Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Installation Overview

• 1.1 Introducing Oracle WebCenter Portal
• 1.2 Starting Points for WebCenter Portal Installation
• 1.3 Oracle WebCenter Portal Products
• 1.4 WebCenter Portal Managed Servers
• 1.5 Directory Structure of an Oracle WebCenter Portal Installation
• 1.6 WebCenter Portal Installation Roadmap

2 Installing Oracle WebCenter Portal

• 2.1 Preparing to Install
• 2.2 Installing Oracle WebCenter Portal
  • 2.2.1 Obtaining the Software
  • 2.2.2 Starting the Installer
    • 2.2.2.1 Specifying the JRE Location From the Command Line
    • 2.2.2.2 Viewing the Installation Log Files
  • 2.2.3 Configuring Your Oracle Inventory (UNIX Only)
  • 2.2.4 Following the Installation Screens and Instructions
• 2.3 Installing Oracle JDeveloper
  • 2.3.1 About Oracle JDeveloper
  • 2.3.2 Special Instructions When Installing Oracle JDeveloper for Oracle WebCenter Portal Application Development

3 Configuring Oracle WebCenter Portal

• 3.1 Preparing to Configure Oracle WebCenter Portal
  • 3.1.1 Using Default Port Numbers for Your Servers
  • 3.1.2 Using Default Settings for Managed Servers
  • 3.1.3 Shutting Down Running Managed Servers
  • 3.1.4 Running the Configuration Wizard with an Oracle RAC Database
• 3.2 Configuration Instructions
  • 3.2.1 Starting the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard
    • 3.2.1.1 Creating a Configuration Log File
  • 3.2.2 Creating a New Domain
    • 3.2.2.1 Specifying a Domain Name
    • 3.2.2.2 Selecting Oracle WebCenter Portal Products for Configuration
    • 3.2.2.3 Granting Administrator Privileges to a Non-Default User
  • 3.2.3 Extending an Existing Domain
    • 3.2.3.1 Extending a Domain to Install Oracle WebCenter Portal Products
    • 3.2.3.2 Extending a Domain to Create Custom Managed Servers
    • 3.2.3.3 Extending a Domain to Enable Oracle BPM Process Spaces
• 3.3 Post-Configuration Tasks
  • 3.3.1 Starting the Servers
    • 3.3.1.1 Starting the Administration Server
    • 3.3.1.2 Starting the Node Manager
    • 3.3.1.3 Starting Managed Servers
  • 3.3.2 Verifying the Installation
• 3.4 Setting Up an External LDAP-Based Identity Store

4 Getting Started with WebCenter Portal Components

• 4.1 WebCenter Portal Components and Managed Servers
• 4.2 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal: Spaces
  • 4.2.1 Verifying Services are Configured with Automatic Service Configuration
• 4.3 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Discussion Server
• 4.4 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Portlet Producers
• 4.5 Oracle WebCenter Portal's Pagelet Producer
• 4.6 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Analytics Collector
• 4.7 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Activity Graph Engines
• 4.8 Working with Oracle WebCenter Portal's Personalization
• 4.9 Working with Custom Managed Servers
• 4.10 Working with Oracle WebCenter Services Portlets

5 Preparing Back-End Components for WebCenter Portal Services

• 5.1 Introduction to WebCenter Portal Services
• 5.2 Back-End Requirements for the Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Service
  • 5.2.1 Communication Server - Installation
  • 5.2.2 Communication Server - Configuration and Integration
• 5.3 Back-End Requirements for the Documents Service
  • 5.3.1 Oracle WebCenter Content Server Requirements
    • 5.3.1.1 Content Server - Installation
    • 5.3.1.2 Content Server - Configuration
    • 5.3.1.3 Content Server - Integration
  • 5.3.2 Oracle Portal Requirements
    • 5.3.2.1 Oracle Portal - Installation
    • 5.3.2.2 Oracle Portal - Configuration
    • 5.3.2.3 Oracle Portal - Integration
  • 5.3.3 Microsoft SharePoint Requirements
    • 5.3.3.1 Microsoft SharePoint - Installation
    • 5.3.3.2 Microsoft SharePoint - Integration
• 5.4 Back-End Requirements for the Events Service
• 5.5 Back-End Requirements for the Mail Service
• 5.6 Back-End Requirements for the Search Service
  • 5.6.1 Oracle SES - Installation
    • 5.6.1.1 Installing Oracle SES 11.1.2
    • 5.6.1.2 Installing Oracle SES 11.1.2.2
  • 5.6.2 Oracle SES - Configuration
• 5.7 Back-End Requirements for the Worklist Service
• 5.8 Back-End Requirements for WebCenter Portal: Spaces Workflows
  • 5.8.1 Oracle SOA Suite - Installation
  • 5.8.2 Oracle SOA Server - Extending the Domain
  • 5.8.3 Oracle SOA and Spaces - WS-Security Configuration
  • 5.8.4 Oracle WebCenter Portal - Configuring the BPEL Server Connection

6 Deinstalling Oracle WebCenter Portal

• 6.1 Deinstalling Oracle WebCenter Portal
  • 6.1.1 Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 6.1.2 Removing Oracle WebCenter Portal Schemas
  • 6.1.3 Removing Oracle Universal Content Management
  • 6.1.4 Removing Oracle WebCenter Portal
    • 6.1.4.1 Removing the WebCenter Oracle Home
    • 6.1.4.2 Removing the Oracle Common Home
    • 6.1.4.3 Manually Removing Your Oracle Home Directories
  • 6.1.5 Removing Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 6.1.6 Removing Oracle JDeveloper
  • 6.1.7 Removing the Program Groups (Windows Only)
  • 6.1.8 Rebooting Your System (Windows Only)
• 6.2 Reinstalling Oracle WebCenter Portal

A Oracle WebCenter Portal Installation Screens

• A.1 Specify Inventory Directory
• A.2 Inventory Location Confirmation
• A.3 Welcome
• A.4 Install Software Updates
• A.5 Prerequisite Checks
• A.6 Specify Installation Location
• A.7 Application Server
• A.8 Installation Summary
• A.9 Installation Progress
• A.10 Installation Complete

B Oracle WebCenter Portal Deinstallation Screens

• B.1 Welcome
• B.2 Deinstall Oracle Home
• B.3 Deinstallation Progress
• B.4 Deinstallation Complete

C Silent Installation and Deinstallation

• C.1 Understanding Silent Installation and Deinstallation
• C.2 Using the Oracle WebCenter Portal Response File Templates
  • C.2.1 Using the Oracle WebCenter Portal Silent Installation Response Files
    • C.2.1.1 Using the sampleResponse_wls.rsp response File Template
    • C.2.1.2 Using the sampleResponse_was.rsp response File Template
  • C.2.2 Using the Oracle WebCenter Portal Silent Deinstallation Response File

D Troubleshooting

• D.1 General Troubleshooting Tips
• D.2 Installation and Configuration Log Files
  • D.2.1 Installation Log Files
  • D.2.2 Configuration Log Files
• D.3 Keeping Track of Your JRE Location
• D.4 Need More Help?

Index