Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Installation Outline

• 1.1 Before You Install
• 1.2 Installation Sequence

2 System Requirements

• 2.1 Application Configuration Console Server
• 2.2 Application Configuration Console Secondary Servers
• 2.3 Oracle Database Server
• 2.4 Application Configuration Console Client
• 2.5 Third-Party Software
• 2.6 Requirements for Remotely Managed Systems

3 Validate and Set Up the Database

• 3.1 System Requirements
• 3.2 Oracle Database Input Validation Procedure
• 3.3 Oracle Database Set Up Procedure
• 3.4 A Note on Database Backups

4 Install the Application Configuration Console Server

• 4.1 System Requirements
• 4.2 Prerequisites
  • 4.2.1 Oracle
  • 4.2.2 LDAP
  • 4.2.3 Mail Server
  • 4.2.4 Java Version
• 4.3 Install the Application Configuration Console Server
• 4.4 Set Credentials for Windows Service
• 4.5 SVN Server Startup
• 4.6 UNC Support
• 4.7 Post-Installation Tuning
  • 4.7.1 DBCP Connection Pooling
  • 4.7.2 Server Log File Location
  • 4.7.3 Application Configuration Console Web Reports URL
  • 4.7.4 Establish Application Configuration Console Server Dependency on Database
  • 4.7.5 Optimize Database Performance
• 4.8 Starting the Application Configuration Console Server
  • 4.8.1 Windows
  • 4.8.2 Linux
• 4.9 Web Reports and Materialized Views

5 Tarball Install on a Linux Server

• 5.1 Prerequisites
• 5.2 Create a User and Group
• 5.3 Copy the Installation Files to the Server
• 5.4 Install the Database
• 5.5 Set Up the Database
• 5.6 Install the Server

6 Install the Application Configuration Console Client

• 6.1 System Requirements
  • 6.1.1 Client Prerequisites
• 6.2 Installing Application Configuration Console Clients
• 6.3 Starting the Application Configuration Console Client
  • 6.3.1 Connecting to Multiple Server Instances with the Same Client Version
  • 6.3.2 Using Different Client Versions on the Same Host
• 6.4 Repointing Web Reports
• 6.5 Integrating Custom Reports
  • 6.5.1 Edit the Web Reports Registry

7 Install Automation Modules

• 7.1 Prerequisites
• 7.2 Installation
• 7.3 Configuring WebSphere for SSL Authentication
  • 7.3.1 Enable Global Security
  • 7.3.2 Configure the Deployment Manager
  • 7.3.3 Configure the Client
• 7.4 Preserving Configuration Changes

8 Install the Windows Resource Extensions

• 8.1 Windows Resource Extensions Prerequisites
  • 8.1.1 Proxy Service Requirements
    • 8.1.1.1 IIS 5.0
    • 8.1.1.2 SQL Server 2000
    • 8.1.1.3 IIS 6.0 and Windows OS
  • 8.1.2 Automation Module Requirements
• 8.2 What If There's a Firewall?
  • 8.2.1 When the Proxy Service Is Outside the Firewall
  • 8.2.2 When the Proxy Service Is Inside the Firewall
• 8.3 Application Configuration Console Proxy Service Setup
  • 8.3.1 Download and Install OpenSSH
  • 8.3.2 Load Windows Resource Extensions Scripts
  • 8.3.3 Create the passwd File
• 8.4 Installing the Automation Module

A Upgrade to Version 5.3.2

• A.1 Shut Down Application Configuration Console
• A.2 Backup and Preparation
• A.3 Perform Upgrade Input Validation
• A.4 Upgrade the Database
• A.5 Upgrade the Application Configuration Console Server
• A.6 Run the Upgrade Script on the Application Configuration Console Server
• A.7 Start the Application Configuration Console Server
• A.8 Run the Post-Upgrade Script on the Application Configuration Console Server
• A.9 Upgrade Redeployed Secondary Servers
• A.10 If You Use UNC
• A.11 Start the Application Configuration Console Server Again
  • A.11.1 Preserve Your Certificates
• A.12 Uninstall and Reinstall the Application Configuration Console Clients
  • A.12.1 Do You Want to Preserve Preferences?
• A.13 Install 5.3.2 Extensions
• A.14 Verify Data
• A.15 Mapping Considerations
  • A.15.1 5.2.1 to 5.3.2 Upgrades and Mapping
  • A.15.2 Update the Mapping Registry

B Security Concerns

• B.1 Best Practices
• B.2 Generating New Keystore and Truststore Files
  • B.2.1 Before You Begin
  • B.2.2 Generate a New Keystore
  • B.2.3 Generate a New Truststore
  • B.2.4 Update Tomcat server.xml
• B.3 Disable Anonymous Read Write Access on the SVN Server
• B.4 Optionally Use a Customer-Supplied SSL Certificate

C LDAP Setup for SSL

D Set Up Secondary Server Instances

• D.1 Secondary Server Target Environment
• D.2 Server Redeployment from the Installation Host
  • D.2.1 Redeploying Web Reports Server
  • D.2.2 Redeploying the Tracking Server
• D.3 Multiple Tracking Server Deployment
  • D.3.1 Deploying the Installed Tracking Server
  • D.3.2 Deploying a Redeployed Tracking Server
• D.4 Verify Server Redeployment
• D.5 Redeployment and Automation Modules

E Application Configuration Console and SSH Tunneling

• E.1 On the Network Side
• E.2 On the Application Configuration Console Side

F Internationalization and Localization

• F.1 I18N Implementation in Application Configuration Console
• F.2 Localize the Database
• F.3 Text Translation
• F.4 Localize Application Configuration Console
  • F.4.1 Preparing the Client Machine for Localization
  • F.4.2 Starting a Localized Client
  • F.4.3 Localizing for Configurations
    • F.4.3.1 Localizing the Target System Directory Structure
    • F.4.3.2 Localizing Configuration Contents
  • F.4.4 Localizing Custom Web Reports
• F.5 Localization Checklist