can select that profile from the drop-down list. The new profile inherits all the attributes of the selected profile.

   The existing profile that is copied for the new one, copies the same port. Change the port for the new profile so that it does not conflict with the existing one.

5. Click OK.

   The new profile is created and listed in the Profiles page.

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   Caution –

   Ensure that you change the port of the instance so that it does not clash with any existing port in use.

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6. Telnet to the machine where the instance needs to be created. The default gateway instance is up and running at this machine.

7. Copy the /opt/SUNWportal/template/sra/GWConfig.properties.template file to a temporary location . For example, /tmp.

8. Modify the values as required.

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   Note –

   The values should match the port numbers in the gateway instance for the new profile.

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9. Once complete, run the following command:

   ./psadmin create-sra-instance -u amadmin -f <passwordfile> -S <template file location>.template -t gateway

10. Restart the Gateway with this gateway profile name to ensure the changes to take effect:

    ./psadmin start-sra-instance –u amadmin – f <password file> –N <profile name>– t <gateway>

    For more information on starting and stopping the Gateway, see Starting and Stopping the Gateway Instance. To configure the Gateway, see Chapter 9, Configuring the Gateway