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Part I Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites
1
Overview of the WebCenter Sites Installation Process
1.1
Installation Quick Reference
1.2
Next Step
2
Prerequisites for Installing WebCenter Sites
2.1
Before You Begin
2.2
Next Step
3
Preparing to Install WebCenter Sites on Oracle WebLogic Application Server
3.1
Quick Reference for Setting Up WebLogic Application Server
3.1.1
Summary of Steps
3.1.2
Paths and Directories Used in This Chapter
3.1.3
Start/Stop Commands for WebLogic Server
3.2
Step 1: Configuring WebLogic Application Server
3.2.1
Creating a WebLogic Domain
3.2.2
Configuring the WebLogic Domain
3.2.2.1
Creating Machines
3.2.2.2
Creating and Configuring a Cluster
3.2.2.3
Creating and Configuring Managed Servers
3.2.2.4
Creating and Configuring a Data Source
3.2.2.5
Setting Java Options
3.2.2.6
Setting the Classpath
3.2.2.7
Transfer Remote Managed Servers
3.3
Step 2: Integrating Oracle WebLogic Server with a Supported Web Server
3.3.1
Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server
3.3.2
Configuring the Apache HTTP Server
3.3.3
Configuring the IIS Web Server
4
Preparing to Install WebCenter Sites on Apache Tomcat Application Server
4.1
Quick Reference for Setting Up Tomcat Application Server
4.1.1
Summary of Steps
4.1.2
Paths and Directories Used in This Chapter
4.1.3
Start/Stop Commands for Tomcat
4.2
Step 1: Configuring Tomcat Application Server
4.2.1
Modifying Tomcat Server Ports
4.2.2
Creating and Configuring a Data Source
4.2.3
Setting Java Options
4.2.4
Setting the Classpath
4.2.5
Configuring URI Encoding
4.2.6
Configuring AJP Connectors
4.2.7
Configuring a Tomcat Server for Load Balancing
4.2.8
Configuring a Tomcat Server for Clustering
4.2.9
Configuring a Tomcat Server for SSL
4.3
Step 2: Integrating Tomcat Application Server with a Supported Web Server
4.3.1
Configuring Apache HTTP Server
5
Preparing to Install WebCenter Sites on IBM WebSphere Application Server
5.1
Quick Reference for Setting Up WebSphere Application Server
5.1.1
Summary of Steps
5.1.2
Paths and Directories Used in Configuring WebSphere Application Server
5.1.3
Start/Stop Commands for WebSphere Application Server
5.1.3.1
Deployment Manager
5.1.3.2
Node Agent
5.1.3.3
Application Server
5.2
Step 1: Configuring WebSphere Application Server
5.2.1
Create Required Profiles
5.2.2
Create a Cluster
5.2.3
Create Servers
5.2.4
Configure Servers
5.2.4.1
Configuring Web Container Properties
5.2.4.2
Configuring Session Management
5.2.4.3
Setting the Classpath and Java Options
5.2.5
Create Host Aliases for the Virtual Host
5.2.6
Configuring a WAS Environment for Database Communications
5.2.6.1
Creating J2C Authentication Data
5.2.6.2
Creating a JDBC Provider
5.2.6.3
Creating a Data Source
5.3
Step 2: Integrating WebSphere Application Server with a Supported Web Server
6
Procedures for Installing WebCenter Sites
6.1
Overview of the WebCenter Sites Installation Process
6.2
Installation Options
6.3
Installing the WebCenter Sites Application
6.3.1
Running the GUI Installer
6.3.2
Installing Silently
6.4
Midpoint Configuration Changes
6.4.1
Copy CAS Files
6.4.2
Modify CAS Files
6.4.3
Modify Web Application Files
6.5
Deploying the WebCenter Sites and CAS Web Applications
6.5.1
Deploying WebCenter Sites and CAS on WebLogic Server
6.5.1.1
Deploying using the WebLogic Scripting Tool
6.5.1.2
Deploying from the WebLogic Administration Console
6.5.2
Deploying WebCenter Sites and CAS on WebSphere
6.5.3
Deploying WebCenter Sites and CAS on Tomcat
6.6
Restarting WebCenter Sites
6.7
Switching WebLogic Application Server to Production Mode (Delivery Systems Only)
7
WebCenter Sites Post-Installation Steps
7.1
Loading the XML Parser
7.2
Specifying Trusted URLs for CAS
7.3
Verifying the WebCenter Sites Installation
7.4
Integrating with LDAP (Optional)
7.5
Integrating Oracle Access Manager (OAM) with WebCenter Sites (Optional)
7.6
Installing Satellite Servers
7.7
Setting Up WebCenter Sites for Its Business Purpose
Part II Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Satellite Server
8
Overview of Satellite Server
8.1
Co-Resident
8.2
Remote
9
Procedures for Installing Remote Satellite Servers
9.1
Step 1: Installing Required Hardware and Software
9.1.1
Network Considerations
9.1.2
Load Balancer Requirements
9.1.3
Configuration Requirements
9.1.4
Application Server Requirements
9.1.5
Satellite Server Contents
9.2
Step 2: Expanding the Installation File
9.3
Step 3: Installing Satellite Server
9.3.1
Installing Satellite Server Using GUI Installer
9.3.2
Installing Satellite Server Silently
9.4
Step 4: Registering Satellite Server with WebCenter Sites
9.5
Step 5: Specifying Trusted URLs for CAS
9.6
Step 6: Starting Satellite Server
9.7
Step 7: Testing the Configuration
9.8
Step 8: Installing Satellite Server on Additional Remote Servers
9.9
Next Step
10
Satellite Server Post-Installation Steps
10.1
Adjusting Caching Conditions
10.2
Log Configuration
Part III Internationalizing Oracle WebCenter Sites
11
Configuring Your Environment for Multi-Language Operations
11.1
WebCenter Sites-Specific Settings
11.1.1
cs.contenttype Property
11.1.2
cs.contenttype Variable (Set in SiteCatalog resargs1)
11.1.3
_charset_ hidden Variable in Forms
11.1.4
Preferred Encoding
11.1.5
Encoding Specified in XML or JSP Elements
11.1.6
Using SetVar Tag
11.1.7
Using HTTP META tag
11.2
Internet Explorer Settings
11.3
Additional Specifications for Internationalization
11.3.1
Files Stored on the File System
11.3.1.1
XML and JSP Files
11.3.1.2
HTML Files
11.3.1.3
SystemSQL Queries
11.3.1.4
Page Cache Files Referenced from the SystemPageCache Table
11.3.2
Attribute Editor
11.3.2.1
Article Bodies, Flex Assets, User-Defined Assets
11.3.3
XML Post
11.3.4
Catalog Mover
11.3.5
Sites Explorer
11.3.6
Sites Desktop and Sites DocLink
11.3.7
WebCenter Sites Interfaces
11.3.7.1
Single-Language Restrictions
11.3.8
Functional Restrictions
Part IV Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Community-Gadgets
12
Overview of Community-Gadgets
12.1
About Community-Gadgets
12.1.1
Community-Gadgets Using Components of WebCenter Sites
12.1.2
Community-Gadgets Management and Production Components
12.2
Production and Management Environments
12.2.1
WebCenter Sites Communications
12.2.2
Community-Gadgets Communications with WebCenter Sites
12.3
Community-Gadgets Configurations
12.3.1
Basic Configuration
12.3.2
Production Configurations
13
Prerequisites for Installing Community-Gadgets
13.1
Before Installing Community-Gadgets
13.1.1
Prerequisites for All Installations
13.1.2
Prerequisites for Clustered Environments
13.1.3
Prerequisites for LDAP Configuration
13.2
Path and Directory Naming Conventions
14
Configuring Application Servers for Community-Gadgets
14.1
Overview of Community-Gadgets Deployment
14.2
Configuring Application Servers for Non-Clustered Deployments
14.2.1
Configuring Apache Tomcat
14.2.2
Configuring Oracle WebLogic Application Server
14.2.3
Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server
14.3
Configuring Application Servers for Clustered Deployments
14.3.1
Configuring Apache Tomcat (Clustered)
14.3.2
Configuring Oracle WebLogic Application Server (Clustered)
14.3.3
Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server (Clustered)
15
Generating Community-Gadgets Deployment Files
15.1
Generating the Community-Gadgets Deployment Files Graphically
15.2
Generating the Community-Gadgets Deployment Files Silently
15.3
Verifying the Community-Gadgets Installation Directory Structure
16
Completing Community-Gadgets Pre-Deployment Steps
16.1
Configuring inCache Invalidation
16.2
Copying Installer-Generated Configuration Files
16.3
Proxy Connection Settings
16.4
Adding Community-Gadgets URLs to the WebCenter Sites customBeans.xml file
16.5
Enabling Shindig Features
16.6
If Your Management and/or Production WebCenter Sites Is Integrated with OAM
17
Deploying Community-Gadgets
17.1
Overview
17.2
Deploying a Non-Clustered Community-Gadgets Application
17.2.1
Deploying on Apache Tomcat
17.2.2
Deploying on Oracle WebLogic Application Server
17.2.3
Deploying on IBM WebSphere Application Server
17.3
Deploying a Clustered Community-Gadgets Application
17.3.1
Deploying on Apache Tomcat (Clustered)
17.3.2
Deploying on Oracle WebLogic Application Server (Clustered)
17.3.3
Deploying on IBM WebSphere Application Server (Clustered)
18
Verifying and Implementing Community-Gadgets
18.1
Verifying Community-Gadgets URLs
18.2
Registering the Community-Gadgets Application
18.3
Authorizing Users to Access Community and Gadgets Interfaces
18.4
Integrating Community-Gadgets into the WebCenter Sites Contributor Interface
19
Adding Sample Gadgets
19.1
Prerequisites for Installing Sample Gadgets
19.2
Installing the Sample Gadgets
Part V Installing the Community Blogs Module
20
Procedures for Installing the Community Blogs Module
20.1
Overview of the Community Blogs Module
20.2
Changes to WebCenter Sites During Community Blogs Module Installation
20.3
Prerequisites for Installing the Community Blogs Module
20.4
Installing the Community Blogs Module on WebCenter Sites
20.5
Verifying the Installation
Part VI Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Site Capture
21
Overview of WebCenter Sites: Site Capture
21.1
About WebCenter Sites: Site Capture
21.2
Site Capture Installation Summary
21.3
Before You Begin
21.4
Next Step
22
Configuring the Site Capture Application Server
22.1
Configuration Options
22.2
Configuring Tomcat Application Server
22.3
Configuring WebLogic Application Server
22.4
Configuring WebSphere Application Server
23
Procedures for Installing Site Capture
23.1
Installation Steps
23.1.1
Running the Silent Installer
23.1.2
Running the GUI Installer
23.1.3
Deploying Site Capture
23.1.3.1
Deploying on Tomcat Application Server
23.1.3.2
Deploying on WebLogic Application Server
23.1.3.3
Deploying on WebSphere Application Server
23.2
Post-Installation Steps
23.2.1
If Site Capture Is Using an Oracle Database
23.2.2
Add the Site Capture URL in the customBeans.xml File
23.2.3
Verifying the Site Capture Application
23.2.4
Authorizing Users to Work with Site Capture
23.3
Next Step
24
Enabling Publishing-Triggered Site Capture
24.1
Integrating Site Capture with Oracle WebCenter Sites' Publishing Process
24.2
Next Step
Part VII Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Analytics
25
Overview of Analytics Architecture
25.1
Components of an Analytics Installation
25.2
Installation Scenarios
25.2.1
Single-Server Installation: Analytics and Its Database on a Single Server
25.2.2
Dual-Server Installation: Analytics and Its Database on Separate Servers
25.2.3
Enterprise-Level Installation: Fully Distributed
25.3
Process Flow
25.4
Terms and Definitions
26
Prerequisites for Installing Analytics
26.1
Pre-Installation Checklist
26.1.1
Required Experience
26.1.2
System Architecture
26.1.3
WebCenter Sites: Analytics Kit
26.1.4
Installing Hadoop
26.1.5
WebCenter Sites and Supporting Documentation
26.1.6
WebCenter Sites: Analytics Silent Installer
26.1.7
WebCenter Sites: Analytics Supporting Software
26.1.7.1
Databases
26.1.7.2
Application Servers
26.1.7.2.1
All Application Servers
26.1.7.2.2
JBoss Application Server
26.1.7.2.3
WebLogic Application Server
26.1.7.2.4
If You are Using WebSphere
26.1.8
Environment Variables
26.1.9
Support for Charts
26.2
Next Step
27
Procedures for Installing Analytics
27.1
Overview of the Analytics Silent Installer
27.1.1
Installation Summary
27.1.2
Silent Installer Actions
27.2
Installation Steps
27.2.1
Step 1. Unzipping Analytics
27.2.2
Step 2. Customizing analytics-build.properties for Analytics
27.2.2.1
General Installation Properties
27.2.2.2
Visitor Detection Properties
27.2.2.3
System Configuration and Operation Defaults
27.2.2.4
Web Server URL Properties
27.2.2.5
Application Server Deployment Properties
27.2.2.6
Database Connection Properties
27.2.2.7
Hadoop Properties
27.2.3
Step 3. Preparing to Run the Silent Installer
27.2.4
Step 4. Installing Analytics
27.2.4.1
Single-Server Analytics Installation
27.2.4.2
Dual-server Analytics Installation
27.2.4.3
Distributed Analytics Installation
27.2.5
Step 5. Configuring WebCenter Sites to Enable Analytics
27.3
Next Step
28
Tuning Analytics Configuration Parameters
28.1
Overview of Configuration Files
28.2
global.xml
28.2.1
Parameters Within <params> </params>
28.2.1.1
Database Connection Parameters
28.2.2
LFS Logwriter Implementation Parameters
28.3
log4j.properties
28.3.1
Setting Up Logging for the Hadoop Job Scheduler
28.4
futuretense_xcel.ini
29
Configuring Visitor Detection
29.1
Overview
29.2
Methods
29.2.1
Self-Organized Visitor Tracking
29.2.2
Sessionfingerprint Method
29.2.3
Cookie Method
30
Verifying Your Analytics Installation
30.1
Verification Steps
30.2
Recommended Configurations
30.2.1
Installer Files
30.2.2
Sensor Overload Alerts
30.2.2.1
Setting an 'Overload Alert' Threshold
30.2.2.2
Responding to a "red" Condition
30.2.3
Geolocation Database
30.3
Next Step
Part VIII Installing Oracle WebCenter Sites: Content Integration Platform
31
Installing Content Integration Platform for File Systems and Microsoft SharePoint
31.1
Installation Overview
31.1.1
Prerequisites
31.1.2
Packaging
31.1.3
Where to Install the Files
31.2
Installing Content Integration Platform
31.2.1
Step 1: Installing Content Integration Agent
31.2.2
Step 2: Installing Sites Agent Services
31.2.3
Step 3: Installing Schema on WebCenter Sites
31.2.4
Step 4: (Optional) Configuring Event Notification
31.3
Verifying the Installation
31.4
Publishing Production Data
31.5
Customizing Your CIP Installation
32
Installing Content Integration Platform for EMC Documentum
32.1
Installation Overview
32.2
Prerequisites
32.3
Packaging
32.4
Installation Steps
32.4.1
Step 1. Installing Content Integration Agent
32.4.2
Step 2. Installing CIP Publishing Components
32.4.2.1
A. Installing Sites Agent Services
32.4.2.2
B. Installing EMC Documentum Schema on Oracle WebCenter Sites
32.4.3
Step 3. Installing Schema to Support Archiving to Documentum
32.4.4
Step 4. Backing Up the Default mappings.xml File
32.5
Next Steps
Part IX Reference: Backing Up and Recovering
33
Backup and Recovery
33.1
Prerequisites for Backup and Recovery
33.2
Procedures for Backup and Recovery
33.2.1
WebCenter Sites Installation Directory
33.2.1.1
Backup
33.2.1.2
Recovery
33.2.2
Shared Directory
33.2.2.1
Backup
33.2.2.2
Recovery
33.2.3
Web Application .war and .ear Files
33.2.3.1
Backup
33.2.3.1.1
Backing Up Non-Exploded Files
33.2.3.1.2
Backing Up Exploded Files With No Development Changes
33.2.3.1.3
Backing Up Exploded Files With Development Changes
33.2.3.2
Recovery
33.2.3.2.1
Recovering Non-Exploded Files
33.2.3.2.2
Recovering Exploded Files with No Development Changes
33.2.3.2.3
Recovering Exploded Files with Development Changes
33.2.4
WebCenter Sites Database
33.2.4.1
Backup
33.2.4.1.1
Backing up SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2
33.2.4.1.2
Backing Up Oracle 11
g
33.2.4.1.3
Backing Up DB2 9.7
33.2.4.2
Recovery
33.2.4.2.1
Recovering SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2
33.2.4.2.2
Recovering Oracle 11
g
33.2.4.2.3
Recovering DB2 V9.
7
33.2.5
LDAP
33.2.5.1
Backup
33.2.5.2
Recovery
33.3
Running the Recovered WebCenter Sites Application
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