1 Installation Overview

Task 1 - Prepare your system environment for installation

Ensure that your system environment meets the general installation requirements for Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle WebCenter, and Repository Creation Utility (RCU).

Mandatory

For information about:

• System requirements, see http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_requirements.htm

• Certification information, see http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html

• Other installation requirements, see Section 2.1, "Preparing to Install."

Task 2 - Create WebCenter schemas

Oracle WebCenter components require schemas that must be installed in a supported Oracle database or a supported non-Oracle database like Microsoft SQL Server. Prepare a database for WebCenter schemas, then use RCU to create schemas.

Mandatory

For information, see:

• Section 2.1.2, "Check for Supported Database"

• Section 2.1.3, "Create Schemas for Oracle WebCenter"

Task 3 - Install Oracle WebLogic Server

Oracle WebCenter runs on Oracle WebLogic Server.

Install Oracle WebLogic Server. The installer creates a Middleware home directory, and, beneath it, a WebLogic Server home directory, as shown in Figure 1-1.

Mandatory

For information, see Section 2.1.4, "Install Oracle WebLogic Server and Create the Middleware Home."

See Also:

• Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Guide

• "Middleware Home and WebLogic Home Directories" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Planning Guide

Task 4 - Install Oracle WebCenter

Use the WebCenter installer to install Oracle WebCenter. Within the Middleware home directory, the installer creates a WebCenter Oracle home directory and the oracle_common home directory, as shown in Figure 1-1.

The installer lays down the binaries for various WebCenter products, like WebCenter Spaces and Oracle WebCenter Discussions.

Note: The WebCenter installer gives you the option to install and configure Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1. You can choose to install Oracle Content Server while installing Oracle WebCenter, or later, by performing a standalone installation. Regardless of when you install Oracle Content Server, before doing so you must ensure that Oracle HTTP Server is already installed.

Mandatory

For information about installing Oracle WebCenter, see Section 2.8, "Installing Oracle WebCenter."

Task 5 - Configure Oracle WebCenter

Run the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard to create and configure a domain for Oracle WebCenter and choose the components you want to install.

The installer creates the user_projects/domain and user_projects/applications directories, both of which contain a WebCenter domain directory.

The WebCenter domain directory in the domains directory contains the Administration Server and several Managed Servers, depending on the components you choose to install.

After the WebCenter domain is created, you can extend it later if you want to add more components to the domain.

Mandatory

For information, see Chapter 3, "Configuring Oracle WebCenter."

Task 6 - Start the Administration Server and managed servers

To start Oracle WebCenter, you must first start the Administration Server.

To start working with any Oracle WebCenter component, you must start the Managed Server to which that component is deployed. You can then access the component's URL and configure the component according to your requirements.

Mandatory

For information about:

• Starting the Administration Server, see the "Starting the Administration Server" section in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Application Developer.

• Starting Managed Servers and working with WebCenter components, see Section 3.2, "Working with Oracle WebCenter Components."

Task 7 - Install and configure back-end components for WebCenter Services

Developers and applications users can integrate WebCenter Services into WebCenter applications. Certain services, such as Documents, rely on back-end components, such as Oracle Content Server. To provide for service integration into WebCenter applications, you must install and configure the required back-end components.

WebCenter Spaces provides several prebuilt workflows for group space membership notifications, group space subscription requests, and so on. To enable them, you must install and configure a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) server.

Optional

For information, see Chapter 4, "Preparing Back-End Components for WebCenter Services."

Task 8 - Install and configure an external LDAP-based identity store

By default, Oracle WebCenter uses Oracle WebLogic Server's embedded LDAP identity store. Although secure, the out-of-the-box embedded LDAP may not scale appropriately for large enterprise production environments.

To manage the identities of users across diverse servers and enable single sign-on across applications, you can install and configure an external LDAP-based identity store.

Optional

For information, see Section 4.8, "Configuring an External LDAP-Based Identity Store."