This chapter includes the following topics:
Permissions
To perform the tasks in this chapter, you must be granted the WebLogic Server Admin role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console and the Administrator role granted through WebCenter Portal Administration.
For more information about roles and permissions, see Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools.
The RSS functionality encompasses a RSS Viewer and RSS service that shows news feeds from various WebCenter Portal tools and services. The RSS Viewer enables users to view external news feeds from different web sites inside WebCenter Portal. RSS also delivers content update information from various portal resources including discussions, lists, and announcements.
RSS functionality does not require any back-end server. You do not need to set up a connection to use it. However, depending on your network configuration, you may need to set up a proxy server to enable WebCenter Portal to display content from external RSS news feeds.
To enable external RSS news feeds in WebCenter Portal, you must set up a proxy server.
A proxy server is also required if you want to display external links in Activity Stream task flows. Both RSS and the activity stream share the same proxy server settings.
You can configure a proxy server by using either Fusion Middleware Control or WLST. For information, see Setting Up a Proxy Server.