7 Converged Application Server Post-Installation Tasks

This chapter provides instructions for Oracle Communications Converged Application Server post-installation tasks.

Before continuing, complete the tasks in the following chapters:

• Installing Converged Application Server

• Creating and Configuring Converged Application Server Domains

Overview of Converged Application Server Post-Installation Tasks

After installing Converged Application Server, complete the following post-installation tasks:

• Apply Patches

• Enabling DNS Server Lookup

• Configuring Converged Application Server Authentication

• Configuring the Coherence Security Framework

Before continuing, start the servers in your Converged Application Server system. See "Starting the Servers in Converged Application Server" for more information.

Apply Patches

At regular intervals, search for and apply patches for Converged Application Server and for Oracle WebLogic Server.

For more information about patching Converged Application Server, see "Patching Converged Application Server".

For more information about patching Oracle WebLogic Server, see your WebLogic Server documentation.

Note:

You must install the latest patches before you can use the Remote Console to configure the Converged Application Server.

Enabling DNS Server Lookup

You must enable DNS server lookup on your Converged Application Server system to ensure that the maddr parameter in SIP headers is processed properly.

To enable DNS server lookup:

1. Start your Converged Application Server servers if they are not already running. See "Starting the Servers in Converged Application Server" for more information.
2. From the Edit Tree of the Remote Console, select Custom Resources, and then sipserver, and then Sip Server.
3. Scroll down and select the Enable DNS Server Lookup option.
4. Click Save, and then the shopping cart, and then Commit Changes.

Configuring Converged Application Server Authentication

If your Converged Application Server system uses a Proxy Registrar domain, set up authentication. For more information, see Setting Authentication for the Proxy Registrar in Converged Application Server Administrator's Guide.

WARNING:

Proxy Registrar domains were deprecated in release 8.0.

Configuring SSL Host Name Verification

If your Converged Application Server system supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL), disable host name verification.

To disable SSL host name verification:

1. From the Edit Tree of the Remote Console, click Environment, and then Servers.
2. For each server in the Servers table, do the following:
   1. Click the name of the server, and then click the Security tab, and then click the SSL subtab.
   2. Click Show Advanced Fields.
   3. Enable the Disable Hostname Verification option.
   4. Click Save, click the shopping cart, and then click Commit Changes.

Configuring the Coherence Security Framework

If you created a clustered domain, enable the Coherence Security Framework. For instructions, see Enabling the Oracle Coherence Security Framework in Securing Oracle Coherence.