5 Next Steps After Configuring the Domain

After you configure a product domain, there are additional tasks that you may want to perform.

• Performing Basic Administrative Tasks
  Review the administrative tasks in you will likely want to perform on a new domain.
• Performing Additional Domain Configuration Tasks
  You can add a Web Tier component to your Oracle Analytics Server domain, such as Oracle HTTP Server.
• Preparing Your Environment for High Availability
  Scaling out for high availability requires additional steps.
• Configuring Oracle Analytics Server with Fusion Middleware Products in the Same Installation
  If you have installed Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Data Integrator or Oracle Access Management with Oracle Analytics Server, follow this procedure to configure Oracle Analytics Server for users to explore analytics data visually.

Performing Basic Administrative Tasks

Review the administrative tasks in you will likely want to perform on a new domain.

Table 5-1 lists the basic administration tasks you might want to perform after configuring a new domain.

Table 5-1 Basic Administration Tasks for a New Domain

Task	Description	More Information
Getting familiar with Fusion Middleware administration tools	Get familiar with various tools that you can use to manage your environment.	See Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Tools in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Starting and stopping products and servers	Learn how to start and stop Oracle Fusion Middleware, including the Administration Server, Managed Servers, and components.	See Starting and Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)	Learn how to set up secure communications between Oracle Fusion Middleware components using SSL.	See Configuring SSL in Oracle Fusion Middleware in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Monitoring Oracle Fusion Middleware	Learn how to keep track of the status of Oracle Fusion Middleware components.	See Monitoring Oracle Fusion Middleware in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Understanding Backup and Recovery Procedures	Learn the recommended backup and recovery procedures for Oracle Fusion Middleware.	See Introduction to Backup and Recovery in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Configuring a system for deployment after installation	Configuring metadata and content, general preferences, and default system settings.	See Configuring Oracle Analytics Server System Settings in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.
Configuring security	Securing access to the Oracle Analytics Server system, metadata, and data, configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Single Sign-On (SSO), and integration with identity management systems.	See Configuring SSL in Oracle Analytics Server in Managing Security for Oracle Analytics Server.
Scaling out and configuring for high availability	Configuring the Oracle Analytics Server system for linear scale-out (increasing capacity with more components on a machine) and identifying and removing single points of failure (adding more machines).	See Deploying Oracle Analytics Server for High Availability in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.
Managing performance and availability	Monitoring service levels and tuning performance.	See Managing Performance Tuning and Query Caching in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.
Managing and resolving issues	Diagnosing errors and establishing resolutions.	See Diagnosing and Resolving Issues in Oracle Analytics Server in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.
Moving a system from test to production	Managing the steps for moving from a test to a production environment.	See Maintaining the Oracle Presentation Catalog in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.

Performing Additional Domain Configuration Tasks

You can add a Web Tier component to your Oracle Analytics Server domain, such as Oracle HTTP Server.

Table 5-2 lists additional tasks you could perform on your new domain.

Table 5-2 Additional Domain Configuration Tasks

Task	Description	More Information
Adding a Web Tier front end to your domain	Oracle Web Tier hosts Web pages (static and dynamic), provides security and high performance along with built-in clustering, load balancing, and failover features. In particular, the Web Tier contains Oracle HTTP Server.	To install and configure Oracle HTTP Server in the WebLogic Server domain, see Installing the Oracle HTTP Server Software in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installing and Configuring Oracle HTTP Server. Also, see Installing Multiple Products in the Same Domain in Planning an Installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware for important information.

Preparing Your Environment for High Availability

Scaling out for high availability requires additional steps.

Table 5-3 provides a list of tasks to perform if you want to scale out your standard installation environment for high availability.

Table 5-3 Tasks Required to Prepare Your Environment for High Availability

Task	Description	More Information
Scaling out to multiple host computers	To enable high availability, it is important to provide failover capabilities to another host computer. That way, if one computer goes down, your environment can continue to serve the consumers of your deployed applications.	See Scaling Out a Topology (Machine Scale Out) in High Availability Guide.
Configuring high availability for your Web Tier components.	If you have added a Web tier front-end, then you must configure the Web Tier for high availability, as well as the WebLogic Server software.	See Configuring High Availability for Web Tier Components in HTTP Server Administration Guide.
Setting up a front-end load balancer	You can use a load balancer to distribute requests across servers more evenly.	See Server Load Balancing in a High Availability Environment in High Availability Guide.
Configuring Node Manager	Node Manager enables you to start, shut down, and restart the Administration Server and Managed Server instances from a remote location. This document assumes you have configured a per-domain Node Manager. Review the Node Manager documentation, for information on advanced Node Manager configuration options and features.	See Advanced Node Manager Configuration in Administering Node Manager for Oracle WebLogic Server.
Configuring high availability for Oracle Analytics Server components	To configure Oracle Analytics Server for high availability, ensure that the system has no single points of failure by scaling out the Oracle Analytics Server, Presentation Services, and the JavaHost so that you have at least two of each component types, distributed across at least two computers.	See Scaling and Deploying for High Availability and Performance in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.
Managing performance tuning and query caching	For database queries to return quickly, the underlying databases must be configured, tuned, and indexed correctly. Oracle Analytics Server can store query results for reuse by subsequent queries. Query caching can dramatically improve the performance of the system for users, particularly for commonly used dashboards. However, it does not improve performance for most ad-hoc analysis.	See Managing Performance Tuning and Query Caching in Administering Oracle Analytics Server.

Configuring Oracle Analytics Server with Fusion Middleware Products in the Same Installation

If you have installed Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Data Integrator or Oracle Access Management with Oracle Analytics Server, follow this procedure to configure Oracle Analytics Server for users to explore analytics data visually.

Complete the following settings:

1. Change to the following directory:

   • (Linux) /u01/user_projects/domains/ohs/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/ohs1

   • (Windows ) $DOMAIN_HOME\config\fmwconfig\components\OHS\ohs1

2. Locate the following file and open it for editing:
   mod_wl_ohs.conf
3. Go to the IfModule weblogic_module section and verify whether the following lines are present:
   WLProxySSLPassThrough On
   WLProxySSL On
   If these lines are not present, append them to the IfModule weblogic_module section. Save and close the file.
4. Restart the Oracle HTTP Server instance.
5. Sign in to the WebLogic Console.
6. Click Lock & Edit in the Change Center menu.
7. In the Domain Structure pane, select your domain name.
8. Click the Configuration tab and then the Web Applications sub-tab.
9. Select the WebLogic Plugin Enabled option and then click Save.
10. Click Activate Changes in the Change Center menu.
11. Restart the Administration Server and any other managed server in the domain.