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iPlanet Portal Server 3.0 Service Pack 5 Installation Guide

Preface

This guide contains installation information available at the time of the release of iPlanet™ Portal Server Service Pack 5. Installing this product will update the iPlanet Portal Server software to include Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3, Service Pack 3a, Service Pack 4, and Service Pack 5.

Who Should Use This Book

This document is intended for administrators, installers, and developers who are upgrading the iPlanet Portal Server product.

How This Book Is Organized

This installation guide contains the following sections:

Documentation

iPlanet Portal Server documentation includes:

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains some information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures. For more information outside of this document, see the following:

Understanding the Typographic Conventions

Table 1 is a three column table that describes the typographic conventions used in this guide. The first column shows an example of the typeface used. The second column explains the meaning of the typeface. The third column provides an example of when the typeface is used.

Table 1  Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% You have mail.

 

 

 

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

 

 

 

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized, or glossary terms.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

 

 

 

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder;
replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

http://server:port/login/domain_name
Where domain_name is a Portal domain name.

Shell Prompts in Command Line Interface Examples

Table 2 is a two column table that shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the types of shells. The first column lists the type of shell and the second column shows the type of prompt used.

Table 2  Unix Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

C shell prompt

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt

#

Sample Machine Names

Table 3 is a two column table that lists the machine names used in code examples and the type of software installed on each machine. The first column lists the sample machine name and the second column explains what component the machine the machine is running.

Table 3  Sample Machine Names

Machine Name

Running as . . .

server1

The primary Portal Server

server2

iPlanet Portal Server not being used as the primary server in multiple server installations

gateway

iPlanet Portal Server gateway

proxy

Web proxy

For More Information

Useful information can be found at the following Internet locations:



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