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Oracle® Health Sciences Empirica Signal Installation Guide
Release 8.0
E50114-02
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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation accessibility
Related documents
Finding prerequisite software for Oracle Health Sciences applications
Conventions
1
Empirica Signal Overview
Introduction to the Empirica Signal software
Assumptions
Physical configuration options
Components of the installation package
2
Planning your installation
How to use this document
Prerequisites for upgrading (upgrade only)
Migrating the database (upgrade only)
Preparing the environment for the Empirica Signal installation
Information to collect before you begin
3
Preparing the database and application servers
Required privileges for the database server
Required privileges for the application server
Requirements and assumptions for the Linux accounts
Assumptions about environment variables and Linux user accounts
Setting the default file creation umask
Preparing the installation staging area
Unpacking the installation files into the installation directory
Configuring the connection to the Oracle database
Adding the database TNSNAMES entry
Setting environment variables
Setting up the application database account (install only)
Setting up the Sample Topic Workflow Oracle account (optional; install only)
Installing test data (optional; install only)
Applying upgrade scripts to migrated schemas (upgrade only)
Preparing the environment on the application server
Installing unlimited strength encryption Java libraries
Installing and configuring Xvfb
Determining whether Xvfb is installed
Installing Xvfb
Configuring Xvfb
Modifying the default WebLogic Configuration
Starting WebLogic and the Node Manager
4
Setting up the Empirica Signal software
Configuring properties files
Reviewing the webvdme.properties file
Reviewing the listener.properties file
Creating the webvdme-fonts.properties file
Setting up the log4j.properties file
Reviewing the ldap.properties file
Preserving customizations and copying
Release Notes
documents (upgrade only)
Making documentation available within the application
5
Configuring database and Topics credentials
Creating the Topics service user (optional)
Storing database and Topics credentials
Setting up permissions for the credential store
6
Deploying the Empirica Signal application
Creating the Empirica Signal deployment in WebLogic
Setting up the Web Service Security Policy
7
Post-installation configuration
Setting the passwords of the system and admin users (installation only)
Configuring the Empirica Signal software
Installing report data (installation only)
Importing the Sample Topic Workflow Configuration (optional; installation only)
Verifying the Empirica Signal setup
8
Migrating the Signal Management software (upgrade only)
About migrating the Signal Management software (upgrade only)
A
Single sign-on (SSO) - Oracle Access Manager (OAM) setup
B
Getting the application server ready for the Empirica Signal application
Installing WebLogic
Installing Oracle ADF Runtime
Installing RCU and creating repositories
Setting up the WebLogic domain
Creating and configuring the WebLogic domain
Creating the nodemanager.properties file
Starting WebLogic and the Node Manager
Creating a data source for credential access
Associating the credential store with the data source
Restarting the SignalServer managed server
Configuring SSL
Troubleshooting
Issue: An error occurs when you try to log in because the application cannot connect to the database.
Issue: An error occurs when you select Save to Topic, and the weberror.log contains an error message about a missing security heading.
Issue: The password for the OPSS database account changes.
Issue: The password for the MDS account changes.