This chapter describes the roles and responsibilities of system administrators to keep WebCenter Portal up and running.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Section 3.2, "System Administration for WebCenter Portal (Roadmap) "
Section 3.3, "System Administration for Portal Builder (Roadmap) "
System administrators maintaining Portal Framework applications should refer to Chapter 5, "Maintaining Portal Framework Applications."
Permissions:
To perform the tasks in this chapter, you must be granted the following roles:
WebLogic Server: Admin
role granted through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console.
Users with this role are also known as Fusion Middleware administrators.
WebCenter Portal: Administrator
role granted through Portal Builder Administration.
Users with this role are also known as WebCenter Portal administrators.
See also, Section 1.8, "Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools."
Oracle Fusion Middleware provides a single administrative role with complete administrative capabilities—the Admin
role. System administrator with this role 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 WebCenter Portal immediately after installation, and performing on-going administrative tasks for WebCenter Portal and other Oracle WebCenter Portal components. This administrator is sometimes known as the Fusion Middleware administrator.
A single system administrator account (weblogic
by default) is set up when Fusion Middleware is installed. The password is the one you provided during installation.
This default system administrator is the only user assigned to the WebCenter Portal Administrator
role. WebCenter Portal administrators have the highest application privileges within the WebCenter Portal application itself. This administrator can view and customize every aspect of WebCenter Portal, manage users and roles, and delegate responsibilities to others.
To find out what on-going administrative tasks a system administrator is expected to perform for WebCenter Portal, follow the roadmaps in Table 3-1, "Roadmap - Administering and Monitoring WebCenter Portal" and Roadmap - Keeping WebCenter Portal Up and Running.
Note:
The system administrator is also responsible for getting WebCenter Portal up and running out-of-the-box and customizing WebCenter Portal out-of-the-box. For details see:
The roadmap in Table 3-1 outlines typical tasks that a system administrator might perform to keep WebCenter Portal up and running.
Table 3-1 Roadmap - Administering and Monitoring WebCenter Portal
Task | Documentation | Role |
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Stop and start the managed server |
Restart the managed server on which the WebCenter Portal application is deployed to effect configuration changes or for routine maintenance: Tip: The managed server for WebCenter Portal is named |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
View and manage log files |
Identify and diagnose problems through log files. WebCenter Portal 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 WebCenter Portal application and monitor its current status through Fusion Middleware Control Console: System administrators granted one of these WebLogic Server roles can view performance metrics: WebCenter Portal administrators can monitor application performance and usage using WebCenter Portal's analytics feature: |
Fusion Middleware Admin WebCenter Portal Admin |
Tune application properties |
Reconfigure performance related parameters for the WebCenter Portal environment, WebCenter Portal application, and WebCenter Portal components: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Stop and start WebCenter Portal |
System administrators may shut down WebCenter Portal 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: |
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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 WebCenter Portal workflows |
Install WebCenter Portal workflows on a different BPEL server and reconfigure the connection: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Migrate or export portals, portal templates, assets, or the entire portal server |
Use various export facilities to move content to a remote instance or between stage and production environments: |
Fusion Middleware Admin |
Import WebCenter Portal application |
Use various import facilities to restore WebCenter Portal 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 system administrator might perform while Portal Builder is up and running.
If Portal Builder 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 WebCenter Portal Up and Running
Task | Documentation | Role |
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Modify application Settings |
Modify application-wide settings as required: |
WebCenter Portal Admin |
Manage Home portal |
Manage personal pages and business role pages. Push content to the Home portal: |
WebCenter Portal Admin |
Manage portals |
Take any portal temporarily offline and close down any portal that is inactive. Edit and delete any portal: |
WebCenter Portal Admin |
Manage portal templates |
Manage portal templates. Review and delete any template: |
WebCenter Portal Admin |
Maintain users and roles |
Maintain security. Modify user role permissions and assign new roles: |
WebCenter Portal Admin |
Manage external applications |
Maintain external applications. Add, modify, and delete entries: |
WebCenter Portal Admin AppConnectionManager |
Manage portlet producers |
Maintain portlet producers. Add, modify, and delete entries: |
WebCenter Portal Admin AppConnectionManager |