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).

For system requirements information, go to:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_requirements.htm

For certification information, go to:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html

Mandatory

Task 2 - Create WebCenter schemas

Oracle WebCenter components require schemas that must be installed in a supported database. Prepare a database for the WebCenter schemas, then use RCU to create the schemas.

Make sure you have a supported Oracle database up and running. See http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/fusion_certification.html for more information.

See "Creating Schemas" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility User's Guide for instructions.

Mandatory

Task 3 - Install Oracle WebLogic Server

Oracle WebCenter requires a Middleware home directory. The Middleware home is created during the Oracle WebLogic Server installation.

The WebLogic Server installer also creates the WebLogic home directory within the Oracle Middleware home directory.

To download the latest Oracle WebLogic Server, see "Product Distribution" in Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Guide.

For installation instructions, see "Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode" in Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Guide.

For more information about the Middleware home and WebLogic home directories, see "Middleware Home and WebLogic Home Directories" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Planning Guide.

Mandatory

Task 4 - Install Oracle WebCenter

Use the WebCenter installer to install Oracle WebCenter. Within the Middleware home directory, the installer creates the WebCenter Oracle home directory (Oracle_WC1 by default) 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: Oracle WebCenter supports various external content repositories. The WebCenter installer gives you the option to install and configure Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1. If you want to use Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1 as your external content repository, you can choose to install it while installing Oracle WebCenter, or later, by performing a standalone installation. Regardless of when you install Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1, before doing so you must ensure that Oracle HTTP Server is already installed.

Chapter 2, "Installing Oracle WebCenter"

Mandatory

Task 5 - Update your Oracle WebCenter software.

Run the Patch Installer to update your Oracle WebCenter software to the latest version.

"Applying the Latest Oracle Fusion Middleware Patch Set with the Patch Set Installers" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Guide.

Mandatory

Task 6 - Configure Oracle WebCenter and create your WebLogic domain.

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.

Chapter 3, "Configuring Oracle WebCenter."

Mandatory

Task 7 - 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.

For information about starting the Administration Server, see Section 3.2.1, "Starting the Servers."

For information about starting the Managed Servers and working with WebCenter components, see Section 3.3, "Working with Oracle WebCenter Components.".

Mandatory

Task 8 - 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.

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

Optional

Task 9 - 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.

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

Optional