Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 About the Oracle WebCenter Portal Installation

• 1.1 About Oracle WebCenter Portal
• 1.2 Using the Standard Installation Topology as a Starting Point
  • 1.2.1 About the Oracle WebCenter Portal Standard Installation Topology
  • 1.2.2 About Elements in the Standard Installation Topology Illustration
  • 1.2.3 Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal Managed Servers
  • 1.2.4 Understanding Oracle WebCenter Portal Components
• 1.3 Using This Document to Extend an Existing Domain

2 Preparing to Install and Configure Oracle WebCenter Portal

• 2.1 Roadmap for Installing and Configuring a Standard Installation Topology
• 2.2 Roadmap for Verifying Your System Environment
  • 2.2.1 Verifying Certification, System, and Interoperability Requirements
  • 2.2.2 Selecting an Installation User
    • 2.2.2.1 Understanding User Permissions
    • 2.2.2.2 Understanding Non-Default User Permissions on UNIX Operating Systems
    • 2.2.2.3 Verifying the Installation User has Administrator Privileges on Windows Operating Systems
  • 2.2.3 Understanding Directories for Installation and Configuration
    • 2.2.3.1 Understanding the Recommended Directory Structure
    • 2.2.3.2 About the Oracle Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.3 About the Domain Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.4 About the Application Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.5 Installing Multiple Products in the Same Domain
    • 2.2.3.6 Preparing for Shared Storage
  • 2.2.4 Understanding JDK Requirements for an Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation
  • 2.2.5 Understanding Database Requirements for an Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation
• 2.3 About Product Distributions
• 2.4 Obtaining the Product Distribution

3 Installing the Oracle WebCenter Portal Software

• 3.1 Verifying the Installation Checklist
• 3.2 Starting the Installation Program
• 3.3 Navigating the Installation Screens
• 3.4 Verifying the Installation
  • 3.4.1 Reviewing the Installation Log Files
  • 3.4.2 Checking the Directory Structure
  • 3.4.3 Viewing the Contents of the Oracle Home

4 Configuring the Oracle WebCenter Portal Domain

• 4.1 Creating the Database Schemas
  • 4.1.1 Installing and Configuring a Certified Database
  • 4.1.2 Starting the Repository Creation Utility
  • 4.1.3 Navigating the Repository Creation Utility Screens to Create the Schemas
    • 4.1.3.1 Introducing the RCU
    • 4.1.3.2 Selecting a Method of Schema Creation
    • 4.1.3.3 Providing Database Connection Details
    • 4.1.3.4 Specifying a Custom Prefix and Selecting Schemas
    • 4.1.3.5 Specifying Schema Passwords
    • 4.1.3.6 Specifying Custom Variables
    • 4.1.3.7 Completing Schema Creation
• 4.2 Configuring the Domain
  • 4.2.1 Starting the Configuration Wizard
  • 4.2.2 Navigating the Configuration Wizard Screens to Create and Configure the Domain
    • 4.2.2.1 Selecting the Domain Type and Domain Home Location
    • 4.2.2.2 Selecting the Configuration Templates for Oracle WebCenter Portal
    • 4.2.2.3 Selecting the Application Home Location
    • 4.2.2.4 Configuring the Administrator Account
    • 4.2.2.5 Specifying the Domain Mode and JDK
    • 4.2.2.6 Specifying the Database Configuration Type
    • 4.2.2.7 Specifying JDBC Component Schema Information
    • 4.2.2.8 Testing the JDBC Connections
    • 4.2.2.9 Selecting Advanced Configuration
    • 4.2.2.10 Configuring the Administration Server Listen Address
    • 4.2.2.11 Configuring Node Manager
    • 4.2.2.12 Configuring Managed Servers for Oracle WebCenter Portal
    • 4.2.2.13 Configuring a Cluster for Oracle WebCenter Portal
    • 4.2.2.14 Assigning Oracle WebCenter Portal Managed Servers to the Cluster
    • 4.2.2.15 Configuring Coherence Clusters
    • 4.2.2.16 Creating a New Oracle WebCenter Portal Machine
    • 4.2.2.17 Assigning Servers to Oracle WebCenter Portal Machines
    • 4.2.2.18 Virtual Targets
    • 4.2.2.19 Partitions
    • 4.2.2.20 Reviewing Your Configuration Specifications and Configuring the Domain
    • 4.2.2.21 Writing Down Your Domain Home and Administration Server URL
• 4.3 Starting the Servers
  • 4.3.1 Starting Node Manager
  • 4.3.2 Starting the Administration Server
  • 4.3.3 Starting the Oracle WebCenter Portal Managed Servers
• 4.4 Verifying the Configuration
• 4.5 Setting Up an External LDAP-Based Identity Store

5 Getting Started with Oracle WebCenter Portal Components

• 5.1 About Oracle WebCenter Portal Components and Managed Servers
• 5.2 Working with WebCenter Portal
  • 5.2.1 Understanding Automatic Service Configuration for WebCenter Portal
• 5.3 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Discussions Server
• 5.4 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Portlet Producers
• 5.5 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Pagelet Producer
• 5.6 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Analytics Collector

6 Preparing Back-End Components for WebCenter Portal Tools and Services

• 6.1 Introduction to Tools and Services
• 6.2 Back-End Requirements for Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP)
• 6.3 Back-End Requirements for Documents
  • 6.3.1 Oracle WebCenter Content Server Requirements
• 6.4 Back-End Requirements for Calendar Events
• 6.5 Back-End Requirements for Mail
• 6.6 Back-End Requirements for Search
  • 6.6.1 Installing Oracle SES 11.2.2.2
  • 6.6.2 Configuring Oracle SES 11.2.2.2
• 6.7 Back-End Requirements for WebCenter Portal Workflows
  • 6.7.1 Oracle SOA Suite - Installation
  • 6.7.2 Oracle WebCenter Portal SOA Composites - Installation
  • 6.7.3 Oracle SOA Server - Extending the Domain
  • 6.7.4 Oracle SOA and WebCenter Portal - WS-Security Configuration
  • 6.7.5 Oracle WebCenter Portal - Configuring the BPEL Server Connection

7 Next Steps After Configuring the Domain

• 7.1 Performing Basic Administrative Tasks
• 7.2 Performing Additional Domain Configuration Tasks
• 7.3 Preparing Your Environment for High Availability
• 7.4 Connecting Back-End Components
• 7.5 Using Oracle JDeveloper with Oracle WebCenter Portal

8 Deinstalling or Reinstalling Oracle WebCenter Portal

• 8.1 About Product Deinstallation
• 8.2 Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
• 8.3 Removing Your Database Schemas
• 8.4 Deinstalling the Software
  • 8.4.1 Starting the Deinstallation Program
  • 8.4.2 Selecting the Product to Deinstall
  • 8.4.3 Navigating the Deinstallation Screens
• 8.5 Removing the Oracle Home Directory Manually
• 8.6 Removing the Program Shortcuts on Windows Operating Systems
• 8.7 Removing the Domain and Application Data
• 8.8 Reinstalling the Software