Stage - 1 : Pre-Installation Steps

Before you install Oracle Documaker Enterprise Edition (ODEE), make sure you have completed the following steps. Contact the appropriate system administrator for help with web application server details, database, email, and other connection information. If using DB2 you need to have your ODEE Administration and Assembly Line users and passwords preconfigured with the integrated security (Default is OS user)..

Step A: Checking Requirements

Step B: Downloading the Software

Step A: Checking Requirements

  1. Make sure you have met the required software and hardware as described in the Documaker System Requirements Guide. This includes having the following:
    • An installed database.
    • Oracle database
    • IBM DB2
      • LUW
      • DB2 users and groups setup is based on DB2 configuration. Default uses OS users and groups and schema/user names are case sensitive in DB2.
        Make sure the buffer space and default page size are set to 32K. If the data files are on the same drive as the database executable, DB2 requires an environment variable to be set via a command prompt. Once set, restart the database.
    • SQL Server
    • An installed web application server.
      • • Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Server and Infrastructure.

        Note: WebLogic Server will not install to a path with spaces in directory names

      • Windows Only
        • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist_x86.exe)

          Note: The installation routine checks for Visual C++ before beginning the installation and attempts to install the necessary run-time components if they are missing. If the installation routine is not able to install these run-time components, you must download and install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x86) from Microsoft’s Download Center:
          http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
          You can confirm if the necessary Visual C++ run-time components were installed by checking the orainstall*.out log file.

  2. Make sure you have the following information available during the installation process:
    • The location where you will be installing ODEE. Default installation location is:
      Windows: c:\oracle\odee_1
    • UNIX/Linux: user_homedir/u01/data/domains/odee_1

    • Note: This is the default location unless there is already an ORACLE HOME directory, in which case the default is the existing ORACLE HOME location. The location path cannot contain spaces.

    • The display names for the Document Factory System and Assembly Line.
    • The location of the hotfolder directories where extract data files can be picked up by the Document Factory.
  3. Make sure you have the necessary the database connection information, including the database host, port, and system ID (SID).For DB2, the DB user ID pre-created for System Admin and a user ID pre-created for Assembly Line, which are case sensitive.
  4. Make sure you have the necessary web application server connection information including the following:
    ForHave this information
    WebLogicAdmin User and Password, Host, Oracle Home, Project Path, Domain Name, Admin Server Name, Admin Server Port, Main Managed Server Name, Cluster Name, Machine Name, Coherence Cluster Name
  5. If you will be using email distribution or notifications, make sure you have the necessary connection information including the host, port, user name, password, and default sender address. The username/password comes from the LDAP system.
  6. If you will be using Oracle WebCenter Content (WCC) (formerly known as Universal Content Manager -UCM) for attachments, make sure you have the necessary connection information available including the user name, password, connection string, and document URL.
  7. If you will be using Short Message System (SMS) notifications, make sure you have the necessary Unified Messaging Service (UMS) connection information including the user name, password, and endpoint.
  8. If you will be using Documaker Interactive: Correspondence option and wish to use Oracle SOA BPEL option to process Approval Workflow, make sure you have deployed SOA BPEL and have the necessary connection information. Later you will deploy the BPEL process and Oracle Business Rules to SOA and can configure Documaker Interactive to use those endpoints for approval workflow.
  9. Make sure you have the appropriate communication ports open between the servers and the appropriate permissions and rights on the servers. System components will use the credentials and ports entered during the installation; these ports may be blocked by default on servers with advanced security.
    In addition, advanced security settings may prevent even administrative users from writing to some directories. Please contact your system administrator and security staff for confirmation.
  10. Make sure you have obtained and configured the necessary certificates to enable communications with secured services.

Note: Add a common user group for all Oracle installations so the installer files can be shared and recognized within the installed server. Run the installer as a user within this group.

Step B: Downloading the Software

The Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (OSDC) site lets you download Oracle software products.

The process of downloading software from OSDC includes following steps:

  1. First, go to the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud website:
    https://edelivery.oracle.com
  2. Sign in with your Oracle account. If you do not have an Oracle account, you can register for an account here.
  3. Search for the software by typing in the search bar and selecting it. For example, enter 12.7.0 to search for the list of Release 12.7.0 versions of Oracle Documaker software products.
  4. Select the platform from the ‘Select platform’ drop-down.
  5. The selected products are then listed under ‘Download Queue’. Click the X (cross) which is adjacent to the product in case you want to remove individual files or click ‘Remove All’ in the lower left corner of the dialog if you want to remove all the listed items.
  6. Click ‘Continue’ to proceed to next screen; you will see a list of the selected software for downloading.
  7. Choose the individual software components for download and click ‘Continue’ if you wish to proceed or ‘Return to Search’ to review different software for downloading.
  8. Read the license agreement carefully; mark the check box to agree with license agreements, and click ‘Continue’.
  9. Click ‘Download’ button to download the software or click the filename to individually download the files.
  10. While you can save the file on any machine you choose, we recommend you save the file onto the machine where you plan to run it. You must unzip the file on the platform for which it was intended. The length of time it takes to download an application depends on the size of the download, your connection speed, and the amount of traffic on the site.
  11. Once the Download has completed, click ‘Return to Search’ to search and download additional files or click ‘Sign Out’ to log off Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.