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Preface
Audience
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Document Revision History
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ECE Installation Overview
About Installing ECE
Overview of ECE Installed Components
Installed Components in an ECE Standalone Installation
Installed Components in an ECE Integrated Installation
Overview of the ECE Installation Procedure
Overview of the ECE Installation Procedure When Upgrading an ECE Installation
Overview of the ECE Installation Procedure When Creating A Disaster Recovery System
ECE Installation Options
Ensuring a Successful ECE Installation
Directory Placeholders Used in This Guide
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Planning Your ECE Installation
About Planning Your ECE Installation
About Standalone Systems, Test Systems, and Production Systems
About Standalone Systems
About Test Systems and Production Systems
System Deployment Planning
Coherence Planning
Oracle NoSQL Database Planning
About Installing a Secure System
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ECE System Requirements
Software Requirements
About Critical Patch Updates
Hardware Requirements
Information Requirements
Information Requirements for Standalone and Integrated Installations
Persistence Data Details
Required Information for Machines in the Coherence Cluster
Required Oracle NoSQL Database Information
Keystore Credentials Information
Required Diameter Gateway Information
Required RADIUS Gateway Information
Required Third-Party Library Information
Information Required Only for an ECE Integrated Installation
Config Data Details
Required WebLogic Server Information
Required BRM Information
Required External Manager Gateway Information
Required PDC Pricing Components Queue Information
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ECE Pre-Installation Tasks
About Pre-Installation Tasks
Pre-Installation Tasks Common to All ECE Installations
Installing Groovy
Installing Java Development Kit
Obtaining Required JAR Files
(Solaris) Making the readlink Command Available to Your Environment
Creating the ECE User Account
Establishing Two-Way Password-less SSH Logins
Pre-Installation Tasks for an ECE Integrated Installation
Installing and Configuring Pricing Design Center
Installing and Configuring Oracle NoSQL Database
About Oracle NoSQL Data Store Partitions
Installing and Configuring BRM
Setting Up Database Queues for ECE-to-BRM Mediation
(Diameter Gateway) Installing SCTP Package
(Linux) Provisioning Your Environment for ECE Installations
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Installing Elastic Charging Engine
About the GUI Installation and Silent Installation
Installing ECE by Using the GUI Installation
Installing All ECE Components
Installing a Standalone ECE System
Installing Individual ECE Components
Installing ECE by Using the Silent Installation
Creating a Response File
Performing a Silent Installation
Next Steps
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Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation
Overview of Upgrading Existing ECE 11.3 Installation
Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 7
Upgrading to ECE 11.3 Patch Set 8
Performing Zero Downtime Upgrade
Performing the Pre-Upgrade Tasks
Backing Up Your Existing Configuration
Creating the Home Directory for the New Release
Performing the Upgrade Tasks
Obtaining the ECE 11.3 Patch Set Software
Installing the ECE 11.3 Patch Set for Your Upgrade
Reconfiguring Configuration File Settings to Match Your Old Release
Copying the Mediation Specification File to the New Installation
Reconfiguring Log4j2 Configuration File Settings to Match Your Old Settings
Configuring Persistence Environment
Upgrading Extension Code
Verifying the New Parameters in the Upgraded ECE Configuration Files
Verifying New and Updated Parameters in the Upgraded JMSConfiguration.xml File
Verifying New and Updated Parameters in the Upgraded migration-configuration.xml File
Performing the Post-Upgrade Tasks
Deploying the Patch Set Onto Server Machines
Performing a Rolling Upgrade
Loading Pricing Data From PDC into ECE
Stopping and Restoring Your ECE System
Verifying the Installation After the Upgrade
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ECE Post-Installation Tasks
Overview of ECE Post-Installation Tasks
Post-Installation Tasks Common to All ECE Installations
Specifying Driver Machine Properties
Specifying Server Machine Properties
Enabling Charging Server Nodes for JMX Management
Configuring ECE for Multicast or Unicast
Determining Whether Multicast Is Enabled
Configuring ECE for Multicast
Configuring ECE for Unicast
Adding and Configuring Diameter Gateway Nodes for Online Charging
Adding and Configuring RADIUS Gateway Nodes for Authentication and Accounting
Configuring Default System Currency
Configuring Headers for External Notifications
Deploying ECE onto Server Machines
Post-Installation Tasks for an ECE Integrated Installation
Creating Required Queues for BRM
Configuring Credentials for Multiple JMS WebLogic Servers
Generating Java Keystore Certificates
Exporting Java Keystore Certificates
Importing Java Keystore Certificates
Next Steps
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Verifying the ECE Installation
About Verifying the ECE Installation
About Verifying an ECE Standalone Installation
About Verifying an ECE Integrated Installation
Verifying an ECE Standalone Installation
Starting ECE Nodes in the Cluster
Loading Sample Data
Verifying that Usage Requests Can Be Processed for a Standalone Installation
Verifying an ECE Integrated Installation
Starting Charging Server Nodes in a Distributed Environment
Troubleshooting the ECE Installation
Installation Log Files
Next Steps
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Elastic Charging Engine Installer Screens
Select Installation Type
Specify Home Details
Select ECE Security Options
Config Data Details
Persistence Data Details
ECE Cluster Details
Coherence Grid Security
Oracle NoSQL Database Details
Keystore Credentials
ECE Notification Queue Details
ECE Notification Queue SSL Details
BRM Gateway Details
External Manager (EM) Gateway Details
PDC Pricing Components Queue Details
BRM Database Connection Details
Diameter Gateway Details
RADIUS Gateway Details
Third-Party Library Details
Existing ECE Installation Details
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