Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0) Part Number E12405-17 |
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Keeping the Spaces application up and running requires input from both the Fusion Middleware administrator and the Spaces administrator. This chapter outlines the roles and responsibilities of each administrator who may, in some cases, be the same person.
Some roadmaps are also provided to help guide you through the process.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Audience
The content of this chapter is intended for Fusion Middleware administrators responsible for Spaces (users granted the Admin
role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console) and Spaces administrators (users granted the Administrator
role through Spaces administration pages).
Note:
Administrators maintaining portal applications built using the WebCenter Portal: Framework should refer to Chapter 5, "Maintaining Framework Applications".
Oracle Fusion Middleware provides a single administrative role with complete administrative capabilities—the Admin
role. The Fusion Middleware administrator can perform the complete range of security-sensitive administrative duties, and all installation, configuration, and audit tasks. This administrator is also responsible for setting up and configuring the Spaces application immediately after installation, and performing on-going administrative tasks for Spaces and other Oracle WebCenter Portal components. Throughout this document, this administrator is referred to as the Fusion Middleware administrator.
A single Fusion Middleware administrator account (weblogic
by default) is set up when Fusion Middleware is installed. The password is the one you provided during installation.
To find out what on-going administrative tasks a Fusion Middleware administrator is expected to perform in relation to Spaces, follow the Roadmap - Administering and Monitoring Spaces.
Note:
The Fusion Middleware administrator is also responsible for getting the Spaces application up and running out-of-the-box, for details see Section 2.4, "Setting Up Spaces for the First Time (Roadmap)."
Spaces administrators have the highest application privileges within the Spaces application itself. This administrator can view and customize every aspect of the Spaces application, manage users and roles, and delegate responsibilities to others.
Out-of-the-box, the default Fusion Middleware administrator (weblogic
) is the only user assigned to the Spaces Administrator
role. The password is the one provided during installation.
To find out what on-going administrative tasks a Spaces administrator is expected to perform, follow the Roadmap - Keeping Spaces Up and Running.
Note:
The Spaces administrator is also responsible for customizing the Spaces application out-of-the-box, for details see Section 2.5, "Customizing Spaces for the First Time (Roadmap)".
The roadmap in Table 3-1 outlines typical tasks that a Fusion Middleware administrator might perform to keep the Spaces application up and running.
Table 3-1 Roadmap - Administering and Monitoring Spaces
Task | Documentation | Role |
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Stop and start the managed server |
Restart the managed server on which the Spaces application is deployed to effect configuration changes or for routine maintenance: Tip: The managed server for Spaces is named |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
View and manage log files |
Identify and diagnose problems through log files. Spaces logs record all types of events, including startup and shutdown information, errors, warnings, and other information: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Monitor performance |
Analyze the performance of the Spaces application and monitor its current status through Fusion Middleware Control Console: Fusion Middleware administrators granted one of these roles can view performance metrics: Spaces administrators can monitor application performance and usage using WebCenter Portal's analytics feature: |
Fusion Middleware Admin Spaces Admin |
Tune application properties |
Reconfigure performance related parameters for the WebCenter Portal environment, Spaces application, and WebCenter Portal services: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Stop and start Spaces |
Fusion Middleware administrators may shut down the Spaces application for maintenance purposes and then restart the application: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Modify back-end services |
Add, modify, and delete connections through Fusion Middleware Control Console. See: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
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Modify external applications and portlet producers |
Add, modify, and delete connections through Fusion Middleware Control Console. See: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
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Configure SSL communication |
Configure secure communication: See also Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Security Guide. |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Reassociate your identity, policy, and credential stores |
Reassociate your identity or policy stores: See also Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Security Guide. |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Reconfigure WebCenter Portal repository |
Reconfigure the WebCenter Portal repository: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Reconfigure MDS repository |
Reconfigure the application's MDS repository: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Reconfigure Spaces workflows |
Install Spaces workflows on a different BPEL server and reconfigure the connection: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Export Spaces application |
Use the export facility to move content to a remote instance or between stage and production environments: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Import Spaces application |
Use the import facility to restore Space from a backup or to move content to a remote instance or between stage and production environments: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
The roadmap in Table 3-2 outlines typical tasks that a Spaces administrator might perform while Spaces is up and running.
If Spaces must be taken offline for maintenance, ensure that a suitable message displays to any users who attempt to access the application while it is offline.
Table 3-2 Roadmap - Keeping Spaces Up and Running
Task | Documentation | Role |
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Modify application Settings |
Modify application-wide settings as required: |
Spaces Admin |
Manage Home apaces |
Manage personal pages and business role pages. Push content to the Home space: |
Spaces Admin |
Manage spaces |
Take any space temporarily offline and close down any space that is inactive. Edit and delete any space: |
Spaces Admin |
Manage space templates |
Manage space templates. Review and delete any template: |
Spaces Admin |
Maintain users and roles |
Maintain security. Modify user role permissions and assign new roles: |
Spaces Admin |
Manage external applications |
Maintain external applications. Add, modify, and delete entries: |
Spaces Admin AppConnectionManager |
Manage portlet producers |
Maintain portlet producers. Add, modify, and delete entries: |
Spaces Admin AppConnectionManager |