Chapter 1   Installation Overview


Before you begin installing your iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack software, you should familiarize yourself with how the installation software is packaged, what the requirements for your system are, and what information you must have so that you can complete the installation successfully.

Installation Options

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The Mobile Access Pack product includes files for downloading and product documentation available on the iPlanet Web site.

You can add the Mobile Access Pack to an existing installation of the iPlanet Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a, or you can complete a new installation of the iPlanet Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a followed by an installation of the Mobile Access Pack.

System Requirements

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The Mobile Access Pack product has several system requirements that you must meet before you start your installation. This section explains in Table 1-1 what these are.

Table 1-1    System Requirements for Deploying the Mobile Access Pack

Component	Description
Computer type	Dual CPU class system.
Operating environment	Solaris™ 8, Solaris 7, or Solaris 2.6
Memory	256 MB minimum with 512 MB swap.
Disk space	1 GB free in the directory where iPlanet Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a is installed 100 MB free in the /usr directory 100 MB free in the /etc/opt directory 512 MB free in the /var/opt directory
Software	iPlanet Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (optional) iPlanet Calendar Server 5.0p3 (optional)
Web browsers	Netscape™ Communicator 4.06 or higher (except 4.6) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher with SSL 3.0 JavaScript™ enabled

Contents of Tar Archive

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You can install the Mobile Access Pack software using the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack installation CD-ROM or download the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack software from this web site:

http://www.iplanet.com/downloads/download/

Both provide the iPSMAP3.0-01.tar file, which includes the following directories and files:

install

uninstall

patches

ipsinstall

mapinstall

111867-01

112042-01

l10ninstall

iPS/locales/

MAP/locales/

The compressed size of the installation files is about 1.6 MB. The uncompressed size is about 3 MB.

Understanding What Is Installed

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The Mobile Access Pack install script installs the following Mobile Access Pack packages:

• SUNWwp, the Mobile Access Pack server

• SUNWwpht, authorization and desktop HTML templates

• SUNWwpwt, authorization and desktop WML templates

• SUNWwpct, authorization and desktop cHTML templates

• SUNWwc, client classes

• SUNWwcht, client HTML templates

• SUNWcwt, client WML templates

• SUNWcct, client cHTML templates

• SUNWwd, Javadoc files

• SUNWwda, administration console help files

• SUNWwde, user help files