Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Understanding Oracle WebCenter

1 Introduction to Oracle WebCenter Administration

• 1.1 Introducing Oracle WebCenter
• 1.2 Oracle WebCenter Architecture
  • 1.2.1 WebCenter Framework
  • 1.2.2 Application Developer Framework
  • 1.2.3 WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
  • 1.2.4 WebCenter Composer
  • 1.2.5 WebCenter Spaces
  • 1.2.6 Portals
  • 1.2.7 Composite Applications
• 1.3 Oracle WebCenter Topology
  • 1.3.1 Oracle WebCenter Managed Servers
  • 1.3.2 Oracle WebCenter Startup Order
  • 1.3.3 Oracle WebCenter External Dependencies
  • 1.3.4 Oracle WebCenter Configuration Considerations
  • 1.3.5 Oracle WebCenter State and Configuration Persistence
  • 1.3.6 Oracle WebCenter Log File Locations
• 1.4 Oracle WebCenter Spaces
• 1.5 Custom WebCenter Applications
• 1.6 Planning WebCenter Installations
• 1.7 Understanding the WebCenter 11g Installation
• 1.8 Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools
• 1.9 Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics
• 1.10 WebCenter Application Deployment
• 1.11 Data Migration, Backup, and Recovery
• 1.12 Oracle WebCenter Administration Tools
  • 1.12.1 Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Console
    • 1.12.1.1 Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console
  • 1.12.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 1.12.3 Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
    • 1.12.3.1 Running Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Commands
  • 1.12.4 WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

Part II Getting Started With Oracle WebCenter Administration

2 Getting WebCenter Spaces Up and Running

• 2.1 Role of the Fusion Middleware Administrator
• 2.2 Role of the WebCenter Spaces Administrator
• 2.3 Installing WebCenter Spaces
• 2.4 Setting Up WebCenter Spaces for the First Time (Roadmap)
• 2.5 Customizing WebCenter Spaces for the First Time (Roadmap)

3 Maintaining WebCenter Spaces

• 3.1 Role of the Fusion Middleware Administrator
• 3.2 Role of the WebCenter Spaces Administrator
• 3.3 System Administration for WebCenter Spaces (Roadmap)
• 3.4 Application Administration for WebCenter Spaces (Roadmap)

4 Getting Custom WebCenter Applications Up and Running

• 4.1 Installing Oracle WebCenter and Oracle WebCenter Framework Libraries
• 4.2 Deploying Custom WebCenter Applications for the First Time (Roadmap)

5 Maintaining Custom WebCenter Applications

• 5.1 System Administration for Custom WebCenter Applications (Roadmap)

Part III Basic Systems Administration for Oracle WebCenter

6 Starting Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control

• 6.1 Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console
• 6.2 Navigating to the Home Page for WebCenter Spaces
• 6.3 Navigating to the Home Page for Custom WebCenter Applications
• 6.4 Navigating to Dependent Components

7 Deploying WebCenter Applications

• 7.1 Deploying Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 7.1.1 Understanding Custom WebCenter Application Deployment
  • 7.1.2 Creating the .EAR File
  • 7.1.3 Creating and Provisioning a WebLogic Managed Server Instance
    • 7.1.3.1 Creating a WebLogic Managed Server Using the WLS Administration Console
    • 7.1.3.2 Creating a WebLogic Managed Server Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 7.1.3.3 Creating and Provisioning a WebLogic Managed Server Using a Jython Script
  • 7.1.4 Creating and Registering the Metadata Service (MDS) Repository
    • 7.1.4.1 Creating an MDS Schema
    • 7.1.4.2 Registering an MDS Schema Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 7.1.4.3 Registering an MDS Schema Using WLST
  • 7.1.5 Deploying a WebCenter Application to a WebLogic Managed Server Instance
    • 7.1.5.1 Deploying Custom WebCenter Applications Using Oracle JDeveloper
    • 7.1.5.2 Deploying Custom WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 7.1.5.3 Deploying Custom WebCenter Applications Using WLST
    • 7.1.5.4 Deploying WebCenter Applications Using the WLS Administration Console
  • 7.1.6 Transporting Customizations Between Environments
  • 7.1.7 Configuring WebCenter Applications to Run in a Distributed Environment
• 7.2 Undeploying Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 7.2.1 Undeploying WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 7.2.2 Undeploying WebCenter Applications Using WLST
  • 7.2.3 Removing an Application's Credential Map
• 7.3 Redeploying Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 7.3.1 Redeployment Considerations
    • 7.3.1.1 Preserving Application Configuration
      • 7.3.1.1.1 Preserving Configuration Across Deployment Using WLST
    • 7.3.1.2 Preserving Application Metadata
    • 7.3.1.3 Preserving Portlet Customizations and Personalizations
  • 7.3.2 Redeploying WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 7.3.3 Redeploying WebCenter Applications Using WLST

8 Starting and Stopping WebCenter Applications

• 8.1 Starting Node Manager
• 8.2 Starting and Stopping Managed Servers for WebCenter Application Deployments
• 8.3 Starting and Stopping WebCenter Spaces
  • 8.3.1 Starting WebCenter Spaces Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.3.2 Starting WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
  • 8.3.3 Stopping WebCenter Spaces Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.3.4 Stopping WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
• 8.4 Starting and Stopping Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 8.4.1 Starting Custom WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.4.2 Starting Custom WebCenter Applications Using WLST
  • 8.4.3 Stopping Custom WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.4.4 Stopping Custom WebCenter Applications Using WLST

9 Setting Application Properties

• 9.1 Setting Application Properties for WebCenter Spaces
  • 9.1.1 Specifying the BPEL Server Hosting WebCenter Spaces Workflows
• 9.2 Setting Additional Properties for Custom WebCenter Applications

10 Managing Content Repositories

• 10.1 What You Should Know About Content Repository Connections
• 10.2 Content Repository Prerequisites
  • 10.2.1 Oracle Content Server Prerequisites
    • 10.2.1.1 Oracle Content Server - Installation
    • 10.2.1.2 Oracle Content Server - Configuration
      • 10.2.1.2.1 Configuring the Identity Store
      • 10.2.1.2.2 Enabling Full-Text Searching and Indexing
      • 10.2.1.2.3 Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
    • 10.2.1.3 Oracle Content Server - Security Considerations
    • 10.2.1.4 Oracle Content Server - Limitations in WebCenter
  • 10.2.2 Oracle Portal Prerequisites
    • 10.2.2.1 Oracle Portal - Installation
    • 10.2.2.2 Oracle Portal - Configuration
    • 10.2.2.3 Oracle Portal - Security Considerations
    • 10.2.2.4 Oracle Portal - Limitations in WebCenter
  • 10.2.3 File System Prerequisites
    • 10.2.3.1 File System - Security Considerations
    • 10.2.3.2 File System - Limitations in WebCenter
• 10.3 Registering Content Repositories
  • 10.3.1 Registering Content Repositories Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 10.3.2 Registering Content Repositories Using WLST
• 10.4 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection
  • 10.4.1 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 10.4.2 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection Using WLST
• 10.5 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details
  • 10.5.1 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 10.5.2 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details Using WLST
• 10.6 Deleting Content Repository Connections
  • 10.6.1 Deleting Content Repository Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 10.6.2 Deleting Content Repository Connections Using WLST
• 10.7 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository
  • 10.7.1 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 10.7.2 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository Using WLST
• 10.8 Testing Content Repository Connections
  • 10.8.1 Testing Oracle Content Server Connections
  • 10.8.2 Testing Oracle Portal Connections
• 10.9 Changing the Maximum File Upload Size

11 Managing Services

• 11.1 Setting Up Connections for the Discussions and Announcements Services
  • 11.1.1 What You Should Know About Discussion Server Connections
  • 11.1.2 Discussion Server Prerequisites
    • 11.1.2.1 Discussion Server - Installation
    • 11.1.2.2 Discussion Server - Configuration
    • 11.1.2.3 Discussion Server - Security Considerations
    • 11.1.2.4 Discussion Server - Limitations
  • 11.1.3 Registering Discussion Servers
    • 11.1.3.1 Registering Discussion Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.1.3.2 Registering Discussion Servers Using WLST
  • 11.1.4 Choosing the Active Connection for Discussions and Announcements
    • 11.1.4.1 Choosing the Active Connection for Discussions and Announcements Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.1.4.2 Choosing the Active Discussion for Discussions and Announcements Using WLST
  • 11.1.5 Modifying Discussion Server Connection Details
    • 11.1.5.1 Modifying Discussion Server Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.1.5.2 Modifying Discussion Server Connection Details Using WLST
  • 11.1.6 Deleting Discussion Server Connections
    • 11.1.6.1 Deleting a Discussion Server Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.1.6.2 Deleting a Discussion Server Connection Using WLST
  • 11.1.7 Setting Up Discussions Service Defaults
  • 11.1.8 Setting Up Announcements Service Defaults
  • 11.1.9 Testing Discussion Server Connections
• 11.2 Setting Up Connections for the Instant Messaging and Presence Service
  • 11.2.1 What You Should Know About Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
  • 11.2.2 Instant Messaging and Presence Server Prerequisites
    • 11.2.2.1 Oracle WebLogic Communications Server (OWLCS) Prerequisites
      • 11.2.2.1.1 OWLCS - Installation
      • 11.2.2.1.2 OWLCS - Configuration
      • 11.2.2.1.3 OWLCS - Security Considerations
      • 11.2.2.1.4 OWLCS - Limitations
    • 11.2.2.2 Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS) Prerequisites
      • 11.2.2.2.1 LCS - Installation
      • 11.2.2.2.2 LCS - Configuration
      • 11.2.2.2.3 LCS - Security Considerations
      • 11.2.2.2.4 LCS - Limitations
  • 11.2.3 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers
    • 11.2.3.1 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.2.3.2 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers Using WLST
  • 11.2.4 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence
    • 11.2.4.1 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.2.4.2 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence Using WLST
  • 11.2.5 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connection Details
    • 11.2.5.1 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.2.5.2 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Details Using WLST
  • 11.2.6 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
    • 11.2.6.1 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.2.6.2 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Using WLST
  • 11.2.7 Setting Up Instant Messaging and Presence Service Defaults
  • 11.2.8 Testing Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
• 11.3 Setting Up Connections for the Mail Service
  • 11.3.1 What You Should Know About Mail Server Connections
  • 11.3.2 Mail Server Prerequisites
    • 11.3.2.1 Mail Server - Installation
    • 11.3.2.2 Mail Server - Configuration
    • 11.3.2.3 Mail Server - Security Considerations
    • 11.3.2.4 Mail Server - Limitations
  • 11.3.3 Registering Mail Servers
    • 11.3.3.1 Registering Mail Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.3.3.2 Registering Mail Servers Using WLST
  • 11.3.4 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection
    • 11.3.4.1 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.3.4.2 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection Using WLST
  • 11.3.5 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details
    • 11.3.5.1 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.3.5.2 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details Using WLST
  • 11.3.6 Deleting Mail Server Connections
    • 11.3.6.1 Deleting a Mail Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.3.6.2 Deleting a Mail Connection Using WLST
  • 11.3.7 Setting Up Mail Service Defaults
  • 11.3.8 Testing Mail Server Connections
• 11.4 Setting Up Connections for the Search Service
  • 11.4.1 What You Should Know About Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Connections
  • 11.4.2 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Prerequisites
    • 11.4.2.1 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search - Installation
    • 11.4.2.2 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search - Configuration
    • 11.4.2.3 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search - Security
    • 11.4.2.4 Oracle Secure Enterprise Search - Limitations
  • 11.4.3 Registering Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Services
    • 11.4.3.1 Registering SES Search Services Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.4.3.2 Registering SES Services Using WLST
  • 11.4.4 Choosing the Active Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Connection
    • 11.4.4.1 Choosing the Active Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.4.4.2 Choosing the Active Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connection Using WLST
  • 11.4.5 Modifying Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connection Details
    • 11.4.5.1 Modifying Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.4.5.2 Modifying Search Service Properties Using WLST
    • 11.4.5.3 Modifying SES Connection Details Using WLST
  • 11.4.6 Deleting Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connections
    • 11.4.6.1 Deleting Search Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 11.4.6.2 Deleting Search Connections Using WLST
  • 11.4.7 Testing Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Connections
• 11.5 Setting Up Connections for the Worklist Service
  • 11.5.1 BPEL Server Prerequisites
    • 11.5.1.1 BPEL Server - Installation and Configuration
    • 11.5.1.2 BPEL Server - Security Considerations
    • 11.5.1.3 BPEL Server - Limitations
  • 11.5.2 Setting Up Worklist Connections
    • 11.5.2.1 What You Should Know About Worklist Connections
    • 11.5.2.2 Registering Worklist Connections
      • 11.5.2.2.1 Registering Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 11.5.2.2.2 Registering Worklist Connections Using WLST
    • 11.5.2.3 Activating a Worklist Connection
      • 11.5.2.3.1 Activating a Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 11.5.2.3.2 Activating a Worklist Connections Using WLST
    • 11.5.2.4 Modifying Worklist Connection Details
      • 11.5.2.4.1 Modifying Worklist Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 11.5.2.4.2 Modifying Worklist Connection Details Using WLST
    • 11.5.2.5 Deleting Worklist Connections
      • 11.5.2.5.1 Deleting Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 11.5.2.5.2 Deleting Worklist Connections Using WLST
    • 11.5.2.6 Testing Worklist Connections
• 11.6 Setting Up the WebCenter Repository
• 11.7 Setting Up the MDS Repository
• 11.8 Setting Up the Server for Wiki and Blog Services
  • 11.8.1 What You Should Know About the Wiki and Blog Server Interface
    • 11.8.1.1 About the General Menu
    • 11.8.1.2 About the Administration Mode
  • 11.8.2 Accessing Oracle WebCenter Wiki and Blog Server
  • 11.8.3 Setting Up Domains and Menus
    • 11.8.3.1 Adding a Domain
    • 11.8.3.2 Editing a Domain Menu
    • 11.8.3.3 Managing Domain Members
    • 11.8.3.4 Managing Blog Authors
  • 11.8.4 Changing the Theme
  • 11.8.5 Creating a User Interface Template
  • 11.8.6 Unlocking a Page
  • 11.8.7 Setting Up Server Security
  • 11.8.8 Managing Users and Roles
    • 11.8.8.1 Managing Users
    • 11.8.8.2 Managing Permissions for a Role
  • 11.8.9 Enabling Anonymous Access
  • 11.8.10 Blocking an IP Address
  • 11.8.11 Deleting Wiki Pages and Blog Entries
    • 11.8.11.1 Deleting a Wiki Page
    • 11.8.11.2 Deleting a Blog Entry
  • 11.8.12 Specifying Configuration Parameters
  • 11.8.13 Configuring Wiki Repository
  • 11.8.14 Specifying Features Supported on the Wiki and Blog Server
  • 11.8.15 Monitoring Oracle WebCenter Wiki and Blog Server
  • 11.8.16 Backing Up and Restoring Wiki Content
• 11.9 Setting Up the RSS Service

12 Managing Portlet Producers

• 12.1 What You Should Know About Portlet Producers
• 12.2 Registering WSRP Producers
  • 12.2.1 Registering a WSRP Producer Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 12.2.2 Registering a WSRP Producer Using WLST
• 12.3 Testing WSRP Producer Connections
• 12.4 Registering Oracle PDK-Java Producers
  • 12.4.1 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Producer Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 12.4.2 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Producer Using WLST
• 12.5 Testing Oracle PDK-Java Producer Connections
• 12.6 Editing Producer Registration Details
  • 12.6.1 Editing Producer Registration Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 12.6.2 Editing Producer Registration Details Using WLST
• 12.7 Deregistering Producers
  • 12.7.1 Deregistering Producers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 12.7.2 Deregister Producers Using WLST
• 12.8 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications
  • 12.8.1 Understanding Portlet Producer Application Deployment
  • 12.8.2 Converting a JSR 168 Portlet Producer EAR File into a WSRP EAR File
  • 12.8.3 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Oracle JDeveloper
  • 12.8.4 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 12.8.5 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 12.8.6 Deploying Portlet Applications Using WLST

13 Managing External Applications

• 13.1 What You Should Know About External Applications
• 13.2 Registering External Applications
  • 13.2.1 Registering External Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 13.2.2 Registering External Applications Using WLST
• 13.3 Modifying External Application Connection Details
  • 13.3.1 Modifying External Application Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 13.3.2 Modifying External Application Connection Using WLST
• 13.4 Deleting External Application Connections
  • 13.4.1 Deleting External Application Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 13.4.2 Deleting External Application Connections Using WLST

Part IV Advanced Systems Administration for Oracle WebCenter

14 Managing Security

• 14.1 Introduction to WebCenter Application Security
• 14.2 Default Security Configuration
  • 14.2.1 Administrator Accounts
  • 14.2.2 Application Roles and Enterprise Roles in WebCenter Spaces
  • 14.2.3 Default Identity and Policy Stores
    • 14.2.3.1 File-based Credential Store
  • 14.2.4 Default Policy Store Permissions and Grants
    • 14.2.4.1 Permission-based Authorization
    • 14.2.4.2 Role-mapping Based Authorization
    • 14.2.4.3 Default Policy Store Permissions for WebCenter Spaces
    • 14.2.4.4 Default Code-based Grants
  • 14.2.5 Post-deployment Security Configuration Tasks
• 14.3 Configuring the Identity Store
  • 14.3.1 Reassociating the Identity Store with an External LDAP
  • 14.3.2 Tuning the Identity Store for Performance
  • 14.3.3 Adding Users to the Identity Store
    • 14.3.3.1 Adding Users Using the WLS Administration Console
    • 14.3.3.2 Adding Users to the Embedded LDAP Using an LDIF File
  • 14.3.4 Moving the Administrator Account to an External LDAP Server
  • 14.3.5 Granting the WebCenter Administrator Role to a WebCenter Spaces User
    • 14.3.5.1 Granting the WebCenter Spaces Administrator Role Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 14.3.5.2 Granting the WebCenter Spaces Administrator Role Using WLST
  • 14.3.6 Configuring the Discussions Server to Share the Identity Store LDAP Server
  • 14.3.7 Configuring the Discussions Server to Share the Identity Store Embedded LDAP Server
  • 14.3.8 Configuring the Oracle Content Server to Share the Identity Store LDAP Server
• 14.4 Configuring the Policy and Credential Store to Use OID
  • 14.4.1 Creating a root Node
  • 14.4.2 Reassociating the Credential and Policy Store Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.4.3 Reassociating the Credential and Policy Store Using WLST
• 14.5 Managing Users and Roles
• 14.6 Configuring WebCenter Applications and Components to Use SSL
  • 14.6.1 Securing the Browser Connection to WebCenter Spaces with SSL
    • 14.6.1.1 Creating the Custom Keystore
    • 14.6.1.2 Configuring the Identity and Trust Keystores
    • 14.6.1.3 Configuring the SSL Connection
  • 14.6.2 Securing the Browser Connection to a Custom WebCenter Application with SSL
  • 14.6.3 Securing the Connection from Oracle HTTP Server to WebCenter Spaces with SSL
  • 14.6.4 Securing the Browser Connection to the Wiki Service with SSL
  • 14.6.5 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Portlet Producers with SSL
  • 14.6.6 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to the LDAP Identity Store
    • 14.6.6.1 Exporting the OID Certificate Authority (CA)
    • 14.6.6.2 Setting Up the WebLogic Server
  • 14.6.7 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to OCS with SSL
  • 14.6.8 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to IMAP and SMTP with SSL
  • 14.6.9 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Oracle SES with SSL
  • 14.6.10 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to OWLCS with SSL
  • 14.6.11 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Microsoft Live Communication Server with SSL
• 14.7 Configuring a WebCenter Application to Use Single Sign-On
  • 14.7.1 Configuring Oracle Access Manager (OAM)
    • 14.7.1.1 OAM Components and Topology
    • 14.7.1.2 Configuring OAM Using Scripts
    • 14.7.1.3 Configuring the Webtier Components
      • 14.7.1.3.1 Configure mod_weblogic (mod_wl_ohs.conf)
      • 14.7.1.3.2 Create an AccessGate Entry
      • 14.7.1.3.3 Install WebGate on the WebTier
    • 14.7.1.4 Manually Configuring the Access System
    • 14.7.1.5 Manually Defining the WebCenter Policy Domain
    • 14.7.1.6 Configuring the Policy Manager
      • 14.7.1.6.1 Configuring the Oracle Internet Directory Authenticator
      • 14.7.1.6.2 Configuring the OAM Identity Asserter
      • 14.7.1.6.3 Configuring the Default Authenticator and Setting the Provider Order
      • 14.7.1.6.4 Configuring the Application for Oracle Access Manager SSO
    • 14.7.1.7 Additional Configurations
      • 14.7.1.7.1 Configuring the WLS Administration Console and Enterprise Manager
      • 14.7.1.7.2 Deploying the Discussions Server
      • 14.7.1.7.3 Configuring the Discussions Server
      • 14.7.1.7.4 Configuring the Wiki Server
      • 14.7.1.7.5 Restricting Access with Connection Filters
  • 14.7.2 Configuring Oracle Single Sign-On (OSSO)
    • 14.7.2.1 OSSO Components and Topology
    • 14.7.2.2 Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server and Associated mods
    • 14.7.2.3 Configuring the OSSOIdentityAsserter
    • 14.7.2.4 Registering OHS with Oracle SSO
  • 14.7.3 Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-on
    • 14.7.3.1 SAML Components and Topology
    • 14.7.3.2 Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-on
      • 14.7.3.2.1 Checking the Default WebCenter Spaces and Services Login
      • 14.7.3.2.2 Generating and Registering Certificates
      • 14.7.3.2.3 Creating the SAML Credential Mapping Provider Instance
      • 14.7.3.2.4 Configuring a Relying Party
      • 14.7.3.2.5 Configuring Source Site Federation Services
      • 14.7.3.2.6 Configuring the SAML Identity Assertion Provider
      • 14.7.3.2.7 Configuring Destination Site Federation Services
      • 14.7.3.2.8 Checking Your Configuration
      • 14.7.3.2.9 Configuring the Discussions Server for SAML SSO
  • 14.7.4 Configuring SSO with Microsoft Clients
    • 14.7.4.1 Microsoft Client SSO Concepts
    • 14.7.4.2 System Requirements
    • 14.7.4.3 Configuring SSO with Microsoft Clients
      • 14.7.4.3.1 Configuring the Negotiate Identity Assertion Provider
      • 14.7.4.3.2 Configuring an Active Directory Authentication Provider
      • 14.7.4.3.3 Configuring WebCenter Spaces
• 14.8 Configuring WS-Security
  • 14.8.1 Securing the BPEL Server with WS-Security
    • 14.8.1.1 Generating the Keystores
      • 14.8.1.1.1 Generating the Keystores in the WebCenter Spaces Keystore
      • 14.8.1.1.2 Importing the Trusted Certificate of the WebCenter Spaces Keystore to the SOA Keystore
      • 14.8.1.1.3 Generating a Key Pair in the SOA Instance
      • 14.8.1.1.4 Exporting the Public Key of the SOA Instance
      • 14.8.1.1.5 Importing the Trusted Certificate of the SOA Instance in the WebCenter Instance
    • 14.8.1.2 Generating the Keystores When the SOA Server and WebCenter Share the Same Domain
    • 14.8.1.3 Registering the Keystores
      • 14.8.1.3.1 Registering the Keystores in the WebCenter Spaces Instance
      • 14.8.1.3.2 Registering the Keystores in the SOA Instance
    • 14.8.1.4 Updating the Credential Stores
      • 14.8.1.4.1 Updating the Credential Store in the WebCenter Spaces Instance Using WLST
      • 14.8.1.4.2 Updating the Credential Store in the WebCenter Spaces Instance Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 14.8.1.4.3 Updating the Credential Store in the SOA Instance Using WLST
      • 14.8.1.4.4 Updating the Credential Store in the SOA Instance Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.8.2 Securing the Discussions Server with WS-Security
    • 14.8.2.1 Creating the Keystore Certificate Properties File
    • 14.8.2.2 Specifying the Properties File for ClassLoader
    • 14.8.2.3 Updating the System Properties for WS-Security
  • 14.8.3 Securing Oracle WebLogic Communication Services (OWLCS) with WS-Security
  • 14.8.4 Securing a WSRP Producer with WS-Security
    • 14.8.4.1 Deploying the Producer
    • 14.8.4.2 Attaching a Policy to the Producer Endpoint
    • 14.8.4.3 Setting Up the Keystores
      • 14.8.4.3.1 Creating the Keystores
      • 14.8.4.3.2 Configuring the Keystores
      • 14.8.4.3.3 Unconfiguring a Keystore Provider
  • 14.8.5 Securing WebCenter Spaces for Applications Consuming Spaces Client APIs with WS-Security
    • 14.8.5.1 Generating the Keystores
    • 14.8.5.2 Providing the Keystores and Keystore Information to the Application Developer
    • 14.8.5.3 Registering the Keystores
    • 14.8.5.4 Updating the Credential Stores
• 14.9 Securing a PDK-Java Producer
  • 14.9.1 Defining a Shared Key as a Password Credential
    • 14.9.1.1 Defining a Shared Key Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 14.9.1.2 Defining a Shared Key Using WLST
  • 14.9.2 Granting the PDK-Java Code Access to the Credential Store
    • 14.9.2.1 Granting Access Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 14.9.2.2 Granting Access Using WLST

15 Monitoring Oracle WebCenter Performance

• 15.1 Understanding WebCenter Performance Metrics
  • 15.1.1 Overview of Metric Collection: Recent History and Since Startup
  • 15.1.2 Overview of Common Metrics
  • 15.1.3 Common Performance Issues and Actions
  • 15.1.4 Overview of Service-Specific Metrics
    • 15.1.4.1 Announcements Metrics
    • 15.1.4.2 BPEL Worklist Metrics
    • 15.1.4.3 Content Repository (Documents Service) Metrics
    • 15.1.4.4 Discussions Metrics
    • 15.1.4.5 Group Space Events Metrics
    • 15.1.4.6 External Application Metrics
    • 15.1.4.7 Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Metrics
    • 15.1.4.8 Import and Export Metrics
    • 15.1.4.9 List Metrics
    • 15.1.4.10 Mail Metrics
    • 15.1.4.11 Note Metrics
    • 15.1.4.12 Page Metrics
    • 15.1.4.13 Portlet Producer Metrics
    • 15.1.4.14 Portlet Metrics
    • 15.1.4.15 RSS News Feed Metrics
    • 15.1.4.16 Recent Activity Metrics
    • 15.1.4.17 Search Metrics
  • 15.1.5 Service-Specific Performance Issues and Actions
    • 15.1.5.1 Announcements Service
    • 15.1.5.2 BPEL Worklist Service
    • 15.1.5.3 Content Repository (Documents) Service
    • 15.1.5.4 Discussions Service
    • 15.1.5.5 External Applications Service
    • 15.1.5.6 Group Space Events Service
    • 15.1.5.7 Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Service
    • 15.1.5.8 Import and Export
    • 15.1.5.9 Lists Service
    • 15.1.5.10 Mail Service
    • 15.1.5.11 Notes Service
    • 15.1.5.12 Page Service
    • 15.1.5.13 Portlets and Producers
    • 15.1.5.14 RSS News Feed Service
    • 15.1.5.15 Recent Activities Service
    • 15.1.5.16 Search Service
  • 15.1.6 Group Space Metrics
• 15.2 Viewing Performance Information
  • 15.2.1 Monitoring WebCenter Spaces
  • 15.2.2 Monitoring Custom WebCenter Applications
• 15.3 Viewing and Configuring Log Information
  • 15.3.1 WebCenter Spaces Logs
  • 15.3.2 Custom WebCenter Application Logs

16 Managing Export, Import, Backup, and Recovery of WebCenter

• 16.1 Exporting and Importing WebCenter Spaces for Data Migration
  • 16.1.1 Understanding WebCenter Spaces Export and Import
  • 16.1.2 Prerequisites for WebCenter Spaces Export and Import
  • 16.1.3 Migrating Back-end Components for an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 16.1.3.1 Exporting the LDAP Identity Store
    • 16.1.3.2 Importing the LDAP Identity Store
    • 16.1.3.3 Exporting and Importing the LDAP Credential Store
    • 16.1.3.4 Exporting and Importing the LDAP Policy Store
    • 16.1.3.5 Exporting Oracle WebCenter Discussions Server
    • 16.1.3.6 Importing Oracle WebCenter Discussions Server
    • 16.1.3.7 Exporting Oracle WebCenter Wiki Server
    • 16.1.3.8 Importing Oracle WebCenter Wiki Server
    • 16.1.3.9 Exporting Oracle Content Server
    • 16.1.3.10 Importing Oracle Content Server
    • 16.1.3.11 Exporting Oracle WebLogic Communications Server
    • 16.1.3.12 Importing Oracle WebLogic Communications Server
    • 16.1.3.13 Exporting Portlet Producers
    • 16.1.3.14 Importing Portlet Producers
  • 16.1.4 Exporting an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 16.1.4.1 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
    • 16.1.4.2 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
  • 16.1.5 Importing an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 16.1.5.1 Importing WebCenter Spaces Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
    • 16.1.5.2 Importing WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
  • 16.1.6 Prerequisites for Group Space Export and Import
  • 16.1.7 Migrating Back-end Components for Individual Group Spaces
    • 16.1.7.1 Exporting Discussions for a Group Space
    • 16.1.7.2 Importing Discussions for a Group Space
    • 16.1.7.3 Exporting Wikis and Blogs for a Group Space
    • 16.1.7.4 Importing Wikis and Blogs for a Group Space
    • 16.1.7.5 Exporting Documents for a Group Space
    • 16.1.7.6 Importing Documents for a Group Space
  • 16.1.8 Exporting Group Spaces
    • 16.1.8.1 Exporting Group Spaces Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 16.1.8.2 Exporting Group Spaces Using WLST
  • 16.1.9 Importing Group Spaces
    • 16.1.9.1 Importing Group Spaces Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 16.1.9.2 Importing Group Spaces Using WLST
  • 16.1.10 Migrating Back-end Components for Group Space Templates
  • 16.1.11 Exporting Group Space Templates
    • 16.1.11.1 Exporting Group Space Templates Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 16.1.11.2 Exporting Group Space Templates Using WLST
  • 16.1.12 Importing Group Space Templates
    • 16.1.12.1 Importing Group Space Templates Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 16.1.12.2 Importing Group Space Templates Using WLST
• 16.2 Exporting and Importing Custom WebCenter Applications for Data Migration
  • 16.2.1 Understanding Custom WebCenter Application Export and Import
  • 16.2.2 Prerequisites for Custom WebCenter Application Export and Import
  • 16.2.3 Exporting Portlet Client Metadata (Custom WebCenter Applications)
  • 16.2.4 Importing Portlet Client Metadata (Custom WebCenter Applications)
  • 16.2.5 Exporting WebCenter Web 2.0 Services Metadata and Data (Custom WebCenter Applications)
  • 16.2.6 Importing WebCenter Web 2.0 Services Metadata and Data (Custom WebCenter Applications)
  • 16.2.7 Migrating Security for Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 16.2.8 Migrating Data (Custom WebCenter Applications)
    • 16.2.8.1 Exporting Data (Custom WebCenter Applications)
    • 16.2.8.2 Importing Data (Custom WebCenter Applications)
• 16.3 Backing Up and Recovering WebCenter Applications

Part V Application Administration for Oracle WebCenter Spaces

17 Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

• 17.1 Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator
• 17.2 WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

18 Customizing WebCenter Spaces

• 18.1 Naming Your WebCenter
• 18.2 Customizing the Online Help Link
• 18.3 Customizing the Sidebar
  • 18.3.1 Hiding and Showing Task Flows in the Sidebar
  • 18.3.2 Locking Sidebar Content
• 18.4 Changing the WebCenter Logo
• 18.5 Applying Look and Feel using Skins
  • 18.5.1 What You Should Know About Application Skins
  • 18.5.2 Selecting a Skin
  • 18.5.3 Making New Skins Available to WebCenter Spaces
• 18.6 Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements
• 18.7 Choosing the Default Display Language
• 18.8 Setting Discussion Forum Options
  • 18.8.1 Specifying Where Discussions and Announcements are Stored on the Discussions Server
  • 18.8.2 Setting Up a Default Group Space Discussion Forum
  • 18.8.3 Enabling Discussion Forums to Publish Group Space Mail
• 18.9 Managing Personal Profiles
• 18.10 Enabling and Disabling WebCenter Services
• 18.11 Enabling and Disabling Personal Spaces
• 18.12 Publishing the WebDAV URL
• 18.13 Overriding and Customizing Application Templates
• 18.14 Making New Page Styles Available
• 18.15 Customizing the Resource Catalog and Deploying New Task Flows

19 Managing Users and Roles for WebCenter Spaces

• 19.1 Understanding Users, Roles, and Permissions
  • 19.1.1 Understanding Users
  • 19.1.2 Understanding Application Roles
    • 19.1.2.1 Default Application Roles
    • 19.1.2.2 Custom Application Roles
  • 19.1.3 Understanding Application Permissions
  • 19.1.4 Understanding Discussions Server Role and Permission Mapping
• 19.2 Managing Users
  • 19.2.1 What You Need to Know About Managing Users
  • 19.2.2 Assigning Users to Roles
  • 19.2.3 Assigning a User to a Different Role
  • 19.2.4 Giving a User Administrative Privileges
  • 19.2.5 Revoking Application Roles
  • 19.2.6 Adding or Removing Users
• 19.3 Managing Application Roles and Permissions
  • 19.3.1 What You Need to Know About Application Roles and Permissions
  • 19.3.2 Defining Application Roles
  • 19.3.3 Modifying Application Role Permissions
  • 19.3.4 Granting Permissions to the Public-User
  • 19.3.5 Granting Permissions to the Spaces-User
  • 19.3.6 Deleting Application Roles
• 19.4 Allowing Self-Registration
  • 19.4.1 Enabling Self-Registration By Invitation-Only
  • 19.4.2 Enabling Anyone to Self-Register

20 Managing Pages in WebCenter Spaces

• 20.1 Managing Business Role Pages
  • 20.1.1 What You Should Know About Business Role Pages
  • 20.1.2 Creating a Business Role Page
  • 20.1.3 Specifying the Target Audience for Business Role Pages
  • 20.1.4 Choosing a Default Display Order for Business Role Pages
  • 20.1.5 Editing a Business Role Page
  • 20.1.6 Copying a Business Role Page
  • 20.1.7 Deleting a Business Role Page
• 20.2 Managing Personal Pages
  • 20.2.1 What You Should Know About Personal Page Management
  • 20.2.2 Setting Up a Default Look and Feel for Personal Pages
  • 20.2.3 Editing Personal Pages with Administrative Privileges
  • 20.2.4 Changing Access Permissions for a Personal Page
  • 20.2.5 Copying a Personal Page
  • 20.2.6 Deleting a Personal Page
• 20.3 Setting Up the Public User Experience
  • 20.3.1 Customizing the Public Welcome Page
  • 20.3.2 Customizing the Login Page
  • 20.3.3 Customizing the Self-Registration Page
  • 20.3.4 Preventing Public Users Seeing Any Personal Page or Business Role Page

21 Making Applications Available in WebCenter Spaces

• 21.1 What You Should Know About the Applications Pane
• 21.2 Making an Application Available to WebCenter Users
• 21.3 Editing Links in the Applications Pane
• 21.4 Arranging the Applications List
• 21.5 Locking Applications Displayed in the Applications Pane
• 21.6 Removing Links from the Applications Pane

22 Managing Group Spaces in WebCenter Spaces

• 22.1 What You Should Know About Group Space Management
• 22.2 Viewing Group Space Information
• 22.3 Changing the Status of a Group Space
  • 22.3.1 Taking Any Group Space Offline
  • 22.3.2 Bringing Any Group Space Back Online
  • 22.3.3 Closing Any Group Space
  • 22.3.4 Reactivating Any Group Space
  • 22.3.5 Deleting a Group Space
• 22.4 Enabling and Disabling Services
• 22.5 Managing Group Space Templates
  • 22.5.1 What You Should Know About Managing Group Space Templates
  • 22.5.2 Viewing Group Space Templates
  • 22.5.3 Deleting a Group Space Template
• 22.6 Publishing and Unpublishing Group Space Templates

23 Exporting and Importing Group Spaces

• 23.1 Exporting Group Spaces
• 23.2 Importing Group Spaces
• 23.3 Exporting Group Space Templates
• 23.4 Importing Group Space Templates

Part VI Appendixes

A WebCenter Configuration

• A.1 Configuration Files
  • A.1.1 adf-config.xml and connections.xml
  • A.1.2 web.xml
• A.2 Cluster Configuration
• A.3 Configuration Tools
  • A.3.1 Configuration Through Fusion Middleware Control, WLST Commands, and System MBeans Browser
  • A.3.2 Editing Configuration Files Manually
• A.4 Tuning Environment Configuration
  • A.4.1 Setting System Limit
  • A.4.2 Setting JDBC Data Source
  • A.4.3 Setting JRockit Virtual Machine (JVM) Arguments
• A.5 Tuning WebCenter Application Configuration
  • A.5.1 Setting HTTP Session Timeout
  • A.5.2 Setting JSP Page Timeout
  • A.5.3 Setting ADF Client State Token
  • A.5.4 Setting MDS Cache Size and Purge Rate
  • A.5.5 Configuring Concurrency Management
  • A.5.6 Configuring CRUD APIs (Create, Read, Update and Delete)
• A.6 Tuning Back-End Component Configuration
  • A.6.1 Tuning Performance of the Announcements Service
  • A.6.2 Tuning Performance of the Discussions Service
  • A.6.3 Tuning Performance of the IMP Service
  • A.6.4 Tuning Performance of the Mail Service
  • A.6.5 Tuning Performance of the RSS News Feed Service
  • A.6.6 Tuning Performance of the Search Service
  • A.6.7 Tuning Performance of WSRP Producers
  • A.6.8 Tuning Performance of Oracle PDK-Java Producers
  • A.6.9 Tuning Performance of OmniPortlet
  • A.6.10 Tuning Performance of the Portlet Service
  • A.6.11 Configuring Portlet Cache Size
  • A.6.12 Configuring Portlet Timeout

B Troubleshooting

• B.1 Troubleshooting WebCenter Application Configuration Issues
  • B.1.1 WebCenter Does Not Display in the Application Deployment Menu in Fusion Middleware Control
  • B.1.2 Configuration Options Unavailable
  • B.1.3 Configuration Performed in One Application Reflects in Another
• B.2 Troubleshooting WLST Command Issues
  • B.2.1 None of the WLST Commands Work
  • B.2.2 WLST Commands Do Not Work for a Particular Service
  • B.2.3 A Connection with the Name Connection_Name Already Exists
  • B.2.4 WLST Shell is Not Connected to the Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
  • B.2.5 Application with the Same Name Already Exists in a Domain
  • B.2.6 Application with the Same Name Already Exists on a Managed Server
  • B.2.7 Already in Domain Runtime Tree Message Displays
• B.3 Troubleshooting Discussions Service Issues
  • B.3.1 Discussion Forum Cannot Be Enabled in Group Spaces
  • B.3.2 Login Does Not Function Properly After Configuring OAM-SSO
• B.4 Troubleshooting Instant Messaging and Presence Service Issues
• B.5 Troubleshooting Mail Service Issues
  • B.5.1 Mail Service is Not Accessible in Secure Mode
  • B.5.2 Mail Service is Not Accessible in Non-Secure Mode
  • B.5.3 Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Non-Secure Mode
  • B.5.4 Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Secure Mode
  • B.5.5 Unable to Configure the Number of Mails Downloaded
  • B.5.6 Unable to Publish and Archive Group Space Mail
• B.6 Troubleshooting Portlet Producer Issues
  • B.6.1 Producer Registration Fails for a Custom WebCenter Application
  • B.6.2 Portlet Unavailable: WSM-00101 Exception
• B.7 Troubleshooting Wiki and Blog Issues
• B.8 Troubleshooting Worklist Service Issues
  • B.8.1 Unavailability of the Worklist Service Due to Application Configuration Issues
    • B.8.1.1 adf-config.xml Refers to a Non-Existent BPEL Connection
    • B.8.1.2 adf-config.xml Has No Reference to a BPEL Connection
    • B.8.1.3 No Rows Yet Message Displays
  • B.8.2 Unavailability of the Worklist Service Due to Server Failure
    • B.8.2.1 Users Mismatch in Identity Stores
    • B.8.2.2 Shared User Directory Does Not Include the weblogic User
    • B.8.2.3 Issues with the wsm-pm Application
    • B.8.2.4 Clocks are Out of Sync for More Than Five Minutes
    • B.8.2.5 Worklist Service Timed Out or is Disabled
• B.9 Troubleshooting WebCenter Spaces Import and Export Issues
  • B.9.1 ResourceLimitException Issue
  • B.9.2 Page or Group Space Not Found Message After Import
  • B.9.3 Group Space Import Exceed Maximum Upload File Size

Glossary

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