5.2 Using the Component Manager

This section describes the following tasks you can perform with the Component Manager to manage system and custom components:

• "Enabling and Disabling a Component"

• "Viewing Information about a Component"

• "Uploading a Component"

• "Downloading a Component"

5.2.1 Enabling and Disabling a Component

Use the following procedure to enable or disable a component from the Component Manager:

1. Open the Admin Server Page.

   The Component Manager Page is displayed.

2. Click advanced component manager to display the Advanced Component Manager Page.

3. Select the component to enable or disable.

4. Click the Update button.

5. Restart the content server instance. See "Restarting Content Server"

   The content server restarts, and the component is now enabled or disabled.

6. Navigate to the pages affected by the component to ensure that the addition or removal of the customization is working as you expected.

   
   

   Note: When the content server is started, enabled components are loaded in the order shown in the Components list.

   
   

5.2.2 Viewing Information about a Component

Use the following procedure to view descriptive information about a component on your system:

1. Open the Admin Server Page.

   The Component Manager Page is displayed.

2. Click advanced component manager to view the Advanced Component Manager Page.

3. Click a component name in either the list of Enabled or Disabled components.

   Information about the component is displayed in a pane next to the list, including component name, tags, location, feature extensions, class path, and so forth.

5.2.3 Uploading a Component

Use the following procedure to upload a component zip file using the Component Manager:

Tip: Components can also be uploaded (unpackaged) using the Component Wizard. See "Using the Component Wizard" for details.

1. Open the Admin Server Page.

   The Component Manager Page is displayed.

2. Click advanced component manager to view the Advanced Component Manager Page.

3. Click the Browse button next to the Install New Component field.

4. Navigate to and select the component zip file.

5. Click Open.

   The path and file name appears in the Install New Component field.

6. Click Upload.

   The component files are unpackaged on the content server, and the name of the component appears in the Disabled Components list.

   
   

   Note: Uploading a component does not enable it. See "Enabling and Disabling a Component" for details.

   
   

7. If you are having difficulty uploading the component, check the content server output messages by clicking the View Admin Output link in the sidebar menu. The Admin Server Output Page is displayed where you can verify the recent actions.

5.2.4 Downloading a Component

A component cannot be downloaded unless it meets these requirements:

• The component must exist outside of the ECM_ORACLE_HOME/ucm/idc/system directory. This excludes all shipped components unless a patch has been uploaded to a component. The component must have a zip file with the appropriate name, located inside the component directory. Usually this occurs only when the component has been uploaded or installed manually.

Use the following procedure to package a component as a component zip file:

1. Open the Admin Server Page.

   The Component Manager Page is displayed.

2. Click advanced component manager to view the Advanced Component Manager Page.

3. Select the component to be packaged from the Download Component list.

4. Click Download.

   The File Download screen is displayed.

5. Select the Save this file to disk option and click OK.

   The Save As screen is displayed.

6. Navigate to the directory where you want to save the component zip file.

7. Change the name of the component zip file as necessary.

8. Click Save.

   The component is saved as a component zip file.