3.1 Prerequisites

Complete the tasks in this chapter after you successfully install the content provider and PeopleSoft Portal Solutions databases, as well as the application and web servers.

See “Installing PeopleSoft Portal Solutions” in this installation guide.

See the information on configuring the application server and web servers in the PeopleTools installation guide for your database platform and current PeopleTools release.

The tasks require configuration on the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database and on the content providers.

PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database access to additional PeopleSoft databases is accomplished through content providers and PeopleSoft Single Sign-On. PeopleSoft Single Sign-On allows you to access the multiple content provider databases from the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database without signing on to each database.

For the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database Single Sign-On to access databases on different physical web server machines, the following elements must be in place:

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions and content provider database web server configuration properties files include the full network domain name.

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database contains the content provider database mapped URI that includes the full network domain name.

  See Adding the Content Provider URI Path, in this installation guide.

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database default local node is configured with password authentication in the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions and content provider databases.

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database and the content provider database contain common user IDs.

• The content provider database lists the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database default local node as trusted.

  See Trusting Default Local Node for PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x, in this installation guide.

• In addition to the requirements that are listed here, the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions and content provider databases must also have the following in place: The content provider database must contain the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database mapped URI that includes the full network domain name.

  Note:

  Remember to refer to the Prerequisites section in the chapter “Installing PeopleSoft Portal Solutions” for the minimum required PeopleSoft PeopleTools release.

For the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database Single Sign-On to access databases on the same web server machines, the following elements must be in place:

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database must contain the content provider database mapped URI.

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database default local node is configured with password authentication in the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions and content provider databases.

• The PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database and the content provider database contain common user IDs.

• The content provider database lists the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database default local node as trusted.

• In addition to the requirements that are listed here, the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions and content provider databases must also have the following in place: The content provider database must contain the PeopleSoft Portal Solutions database mapped URI that includes the full network domain name.

  Note:

  Remember to refer to the Prerequisites section in the chapter “Installing PeopleSoft Portal Solutions” for the minimum required PeopleSoft PeopleTools release.