2 Installing Billing Care

This chapter provides an overview of some aspects of secure installation Oracle Communications Billing Care.

About Installing Billing Care

Before installing Billing Care, you must properly install and configure several Oracle products, including Java, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management. Refer to Oracle Communications Billing Care Installation Guide for Billing Care installation instructions, including all the required products and related tasks, for example, setting up keystores and SSL for WebLogic Server.

Oracle Entitlement Server and Oracle Identity Manager provide authentication and authorization capabilities for Billing Care. These products are also required in a Billing Care implementation. Refer to Oracle Fusion Middleware Integration Guide for Oracle Identity Management Suite and Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Entitlements Server for general information about these products.

Encrypting BIP Entries in Infranet.properties

If you are using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher for invoicing, you must add the BIP user ID, the BIP password, and the BIP URL in the Infranet.properties file. For a secure installation, you must encrypt the BIP password. You use Oracle WebLogic Server to perform the encryption. Refer to Oracle Communications Billing Care Installation Guide for more information.