Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New

• Issues Addressed in Release 11.1.1.5.0

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 Portal Framework
  • 1.2.2 Oracle Application Development Framework
  • 1.2.3 WebCenter Spaces
  • 1.2.4 Oracle Composer
  • 1.2.5 WebCenter Services
  • 1.2.6 WebCenter Discussion Server
  • 1.2.7 WebCenter Analytics
  • 1.2.8 WebCenter Activity Graph
  • 1.2.9 WebCenter Personalization Server
  • 1.2.10 Portals
  • 1.2.11 Composite Applications
• 1.3 Oracle WebCenter Topology
  • 1.3.1 WebCenter Topology Out-of-the-Box
  • 1.3.2 WebCenter Managed Servers
  • 1.3.3 WebCenter Startup Order
  • 1.3.4 WebCenter Dependencies
  • 1.3.5 WebCenter Configuration Considerations
  • 1.3.6 WebCenter State and Configuration Persistence
  • 1.3.7 WebCenter Log File Locations
• 1.4 Oracle WebCenter Spaces
• 1.5 WebCenter Portal 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 Understanding Security
• 1.11 WebCenter Application Deployment
• 1.12 Data Migration, Backup, and Recovery
• 1.13 Oracle WebCenter Administration Tools
  • 1.13.1 Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Console
    • 1.13.1.1 Displaying Fusion Middleware Control Console
  • 1.13.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 1.13.3 Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
    • 1.13.3.1 Running Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Commands
  • 1.13.4 System MBean Browser
  • 1.13.5 WebCenter Spaces Administration
  • 1.13.6 WebCenter Portal Administration Console

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 WebCenter Portal Applications Up and Running

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

5 Maintaining WebCenter Portal Applications

• 5.1 System Administration for WebCenter Portal 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 WebCenter Portal Applications
• 6.4 Navigating to Dependent Components

7 Deploying WebCenter Applications

• 7.1 Deploying WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 7.1.1 Deployment Roadmap
  • 7.1.2 Deployment Prerequisites
  • 7.1.3 Preparing the Application EAR File
    • 7.1.3.1 EAR File Contents
  • 7.1.4 Creating a Managed Server
  • 7.1.5 Creating and Registering the Metadata Service Repository
    • 7.1.5.1 Creating an MDS Schema Using the Repository Creation Utility
    • 7.1.5.2 Registering an MDS Schema Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 7.1.5.3 Registering an MDS Schema Using WLST
  • 7.1.6 Deploying the Application to a WebLogic Managed Server
    • 7.1.6.1 Choosing the Information Artifact Store
    • 7.1.6.2 Choosing the Data Source
    • 7.1.6.3 Deploying Applications Using Oracle JDeveloper
    • 7.1.6.4 Deploying Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 7.1.6.5 Deploying Applications Using WLST
    • 7.1.6.6 Deploying Applications Using the WLS Administration Console
    • 7.1.6.7 Saving and Reusing the Deployment Plan
  • 7.1.7 Migrating Customizations and Data Between Environments
  • 7.1.8 Configuring Applications to Run in a Distributed Environment
• 7.2 Undeploying WebCenter Portal 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 WebCenter Portal 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 Service and User Customizations
    • 7.3.1.3 Preserving Portlet Customizations
  • 7.3.2 Redeploying WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 7.3.3 Redeploying WebCenter Applications Using WLST
• 7.4 Post-Deployment Configuration
  • 7.4.1 Checking Security Configurations After Deployment
  • 7.4.2 Checking Application Connections After Deployment
  • 7.4.3 Checking Data Source Connections
  • 7.4.4 Tuning the Application

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 WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 8.4.1 Starting WebCenter Portal Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.4.2 Starting WebCenter Portal Applications Using WLST
  • 8.4.3 Stopping WebCenter Portal Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 8.4.4 Stopping WebCenter Portal Applications Using WLST

9 Setting WebCenter Application Properties

• 9.1 Setting Application Properties for WebCenter Spaces
• 9.2 Setting Application Properties for WebCenter Portal Applications
• 9.3 Specifying the BPEL Server Hosting WebCenter Spaces Workflows
• 9.4 Configuring Search Crawlers for WebCenter Applications
• 9.5 Setting Search Parameters for WebCenter Applications
• 9.6 Choosing a Channel for Notification Messages in WebCenter Applications
• 9.7 Enabling RSS News Feeds in WebCenter Applications
• 9.8 Controlling Last Page Accessed Behavior in WebCenter Spaces
• 9.9 Exposing WebCenter Spaces Templates From a Previous Release

Part IV Managing Services, Portlet Producers, and External Applications

10 Managing Oracle WebCenter Services

• 10.1 Introduction to Managing Services
  • 10.1.1 Setting Up the MDS Repository
  • 10.1.2 Setting Up Database Connections
  • 10.1.3 Setting Up External Application Connections

11 Managing Content Repositories

• 11.1 What You Should Know About Content Repository Connections
• 11.2 Oracle Content Server Prerequisites
  • 11.2.1 Configuration Roadmaps for Oracle Content Server
    • 11.2.1.1 Roadmap - Configuring Oracle Content Server for WebCenter Spaces
    • 11.2.1.2 Roadmap - Configuring Oracle Content Server for WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 11.2.2 Oracle Content Server 11g - Installation
  • 11.2.3 Oracle Content Server 11g - Configuration
    • 11.2.3.1 Configuring Oracle Content Server 11g for All WebCenter Applications
      • 11.2.3.1.1 Enabling the Conversion of Wikis and Blogs into PDFs
      • 11.2.3.1.2 Disabling Undesirable Site Asset Categories in Oracle Site Studio
      • 11.2.3.1.3 What You Should Know About the WebCenterConfigure Component
      • 11.2.3.1.4 What You Should Know About Creating Content Profiles in Oracle Content Server
    • 11.2.3.2 Configuring Oracle Content Server 11g to Support Item Level Security in All WebCenter Applications
      • 11.2.3.2.1 What You Should Know About Item Level Security
      • 11.2.3.2.2 How to Configure Item Level Security
      • 11.2.3.2.3 How to Configure Additional Settings for WebCenter Portal Applications
    • 11.2.3.3 Configuring Security Between Oracle Content Server 11g and WebCenter Portal Applications
      • 11.2.3.3.1 How to Create a Security Group using the Oracle Content Server Console
      • 11.2.3.3.2 How to Create a Folder using the Oracle Content Server Console
      • 11.2.3.3.3 How to Create Roles using the Oracle Content Server Console
      • 11.2.3.3.4 How to Create Roles (Groups) using the Fusion Middleware Control Console
      • 11.2.3.3.5 How to Create Users using the Fusion Middleware Control Console
      • 11.2.3.3.6 How to Grant a Role to a User using the Fusion Middleware Control Console
      • 11.2.3.3.7 How to Migrate Security to a Production Environment
  • 11.2.4 Oracle Content Server - Security Considerations
  • 11.2.5 Oracle Content Server - Limitations in WebCenter
• 11.3 Microsoft SharePoint Prerequisites
  • 11.3.1 Microsoft SharePoint - Installation
    • 11.3.1.1 What You Should Know About Microsoft SharePoint Server Installation
    • 11.3.1.2 Installing Oracle WebCenter Adapter for Microsoft SharePoint
    • 11.3.1.3 Installing WLST Command Scripts for Managing Microsoft SharePoint Connections
  • 11.3.2 Microsoft SharePoint - Configuration
  • 11.3.3 Microsoft SharePoint - Security Considerations
  • 11.3.4 Microsoft SharePoint - Limitations in WebCenter
• 11.4 Oracle Portal Prerequisites
  • 11.4.1 Oracle Portal - Installation
  • 11.4.2 Oracle Portal - Configuration
  • 11.4.3 Oracle Portal - Security Considerations
  • 11.4.4 Oracle Portal - Limitations in WebCenter
• 11.5 File System Prerequisites
  • 11.5.1 File System - Security Considerations
  • 11.5.2 File System - Limitations in WebCenter
• 11.6 Registering Content Repositories
  • 11.6.1 What You Should Know About Registering Content Repositories for WebCenter Spaces
  • 11.6.2 Registering Content Repositories Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 11.6.3 Registering Content Repositories Using WLST
• 11.7 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection
  • 11.7.1 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 11.7.2 Changing the Active (or Default) Content Repository Connection Using WLST
• 11.8 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details
  • 11.8.1 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 11.8.2 Modifying Content Repository Connection Details Using WLST
  • 11.8.3 Modifying Cache Settings for Content Presenter
• 11.9 Deleting Content Repository Connections
  • 11.9.1 Deleting Content Repository Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 11.9.2 Deleting Content Repository Connections Using WLST
• 11.10 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository
  • 11.10.1 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 11.10.2 Setting Connection Properties for the WebCenter Spaces Content Repository Using WLST
• 11.11 Testing Content Repository Connections
  • 11.11.1 Testing Oracle Content Server Connections
  • 11.11.2 Testing Oracle Portal Connections
• 11.12 Changing the Maximum File Upload Size
• 11.13 Managing Microsoft SharePoint Connections Using WLST
  • 11.13.1 createJCRSharePointConnection
    • 11.13.1.1 Description
    • 11.13.1.2 Syntax
    • 11.13.1.3 Example
  • 11.13.2 setJCRSharePointConnection
    • 11.13.2.1 Description
    • 11.13.2.2 Syntax
    • 11.13.2.3 Example
  • 11.13.3 listJCRSharePointConnections
    • 11.13.3.1 Description
    • 11.13.3.2 Syntax
    • 11.13.3.3 Example

12 Managing the Activity Graph Service

• 12.1 What You Should Know About the Activity Graph Service
• 12.2 Configuration Roadmaps for the Activity Graph Service
• 12.3 Activity Graph Service Prerequisites
• 12.4 Preparing Data for the Activity Graph Service
  • 12.4.1 Running the Activity Graph Engines on a Schedule
  • 12.4.2 Running the Activity Graph Engines on Demand
• 12.5 Customizing Reason Strings for Similarity Calculations
• 12.6 Managing Activity Graph Schema Customizations
  • 12.6.1 Exporting Activity Graph Metadata
  • 12.6.2 Exporting Provider Configuration
  • 12.6.3 Importing Activity Graph Metadata
  • 12.6.4 Deleting Activity Graph Metadata
  • 12.6.5 Renaming Actions and Node Classes
• 12.7 Setting Up Activity Rank for Oracle Secure Enterprise Search
• 12.8 Troubleshooting Issues with Recommendations
  • 12.8.1 Troubleshooting the Activity Graph Engines Schedule and Status Page

13 Managing the Analytics Service

• 13.1 What You Should Know About Oracle WebCenter Analytics
  • 13.1.1 WebCenter Analytics Components
  • 13.1.2 WebCenter Analytics Task Flows
• 13.2 Configuration Roadmap for the Analytics Service
• 13.3 Analytics Prerequisites
  • 13.3.1 Analytics - Installation
  • 13.3.2 Analytics - Configuration
  • 13.3.3 Analytics - Security Considerations
  • 13.3.4 Analytics - Limitations
• 13.4 Configuring Analytics Collector Settings
  • 13.4.1 Setting Analytics Collector Properties Using WLST
  • 13.4.2 Setting Analytics Collector Properties Using Fusion Middleware Control
• 13.5 Registering an Analytics Collector for Your Application
  • 13.5.1 Registering an Analytics Collector Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 13.5.2 Registering an Analytics Collector Using WLST
  • 13.5.3 Disabling WebCenter Event Collection
    • 13.5.3.1 Disabling WebCenter Event Collection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 13.5.3.2 Disabling WebCenter Event Collection Using WLST
• 13.6 Validating Analytic Event Collection
• 13.7 Viewing the Current WebCenter Analytic Event List
• 13.8 Purging Analytics Data
• 13.9 Partitioning Analytics Data
• 13.10 Troubleshooting Issues with Analytics

14 Managing the Announcements and Discussions Services

• 14.1 What You Should Know About Discussions Server Connections
• 14.2 Discussions Server Prerequisites
  • 14.2.1 Discussions Server - Installation
    • 14.2.1.1 Discussions Server - High Availability Installation
  • 14.2.2 Discussions Server - Configuration
  • 14.2.3 Discussions Server - Security Considerations
  • 14.2.4 Discussions Server - Limitations
• 14.3 Registering Discussions Servers
  • 14.3.1 Registering Discussions Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.3.2 Registering Discussions Servers Using WLST
• 14.4 Choosing the Active Connection for Discussions and Announcements
  • 14.4.1 Choosing the Active Connection for Discussions and Announcements Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.4.2 Choosing the Active Discussion for Discussions and Announcements Using WLST
• 14.5 Modifying Discussions Server Connection Details
  • 14.5.1 Modifying Discussions Server Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.5.2 Modifying Discussions Server Connection Details Using WLST
• 14.6 Deleting Discussions Server Connections
  • 14.6.1 Deleting a Discussions Server Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 14.6.2 Deleting a Discussions Server Connection Using WLST
• 14.7 Setting Up Discussions Service Defaults
• 14.8 Setting Up Announcements Service Defaults
• 14.9 Testing Discussions Server Connections
• 14.10 Granting Administrator Permissions on Oracle WebCenter Discussions
• 14.11 Granting Administrator Role for Oracle WebCenter Discussions
  • 14.11.1 Granting the Administrator Role with WLST
  • 14.11.2 Granting the Administrator Role
  • 14.11.3 Revoking the Administrator Role
• 14.12 Troubleshooting Issues with Announcements and Discussions
  • 14.12.1 Authentication Failed
  • 14.12.2 Discussions Cannot Be Enabled in a Space
  • 14.12.3 Login Does Not Function Properly After Configuring Oracle Access Manager
  • 14.12.4 Category Not Found Exceptions

15 Managing the Events Service

• 15.1 What You Should Know About Events Connections
• 15.2 Configuration Roadmaps for the Events Service
• 15.3 Events Service Prerequisites
  • 15.3.1 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Prerequisites
    • 15.3.1.1 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Installation
    • 15.3.1.2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Configuration
    • 15.3.1.3 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Security Considerations
    • 15.3.1.4 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Limitations
  • 15.3.2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Prerequisites
    • 15.3.2.1 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Installation
    • 15.3.2.2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Configuration
    • 15.3.2.3 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Security Considerations
    • 15.3.2.4 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Limitations
• 15.4 Registering Events Servers
  • 15.4.1 Registering Events Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 15.4.2 Registering Event Servers Using WLST
• 15.5 Choosing the Active Events Server Connection
  • 15.5.1 Choosing the Active Events Server Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 15.5.2 Choosing the Active Events Server Connection Using WLST
• 15.6 Modifying Events Server Connection Details
  • 15.6.1 Modifying Events Server Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 15.6.2 Modifying Events Server Connection Details Using WLST
• 15.7 Deleting Event Server Connections
  • 15.7.1 Deleting Event Server Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 15.7.2 Deleting Event Server Connections Using WLST
• 15.8 Testing Event Server Connections
• 15.9 Troubleshooting Issues with Events

16 Managing the Instant Messaging and Presence Service

• 16.1 What You Should Know About Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
• 16.2 Instant Messaging and Presence Server Prerequisites
  • 16.2.1 Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) Prerequisites
    • 16.2.1.1 OCS - Installation
    • 16.2.1.2 OCS - Configuration
      • 16.2.1.2.1 Simple Deployment
      • 16.2.1.2.2 Remote Deployment
      • 16.2.1.2.3 Building Application Provisioner
      • 16.2.1.2.4 Provisioning WebCenter Proxy Application on OCS Server
      • 16.2.1.2.5 IIS Server Configuration
      • 16.2.1.2.6 Installing UCMA v2.0
      • 16.2.1.2.7 Installing the WebCenter Proxy Application
    • 16.2.1.3 OCS - Security Considerations
  • 16.2.2 Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS) Prerequisites
    • 16.2.2.1 LCS - Installation
    • 16.2.2.2 LCS - Configuration
    • 16.2.2.3 LCS - Security Considerations
  • 16.2.3 Oracle WebLogic Communications Server (OWLCS) Prerequisites
    • 16.2.3.1 OWLCS - Installation
    • 16.2.3.2 OWLCS - Configuration
    • 16.2.3.3 OWLCS - Security Considerations
    • 16.2.3.4 OWLCS - Limitations
• 16.3 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers
  • 16.3.1 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 16.3.2 Registering Instant Messaging and Presence Servers Using WLST
• 16.4 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence
  • 16.4.1 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 16.4.2 Choosing the Active Connection for Instant Messaging and Presence Using WLST
• 16.5 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connection Details
  • 16.5.1 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 16.5.2 Modifying Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Details Using WLST
• 16.6 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections
  • 16.6.1 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 16.6.2 Deleting Instant Messaging and Presence Connections Using WLST
• 16.7 Setting Up Instant Messaging and Presence Service Defaults
• 16.8 Testing Instant Messaging and Presence Connections

17 Managing the Mail Service

• 17.1 What You Should Know About Mail Server Connections
• 17.2 Configuration Roadmaps for the Mail Service
• 17.3 Mail Server Prerequisites
  • 17.3.1 Mail Server - Installation
  • 17.3.2 Mail Server - Configuration
    • 17.3.2.1 Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 for WebCenter
      • 17.3.2.1.1 Obtain the Certificate from the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
      • 17.3.2.1.2 Add the Certificate to the WebCenter Keystore
      • 17.3.2.1.3 Microsoft Exchange Server Considerations
  • 17.3.3 Mail Server - Security Considerations
  • 17.3.4 Mail Server - Limitations
• 17.4 Registering Mail Servers
  • 17.4.1 Registering Mail Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 17.4.2 Registering Mail Servers Using WLST
• 17.5 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection
  • 17.5.1 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 17.5.2 Choosing the Active (or Default) Mail Server Connection Using WLST
• 17.6 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details
  • 17.6.1 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 17.6.2 Modifying Mail Server Connection Details Using WLST
• 17.7 Deleting Mail Server Connections
  • 17.7.1 Deleting a Mail Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 17.7.2 Deleting a Mail Connection Using WLST
• 17.8 Setting Up Mail Service Defaults
• 17.9 Testing Mail Server Connections
• 17.10 Troubleshooting Issues with Mail
  • 17.10.1 Mail Service is Not Accessible in Secure Mode
  • 17.10.2 Mail Service is Not Accessible in Non-Secure Mode
  • 17.10.3 Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Non-Secure Mode
  • 17.10.4 Unable to Create Distribution Lists in the Secure Mode
  • 17.10.5 Unable to Configure the Number of Mails Downloaded
  • 17.10.6 Unable to Publish and Archive Space Mail
  • 17.10.7 Changing Passwords on Microsoft Exchange
  • 17.10.8 Mail Content Sent as Attachments

18 Managing Subscriptions and Notifications

• 18.1 Setting Up Default Subscription Preferences
  • 18.1.1 What You Should Know About Subscription Defaults
  • 18.1.2 Setting Subscription Defaults
  • 18.1.3 Setting Subscriptions Preferences in WebCenter Spaces
• 18.2 Setting Up a Notifications Connection Type
  • 18.2.1 What You Should Know About Connection Types
  • 18.2.2 Notification Prerequisites
    • 18.2.2.1 Installation
    • 18.2.2.2 Configuration
    • 18.2.2.3 Security
    • 18.2.2.4 Limitations
  • 18.2.3 Setting the Connection Type for Notifications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 18.2.4 Setting the Connection Type for Notifications Using WLST
• 18.3 Creating and Applying Custom Notification Templates
  • 18.3.1 What You Should Know About Overwriting Default Notification Templates
  • 18.3.2 Overwriting a Default Notifications Template
• 18.4 Testing the Notifications Connection
• 18.5 Troubleshooting Issues with Notifications

19 Managing WebCenter Personalization

• 19.1 What You Should Know About WebCenter Personalization
• 19.2 WebCenter Personalization Prerequisites
  • 19.2.1 WebCenter Personalization Installation Requirements
  • 19.2.2 WebCenter Personalization Configuration Requirements
  • 19.2.3 WebCenter Personalization Security
  • 19.2.4 WebCenter Personalization Limitations
  • 19.2.5 WebCenter Personalization Configuration Options
• 19.3 Configuring the WebCenter OPSS Trust Service
  • 19.3.1 Configuring the Trust Service in the WebCenter Domain
  • 19.3.2 Configuring the Trust Service in the Integrated WLS Domain
  • 19.3.3 Configuring Cross-Domain Trust
• 19.4 Configuring Providers
  • 19.4.1 Creating or Modifying Provider Connection Settings
    • 19.4.1.1 Understanding WebCenter Personalization Connection Information
    • 19.4.1.2 Connection Configuration Attributes
    • 19.4.1.3 Configuring Connections Using WLST
    • 19.4.1.4 Configuring Connections Using JConsole
      • 19.4.1.4.1 Creating a New Connection Using JConsole
      • 19.4.1.4.2 Editing Connection Settings Using JConsole
    • 19.4.1.5 Configuring Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 19.4.1.6 Writing a Custom Configuration Class
  • 19.4.2 Configuring the CMIS Provider
  • 19.4.3 Configuring the Activity Graph Provider
  • 19.4.4 Configuring the Oracle People Connections Locator
  • 19.4.5 Configuring Custom Providers
• 19.5 Configuring Coherence
• 19.6 Configuring Content Presenter
  • 19.6.1 Configuring the WebCenter Application's Content Server Connection
    • 19.6.1.1 Configuring WebCenter Spaces Connections Using WLST
    • 19.6.1.2 Configuring WebCenter Spaces Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 19.6.2 Configuring the Content Presenter Task Flow Parameters
  • 19.6.3 Configuring the Conductor's Scenario Tags
• 19.7 Configuring Single Sign-on
• 19.8 Overriding the Default Security Settings
  • 19.8.1 Allowing Anonymous Execution of Scenarios
  • 19.8.2 Disabling Scenario Creation by Anonymous Users
  • 19.8.3 Disabling Scenario Creation by Authenticated Users

20 Managing the RSS Service

• 20.1 What You Should Know About the RSS Service
• 20.2 RSS Prerequisites
• 20.3 Setting Up a Proxy Server for External RSS News Feeds
  • 20.3.1 Setting Up a Proxy Server Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 20.3.2 Setting Up a Proxy Server Using WLST
• 20.4 Testing External RSS News Feed Connections

21 Managing Oracle SES Search in WebCenter

• 21.1 What You Should Know About WebCenter Search with Oracle SES
• 21.2 Configuration Roadmaps for Oracle SES in WebCenter
• 21.3 Prerequisites for using Oracle SES
  • 21.3.1 Oracle SES - Installation
  • 21.3.2 Oracle SES - Configuration
  • 21.3.3 Oracle SES - Security
• 21.4 Setting Up Oracle SES Connections
  • 21.4.1 Registering Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Servers
    • 21.4.1.1 Registering Oracle SES Search Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 21.4.1.2 Registering Oracle SES Connections Using WLST
  • 21.4.2 Choosing the Active Oracle SES Connection
    • 21.4.2.1 Choosing the Active Oracle SES Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 21.4.2.2 Choosing the Active Oracle SES Connection Using WLST
  • 21.4.3 Modifying Oracle SES Connection Details
    • 21.4.3.1 Modifying Oracle SES Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 21.4.3.2 Modifying Oracle SES Connection Details Using WLST
  • 21.4.4 Deleting Oracle SES Connections
    • 21.4.4.1 Deleting Search Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 21.4.4.2 Deleting Search Connections Using WLST
  • 21.4.5 Testing Oracle SES Connections
• 21.5 Configuring Oracle SES to Search WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 21.5.1 Setting Up Oracle Content Server for Oracle SES Search
  • 21.5.2 Setting Up Oracle WebCenter Discussions for Oracle SES Search
  • 21.5.3 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search WebCenter
    • 21.5.3.1 Logging on to the Oracle SES Administration Tool
    • 21.5.3.2 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search Documents
    • 21.5.3.3 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search Discussions and Announcements
    • 21.5.3.4 Additional Oracle SES Configuration
  • 21.5.4 Setting Up WebCenter for Oracle SES Search
    • 21.5.4.1 Configuring WebCenter Portal Applications After Deployment
      • 21.5.4.1.1 Modifying Search Parameters Using WLST
      • 21.5.4.1.2 Configuring Search Crawlers Using WLST
      • 21.5.4.1.3 Configuring Search Parameters and Crawlers Using Fusion Middleware Control
• 21.6 Configuring Oracle SES to Search WebCenter Spaces Applications
  • 21.6.1 Setting Up WebCenter for Oracle SES Search
    • 21.6.1.1 Configuring Search Parameters Using WLST
    • 21.6.1.2 Configuring Search Parameters and Crawlers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 21.6.2 Setting Up Oracle Content Server for Oracle SES Search
  • 21.6.3 Setting Up Oracle WebCenter Discussions for Oracle SES Search
  • 21.6.4 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search WebCenter
    • 21.6.4.1 Logging on to the Oracle SES Administration Tool
    • 21.6.4.2 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search Documents
    • 21.6.4.3 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search Discussions and Announcements
    • 21.6.4.4 Setting Up Oracle SES to Search Spaces, Lists, Pages, and People
    • 21.6.4.5 Excluding Services from the WebCenter Spaces Crawler
    • 21.6.4.6 Additional Oracle SES Configuration
  • 21.6.5 Configuring Search Crawlers Using WLST
  • 21.6.6 Configuring Oracle SES Search for Spaces Using Python Script
• 21.7 Troubleshooting Issues with Oracle SES Search
  • 21.7.1 No Search Results Found
    • 21.7.1.1 Oracle SES Connection
    • 21.7.1.2 Documents and Discussions Connections
    • 21.7.1.3 WebCenter Crawl Configuration
    • 21.7.1.4 Oracle SES Configuration
    • 21.7.1.5 User Authentication
    • 21.7.1.6 Oracle SES Crawling
    • 21.7.1.7 Oracle SES Authorization
  • 21.7.2 Search Failure Errors
  • 21.7.3 Cannot Grant View Permissions to WebCenter
  • 21.7.4 Restricting Oracle SES Results by Source Group or Source Type

22 Managing the Worklist Service

• 22.1 Configuration Roadmaps for the Worklist Service
  • 22.1.1 Roadmap - Configuring the Worklist Service for WebCenter Spaces
  • 22.1.2 Roadmap - Configuring the Worklist Service for WebCenter Portal Applications
• 22.2 What You Should Know About BPEL Connections
• 22.3 BPEL Server Prerequisites
  • 22.3.1 BPEL Server - Installation and Configuration
  • 22.3.2 BPEL Server - Security Considerations
  • 22.3.3 BPEL Server - Limitations in WebCenter
• 22.4 Setting Up Worklist Connections
  • 22.4.1 What You Should Know About Worklist Connections
  • 22.4.2 Registering Worklist Connections
    • 22.4.2.1 Registering Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 22.4.2.2 Registering Worklist Connections Using WLST
  • 22.4.3 Activating a Worklist Connection
    • 22.4.3.1 Activating a Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 22.4.3.2 Activating a Worklist Connections Using WLST
  • 22.4.4 Modifying Worklist Connection Details
    • 22.4.4.1 Modifying Worklist Connection Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 22.4.4.2 Modifying Worklist Connection Details Using WLST
  • 22.4.5 Deleting Worklist Connections
    • 22.4.5.1 Deleting Worklist Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 22.4.5.2 Deleting Worklist Connections Using WLST
• 22.5 Troubleshooting Issues with Worklists
  • 22.5.1 Unavailability of the Worklist Service Due to Application Configuration Issues
    • 22.5.1.1 adf-config.xml Refers to a Non-Existent BPEL Connection
    • 22.5.1.2 adf-config.xml Has No Reference to a BPEL Connection
    • 22.5.1.3 No Rows Yet Message Displays
  • 22.5.2 Unavailability of the Worklist Service Due to Server Failure
    • 22.5.2.1 Users Mismatch in Identity Stores
    • 22.5.2.2 Shared User Directory Does Not Include the weblogic User
    • 22.5.2.3 Issues with the wsm-pm Application
    • 22.5.2.4 Clocks are Out of Sync for More Than Five Minutes
    • 22.5.2.5 Worklist Service Timed Out or is Disabled

23 Managing Portlet Producers

• 23.1 What You Should Know About Portlet Producers
• 23.2 Registering WSRP Producers
  • 23.2.1 Registering a WSRP Producer Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 23.2.2 Registering a WSRP Producer Using WLST
  • 23.2.3 Adding a Grant to the Policy Store for a Mapped User Identity
  • 23.2.4 Registering a WSRP Portlet Producer in WebCenter Spaces
  • 23.2.5 Registering a WSRP Portlet Producer in WebCenter Portal Applications
• 23.3 Testing WSRP Producer Connections
• 23.4 Registering Oracle PDK-Java Producers
  • 23.4.1 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Producer Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 23.4.2 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Producer Using WLST
  • 23.4.3 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producer in WebCenter Spaces
  • 23.4.4 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producer in WebCenter Portal Applications
• 23.5 Testing Oracle PDK-Java Producer Connections
• 23.6 Editing Producer Registration Details
  • 23.6.1 Editing Producer Registration Details Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 23.6.2 Editing Producer Registration Details Using WLST
  • 23.6.3 Migrating WSRP Producer Metadata to a New WSDL URL
• 23.7 Deregistering Producers
  • 23.7.1 Deregistering Producers Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 23.7.2 Deregister Producers Using WLST
  • 23.7.3 Deregistering Producers in WebCenter Spaces
  • 23.7.4 Deregistering Producers in WebCenter Portal Applications
• 23.8 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications
  • 23.8.1 Understanding Portlet Producer Application Deployment
  • 23.8.2 Converting a JSR 286 Portlet Producer EAR File into a WSRP EAR File
  • 23.8.3 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Oracle JDeveloper
  • 23.8.4 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 23.8.5 Deploying Portlet Producer Applications Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console
  • 23.8.6 Deploying Portlet Applications Using WLST
• 23.9 Troubleshooting Portlet Producer Issues
  • 23.9.1 Producer Registration Fails for a WebCenter Portal Application
  • 23.9.2 Portlet Unavailable: WSM-00101 Exception

24 Managing the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer

• 24.1 What You Should Know About the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer
• 24.2 Registering the Pagelet Producer
  • 24.2.1 Registering the Pagelet Producer for WebCenter Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 24.2.2 Registering the Pagelet Producer for WebCenter Applications Using WLST
• 24.3 Configuring the Pagelet Producer Service
• 24.4 Creating Pagelet Producer Resources and Pagelets
  • 24.4.1 General
  • 24.4.2 CSP
  • 24.4.3 Policy
  • 24.4.4 Autologin
    • 24.4.4.1 Form Login
    • 24.4.4.2 Basic Login and NTLM Login
    • 24.4.4.3 Authentication Sources
  • 24.4.5 Headers
  • 24.4.6 Pagelets
    • 24.4.6.1 General
    • 24.4.6.2 Preferences
    • 24.4.6.3 Parameters
    • 24.4.6.4 Clipper
    • 24.4.6.5 Documentation
  • 24.4.7 Injectors
    • 24.4.7.1 General
    • 24.4.7.2 Content
  • 24.4.8 Parsers
• 24.5 Configuring Pagelet Producer Settings
  • 24.5.1 Logging
  • 24.5.2 Proxy
  • 24.5.3 Transform
  • 24.5.4 CSP
• 24.6 Troubleshooting Pagelets

25 Managing External Applications

• 25.1 What You Should Know About External Applications
• 25.2 Registering External Applications
  • 25.2.1 Registering External Applications Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 25.2.2 Registering External Applications Using WLST
  • 25.2.3 Registering External Applications in WebCenter Spaces
  • 25.2.4 Registering External Applications in WebCenter Portal Applications
• 25.3 Modifying External Application Connection Details
  • 25.3.1 Modifying External Application Connection Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 25.3.2 Modifying External Application Connection Using WLST
• 25.4 Testing External Application Connections
• 25.5 Deleting External Application Connections
  • 25.5.1 Deleting External Application Connections Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 25.5.2 Deleting External Application Connections Using WLST
  • 25.5.3 Deleting External Applications Connections in WebCenter Spaces
  • 25.5.4 Deleting External Applications Connections in WebCenter Portal Applications

26 Managing REST Services

• 26.1 What You Should Know About REST Services
• 26.2 Performing Required Manual Configurations to Enable REST
• 26.3 Understanding Security Tokens
• 26.4 Configuring a Proxy Server
• 26.5 Changing the REST Root Name
• 26.6 Using Compression
• 26.7 Handling Authentication

Part V Advanced Systems Administration for Oracle WebCenter

27 Managing WebCenter Portal Application Security

• 27.1 Introduction to WebCenter Application Security
• 27.2 Default Security Configuration
  • 27.2.1 Administrator Accounts
  • 27.2.2 Application Roles and Enterprise Roles
  • 27.2.3 Default Identity and Policy Stores
    • 27.2.3.1 File-based Credential Store
  • 27.2.4 Default Policy Store Permissions and Grants
    • 27.2.4.1 Permission-based Authorization
    • 27.2.4.2 Role-mapping Based Authorization
    • 27.2.4.3 Default Policy Store Permissions for WebCenter Spaces
    • 27.2.4.4 Default Code-based Grants
  • 27.2.5 Post-deployment Security Configuration Tasks
• 27.3 Troubleshooting Security Configuration Issues
  • 27.3.1 Webcenter Spaces Does Not Find Users in LDAP Provider
  • 27.3.2 Group Space Gets Created with Errors When Logged in as OID User
  • 27.3.3 Users Cannot Self-Register when WebCenter Spaces Configured with Active Directory
  • 27.3.4 User Made Administrator Does Not Have Administrator Privileges
  • 27.3.5 OmniPortlet Producer Authorization Exception in SSO Environment
  • 27.3.6 Deploying the SAML SSO-specific Discussions EAR file Produces an Exception
  • 27.3.7 Configuring SAML Single Sign-on Produces 403 Error

28 Configuring the Identity Store

• 28.1 Reassociating the Identity Store with an External LDAP Server
• 28.2 Tuning the Identity Store for Performance
• 28.3 Adding Users to the Embedded LDAP Identity Store
  • 28.3.1 Adding Users to the Identity Store Using the WLS Administration Console
  • 28.3.2 Adding Users to the Identity Store Using an LDIF File
• 28.4 Managing Users and Application Roles
  • 28.4.1 Granting the WebCenter Spaces Administrator Role
    • 28.4.1.1 Granting the WebCenter Spaces Administrator Role Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 28.4.1.2 Granting the WebCenter Spaces Administrator Role Using WLST
  • 28.4.2 Granting Application Roles
    • 28.4.2.1 Granting Application Roles Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 28.4.2.2 Granting Application Roles Using WLST
  • 28.4.3 Using the Runtime Administration Pages
• 28.5 Moving the Administrator Account to an External LDAP Server
  • 28.5.1 Migrating the WebCenter Discussions Server to Use an External LDAP
  • 28.5.2 Changing the Administrator Group Name
• 28.6 Configuring the Oracle Content Server to Share the WebCenter Spaces Identity Store LDAP Server
• 28.7 Aggregating Multiple Identity Store LDAP Servers Using libOVD
  • 28.7.1 Configuring libOVD for Identity Stores with Complete User Profiles
  • 28.7.2 Configuring libOVD for Identity Stores with Partial User Profiles
  • 28.7.3 Restoring the Single Authenticator
• 28.8 Configuring the REST Service Identity Asserter
  • 28.8.1 Understanding the REST Service Instance and Identity Asserter
  • 28.8.2 Setting up the Client Application
  • 28.8.3 Configuring the WLS Trust Service Asserter

29 Configuring the Policy and Credential Store

• 29.1 Creating a root Node
• 29.2 Reassociating the Credential and Policy Store Using Fusion Middleware Control
• 29.3 Reassociating the Credential and Policy Store Using WLST
• 29.4 Reassociating the Policy and Credential Store with a Database
• 29.5 Managing Credentials
• 29.6 Configuring Self-Registration By Invitation in WebCenter Spaces

30 Configuring Single Sign-on

• 30.1 Introduction to Single Sign-on
• 30.2 Configuring Oracle Access Manager (OAM)
  • 30.2.1 OAM Components and Topology
  • 30.2.2 Roadmap to Configuring OAM
  • 30.2.3 Installing and Configuring OAM
    • 30.2.3.1 Installing and Configuring OAM 11g
      • 30.2.3.1.1 Installing and Configuring OAM 11g
      • 30.2.3.1.2 Installing and Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server
      • 30.2.3.1.3 Installing the WebGate on the Web Tier
      • 30.2.3.1.4 Registering the WebGate Agent
    • 30.2.3.2 Installing and Configuring OAM 10g
      • 30.2.3.2.1 Installing and Configuring OAM 10g
      • 30.2.3.2.2 Installing and Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server
      • 30.2.3.2.3 Configuring the WebCenter Policy Domain
      • 30.2.3.2.4 Installing the WebGate 10g on the Web Tier
  • 30.2.4 Configuring the WebLogic Domain for OAM
    • 30.2.4.1 Configuring the Oracle Internet Directory Authenticator
    • 30.2.4.2 Configuring the OAM Identity Asserter
    • 30.2.4.3 Configuring the Default Authenticator and Provider Order
    • 30.2.4.4 Adding an OAM Single Sign-on Provider
  • 30.2.5 Installing and Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server
  • 30.2.6 Additional Single Sign-on Configurations
    • 30.2.6.1 Configuring WebCenter Spaces for SSO
    • 30.2.6.2 Configuring the Discussions Server for SSO
      • 30.2.6.2.1 Creating a Discussions Server Connection for WebCenter Spaces
    • 30.2.6.3 Configuring the Worklist Service for SSO
    • 30.2.6.4 Configuring OAM for RSS Feeds Using External Readers
    • 30.2.6.5 Configuring the WebLogic Server Administration Console and Enterprise Manager for OAM 10g
    • 30.2.6.6 Configuring the WebLogic Server Administration Console and Enterprise Manager for OAM 11g
    • 30.2.6.7 Configuring Oracle Content Server for SSO
    • 30.2.6.8 Restricting Access with Connection Filters
  • 30.2.7 Testing Your OAM Installation
• 30.3 Configuring Oracle Single Sign-On (OSSO)
  • 30.3.1 Roadmap to Configuring OSSO
  • 30.3.2 OSSO Components and Topology
  • 30.3.3 Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server and Associated Modules
  • 30.3.4 Configuring the OSSOIdentityAsserter
  • 30.3.5 Registering OHS with Oracle SSO
  • 30.3.6 Additional Configurations
    • 30.3.6.1 Configuring WebCenter Spaces for SSO
    • 30.3.6.2 Restricting Access Using the Web Tier OHS Ports
    • 30.3.6.3 Configuring the Discussions Server for SSO
    • 30.3.6.4 Configuring the Worklist Service for SSO
    • 30.3.6.5 Configuring Oracle Content Server for SSO
    • 30.3.6.6 Configuring OSSO for RSS Feeds Using External Readers
    • 30.3.6.7 Configuring SES Crawl for SSO
• 30.4 Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-on
  • 30.4.1 SAML Components and Topology
  • 30.4.2 Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-on
    • 30.4.2.1 SAML Single Sign-on Prerequisites
      • 30.4.2.1.1 Configuring Oracle Content Server for SAML SSO
      • 30.4.2.1.2 Configuring the Discussions Server for SAML SSO
      • 30.4.2.1.3 Configuring and Exporting the Certificates
      • 30.4.2.1.4 Setting Up SSL
    • 30.4.2.2 Configuring SAML-based SSO
      • 30.4.2.2.1 The Single Sign-on Script
      • 30.4.2.2.2 Using the Scripts
    • 30.4.2.3 Configuring SAML SSO for RSS Using External Readers
    • 30.4.2.4 Checking Your Configuration
• 30.5 Configuring SSO for Microsoft Clients
  • 30.5.1 Microsoft Client SSO Concepts
  • 30.5.2 System Requirements
  • 30.5.3 Configuring Microsoft Clients
    • 30.5.3.1 Configuring the Negotiate Identity Assertion Provider
    • 30.5.3.2 Configuring an Active Directory Authentication Provider
    • 30.5.3.3 Configuring WebCenter Spaces
    • 30.5.3.4 Configuring the Discussions Server for SSO
• 30.6 Configuring SSO with Virtual Hosts
  • 30.6.1 Understanding the Need for a Virtual Host
  • 30.6.2 Configuring Virtual Hosts for OSSO
  • 30.6.3 Configuring Virtual Hosts for OAM 10g
  • 30.6.4 Configuring Virtual Hosts for OAM 11g
  • 30.6.5 Configuring WebCenter for Virtual Hosts
  • 30.6.6 Testing Your Configuration

31 Configuring SSL

• 31.1 Securing the Browser Connection to WebCenter Spaces with SSL
  • 31.1.1 Creating the Custom Keystore
  • 31.1.2 Configuring the Custom Identity and Java Trust Keystores
  • 31.1.3 Configuring the SSL Connection
• 31.2 Securing the Browser Connection to a WebCenter Portal Application with SSL
• 31.3 Securing the Connection from Oracle HTTP Server to WebCenter Spaces with SSL
  • 31.3.1 Configuring the Identity and Trust Keystores
  • 31.3.2 Configuring the SSL Connection
  • 31.3.3 Installing the Oracle HTTP Server
  • 31.3.4 Wiring the WebCenter Spaces Ports to the HTTP Server
  • 31.3.5 Configuring the SSL Certificates
• 31.4 Securing the Browser Connection to the Discussions Service with SSL
  • 31.4.1 Creating the Custom Keystore
  • 31.4.2 Configuring the Identity and Trust Key Stores
  • 31.4.3 Configuring the SSL Connection
• 31.5 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Portlet Producers with SSL
  • 31.5.1 Configuring the Identity and Trust Key Stores
  • 31.5.2 Configuring the SSL Connection
  • 31.5.3 Registering the SSL-enabled WSRP Producer and Running the Portlets
  • 31.5.4 Registering the SSL-enabled PDK-Java Producer and Running the Portlets
• 31.6 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to the LDAP Identity Store
  • 31.6.1 Exporting the OID Certificate Authority (CA)
  • 31.6.2 Setting Up the WebLogic Server
• 31.7 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Oracle Content Server with SSL
  • 31.7.1 Configuring a Keystore and Key on the Client Side
  • 31.7.2 Configuring a Keystore and Key on the Server Side
  • 31.7.3 Verifying Signatures of Trusted Clients
  • 31.7.4 Securing Identity Propagation
• 31.8 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to IMAP and SMTP with SSL
• 31.9 Securing a WebCenter Portal Application's Connection to IMAP and SMTP with SSL
• 31.10 Securing the Connection to Oracle SES with SSL
• 31.11 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to OWLCS with SSL
• 31.12 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to Microsoft Live Communication Server and Office Communication Server with SSL
• 31.13 Securing the WebCenter Spaces Connection to an External BPEL Server with SSL

32 Configuring WS-Security

• 32.1 Configuring WS-Security for a Simple Topology
  • 32.1.1 Roadmap to Configuring WS-Security for a Simple Topology
  • 32.1.2 Setting Up the WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.1.2.1 Creating the WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.1.2.2 Configuring the Keystore with WLST
    • 32.1.2.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.1.3 Configuring the Discussions Server for a Simple Topology
    • 32.1.3.1 Securing the Discussions Service End Points
      • 32.1.3.1.1 Securing the Discussions Server End Points Using Fusion Middleware Control
      • 32.1.3.1.2 Securing the Discussions Server End Points Using WLST
    • 32.1.3.2 Configuring the Discussions Server Connection Settings
  • 32.1.4 Command Summary for a Simple Topology
• 32.2 Configuring WS-Security for a Typical Topology
  • 32.2.1 Roadmap to Configuring WS-Security for a Typical Topology
  • 32.2.2 Setting Up the WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.2.2.1 Creating the WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.2.2.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.2.2.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.2.3 Configuring the Discussions Server for a Typical Topology
  • 32.2.4 Setting Up the SOA Domain
    • 32.2.4.1 Creating the SOA Domain Keystore
    • 32.2.4.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.2.4.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.2.5 Command Summary for a Typical Topology
• 32.3 Configuring WS-Security for a Complex Topology
  • 32.3.1 Roadmap to Configuring WS-Security for a Complex Topology
  • 32.3.2 Setting Up the WebCenter Domain Keystores
    • 32.3.2.1 Creating the WebCenter Domain Keystores
    • 32.3.2.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.3.2.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.3.3 Configuring the Discussions Server for a Complex Topology
    • 32.3.3.1 Securing the Discussions Service End Points
    • 32.3.3.2 Creating the Discussions Server Keystore
    • 32.3.3.3 Updating the Credential Store
    • 32.3.3.4 Configuring the Discussions Server Connection Settings
  • 32.3.4 Setting Up the First SOA Domain
    • 32.3.4.1 Creating the SOA Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.4.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.3.4.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.3.5 Setting Up the Second SOA Domain
    • 32.3.5.1 Creating the SOA Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.5.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.3.5.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 32.3.5.4 Configuring the WebCenter Spaces Worklist Connection for the Second SOA Server
  • 32.3.6 Setting Up the External Portlet Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.6.1 Creating the External Portlet Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.6.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.3.6.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.3.7 Setting Up the External WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.7.1 Creating the External WebCenter Domain Keystore
    • 32.3.7.2 Configuring the Keystore Using WLST
    • 32.3.7.3 Configuring the Keystore Using Fusion Middleware Control
  • 32.3.8 Command Summary for a Complex Topology
• 32.4 Securing Oracle WebLogic Communication Services (OWLCS) with WS-Security
• 32.5 Securing WebCenter Spaces for Applications Consuming Spaces Client APIs with WS-Security
  • 32.5.1 Configuring a Simple Topology for Applications Consuming Spaces Client APIs
  • 32.5.2 Configuring a Typical Topology for Applications Consuming Spaces Client APIs
  • 32.5.3 Configuring a Complex Topology for Applications Consuming Spaces Client APIs

33 Configuring Security for Portlet Producers

• 33.1 Securing a WSRP Producer
  • 33.1.1 Deploying the Producer
  • 33.1.2 Attaching a Policy to the Producer Endpoint
  • 33.1.3 Setting Up the Keystores
• 33.2 Securing a PDK-Java Producer
  • 33.2.1 Defining a Shared Key as a Password Credential
    • 33.2.1.1 Defining a Shared Key Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 33.2.1.2 Defining a Shared Key Using WLST

34 Using WebCenter Portal Administration Console

• 34.1 Introduction to WebCenter Portal Administration Console
• 34.2 Accessing the WebCenter Portal Administration Console
• 34.3 Configuring Application Defaults
  • 34.3.1 Choosing a Default Page Template
  • 34.3.2 Choosing Default Resource Catalogs
  • 34.3.3 Choosing a Default Navigation
  • 34.3.4 Choosing a Default Skin
• 34.4 Managing Application Members and Roles
  • 34.4.1 Understanding Users
  • 34.4.2 Understanding Application Roles and Permissions
    • 34.4.2.1 Understanding Application Roles
      • 34.4.2.1.1 Default Application Roles
      • 34.4.2.1.2 Custom Application Roles
    • 34.4.2.2 Understanding Application Permissions
      • 34.4.2.2.1 Application Permissions
      • 34.4.2.2.2 Discussion Server Role Mapping
      • 34.4.2.2.3 Understanding Enterprise Group Role Mapping
  • 34.4.3 Managing Users
    • 34.4.3.1 Adding Members to Application Roles
    • 34.4.3.2 Assigning a User to a Different Role
    • 34.4.3.3 Giving a User Administrative Privileges
    • 34.4.3.4 Revoking Application Roles
    • 34.4.3.5 Adding or Removing Users
  • 34.4.4 Managing Application Roles and Permissions
    • 34.4.4.1 Defining Application Roles
    • 34.4.4.2 Modifying Application Role Permissions
    • 34.4.4.3 Granting Roles to Unauthenticated Users
    • 34.4.4.4 Granting Roles to All Authenticated Users
    • 34.4.4.5 Deleting Application Roles
• 34.5 Managing Application Resources
  • 34.5.1 Working with Pages
    • 34.5.1.1 Creating a Page
    • 34.5.1.2 Creating a Sub Page
    • 34.5.1.3 Setting Page Access
      • 34.5.1.3.1 Setting Permissions on an Individual Page
      • 34.5.1.3.2 Setting Permissions on the Root Node
    • 34.5.1.4 Reordering a Page
    • 34.5.1.5 Moving a Page in the Page Hierarchy
    • 34.5.1.6 Renaming a Page
  • 34.5.2 Creating a Resource
  • 34.5.3 Copying a Resource
  • 34.5.4 Editing Resources
    • 34.5.4.1 Editing the Source Code of a Resource
    • 34.5.4.2 Editing a Resource by Using the Edit Dialog
  • 34.5.5 Setting Properties on a Resource
    • 34.5.5.1 Accessing the Edit Properties Dialog of a Resource
    • 34.5.5.2 Renaming, Describing, and Categorizing a Resource
    • 34.5.5.3 Associating an Icon with a Resource
    • 34.5.5.4 Working with Attributes of a Resource
      • 34.5.5.4.1 Associating an Attribute with a Resource
      • 34.5.5.4.2 Deleting an Attribute of a Resource
  • 34.5.6 Showing or Hiding a Resource
  • 34.5.7 Setting Resource Security
  • 34.5.8 Downloading and Uploading a Resource
  • 34.5.9 Previewing a Resource
  • 34.5.10 Deleting a Resource
• 34.6 Managing Services, Portlet Producers, and External Applications
  • 34.6.1 Managing Content
    • 34.6.1.1 Creating a New Folder
    • 34.6.1.2 Creating a Wiki Page
    • 34.6.1.3 Editing a File
    • 34.6.1.4 Uploading a Document
    • 34.6.1.5 Checking Out a Document
    • 34.6.1.6 Uploading a New Version of a Document
    • 34.6.1.7 Viewing Version History of a Content Item
    • 34.6.1.8 Getting Direct and Download URLs of a Document
    • 34.6.1.9 Organizing Columns for the Displayed Content
      • 34.6.1.9.1 Showing Columns
      • 34.6.1.9.2 Reordering Columns
    • 34.6.1.10 Setting Up Security on Folders and Documents
  • 34.6.2 Managing Portlet Producers
    • 34.6.2.1 Registering Portlet Producers
    • 34.6.2.2 Editing and Deleting Portlet Producers
  • 34.6.3 Managing External Applications
    • 34.6.3.1 Registering External Applications
    • 34.6.3.2 Editing and Deleting External Applications
  • 34.6.4 Creating and Configuring Polls
    • 34.6.4.1 What You Should Know About the Polls Service
    • 34.6.4.2 Creating, Configuring, and Analyzing a Poll

35 Managing a Multilanguage Portal

• 35.1 What You Should Know About Languages in WebCenter Spaces
  • 35.1.1 Languages Supported Out-of-the-Box by WebCenter Spaces
• 35.2 Adding Support for a New Language
• 35.3 Modifying or Translating Default Strings
• 35.4 Modifying or Translating Component Tags
• 35.5 Translating User Content
  • 35.5.1 Translating Page Names, Space Names, and Space Descriptions
  • 35.5.2 Presenting Translated Content Through a Content Presenter Template

36 Monitoring Oracle WebCenter Performance

• 36.1 Understanding WebCenter Performance Metrics
  • 36.1.1 WebCenter Metric Collection: Recent History and Since Startup
  • 36.1.2 Common WebCenter Metrics
  • 36.1.3 Common WebCenter Performance Issues and Actions
  • 36.1.4 WebCenter Service-Specific Metrics
    • 36.1.4.1 Announcement Metrics
    • 36.1.4.2 BPEL Worklist Metrics
    • 36.1.4.3 Content Repository Metrics
    • 36.1.4.4 Discussion Metrics
    • 36.1.4.5 Space Event Metrics
    • 36.1.4.6 External Application Metrics
    • 36.1.4.7 Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Metrics
    • 36.1.4.8 Import and Export Metrics
    • 36.1.4.9 List Metrics
    • 36.1.4.10 Mail Metrics
    • 36.1.4.11 Note Metrics
    • 36.1.4.12 Page Metrics
    • 36.1.4.13 Portlet Producer Metrics
    • 36.1.4.14 Portlet Metrics
    • 36.1.4.15 People Connection Metrics
    • 36.1.4.16 Poll Metrics
    • 36.1.4.17 RSS News Feed Metrics
    • 36.1.4.18 Recent Activity Metrics
    • 36.1.4.19 Search Metrics
  • 36.1.5 WebCenter Service-Specific Performance Issues and Actions
    • 36.1.5.1 Announcements Service
    • 36.1.5.2 BPEL Worklist Service
    • 36.1.5.3 Content Repository (Documents and Content Presenter) Service
    • 36.1.5.4 Discussions Service
    • 36.1.5.5 External Applications Service
    • 36.1.5.6 Events Service
    • 36.1.5.7 Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Service
    • 36.1.5.8 Import and Export
    • 36.1.5.9 Lists Service
    • 36.1.5.10 Mail Service
    • 36.1.5.11 Notes Service
    • 36.1.5.12 Page Service
    • 36.1.5.13 Portlets and Producers
    • 36.1.5.14 People Connections Service
    • 36.1.5.15 Polls Service
    • 36.1.5.16 RSS Service
    • 36.1.5.17 Recent Activities Service
    • 36.1.5.18 Search Service
  • 36.1.6 Space Metrics
  • 36.1.7 Page Metrics for WebCenter Spaces
• 36.2 Viewing Performance Information
  • 36.2.1 Monitoring WebCenter Spaces
    • 36.2.1.1 Monitoring Service Metrics
    • 36.2.1.2 Monitoring Space Metrics
    • 36.2.1.3 Monitoring Page Metrics for WebCenter Spaces
    • 36.2.1.4 Monitoring All Metrics Through the Metrics Palette
  • 36.2.2 Monitoring WebCenter Portal Applications
    • 36.2.2.1 Monitoring Service Metrics
    • 36.2.2.2 Monitoring Page Metrics for WebCenter Portal Applications
    • 36.2.2.3 Monitoring All Metrics Through the Metrics Palette
• 36.3 Viewing and Configuring Log Information
  • 36.3.1 WebCenter Spaces Logs
  • 36.3.2 WebCenter Portal Application Logs

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

• 37.1 Exporting and Importing WebCenter Spaces for Data Migration
  • 37.1.1 Understanding WebCenter Spaces Export and Import
  • 37.1.2 Prerequisites for WebCenter Spaces Export and Import
  • 37.1.3 Migrating Back-end Components for an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 37.1.3.1 Exporting the LDAP Identity Store
    • 37.1.3.2 Importing the LDAP Identity Store
    • 37.1.3.3 Exporting and Importing the LDAP Credential Store
    • 37.1.3.4 Exporting and Importing the LDAP Policy Store
    • 37.1.3.5 Exporting and Importing a File-based Credential Store
    • 37.1.3.6 Exporting and Importing a File-based Policy Store
    • 37.1.3.7 Exporting Oracle WebCenter Discussions Server
    • 37.1.3.8 Importing Oracle WebCenter Discussions Server
    • 37.1.3.9 Exporting Oracle Content Server
    • 37.1.3.10 Importing Oracle Content Server
    • 37.1.3.11 Exporting Oracle WebLogic Communications Server
    • 37.1.3.12 Importing Oracle WebLogic Communications Server
    • 37.1.3.13 Exporting Portlet Producers
    • 37.1.3.14 Importing Portlet Producers
  • 37.1.4 Exporting an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 37.1.4.1 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 37.1.4.2 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
  • 37.1.5 Importing an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 37.1.5.1 Importing WebCenter Spaces Using Fusion Middleware Control
    • 37.1.5.2 Importing WebCenter Spaces Using WLST
  • 37.1.6 Prerequisites for Individual Space Export and Import
  • 37.1.7 Migrating Back-end Components for Individual Spaces
    • 37.1.7.1 Exporting Discussions for a Space
    • 37.1.7.2 Importing Discussions for a Space
    • 37.1.7.3 Exporting Documents for a Space
    • 37.1.7.4 Importing Documents for a Space
  • 37.1.8 Exporting Spaces
    • 37.1.8.1 Exporting Individual Spaces Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.8.2 Exporting Individual Spaces Using WLST
  • 37.1.9 Importing Spaces
    • 37.1.9.1 Importing Individual Spaces Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.9.2 Importing Individual Spaces Using WLST
  • 37.1.10 Migrating Back-end Components for Space Templates
  • 37.1.11 Exporting Space Templates
    • 37.1.11.1 Exporting Space Templates Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.11.2 Exporting Space Templates Using WLST
  • 37.1.12 Importing Space Templates
    • 37.1.12.1 Importing Space Templates Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.12.2 Importing Space Templates Using WLST
  • 37.1.13 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Resources
    • 37.1.13.1 Exporting WebCenter Resources Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.13.2 Exporting WebCenter Resources Using WLST
  • 37.1.14 Importing WebCenter Space Resources
    • 37.1.14.1 Importing WebCenter Resources Using WebCenter Spaces
    • 37.1.14.2 Importing WebCenter Resources Using WLST
• 37.2 Exporting and Importing WebCenter Portal Applications for Data Migration
  • 37.2.1 Understanding WebCenter Portal Application Export and Import
  • 37.2.2 Prerequisites for WebCenter Portal Application Export and Import
  • 37.2.3 Exporting Portlet Client Metadata (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.4 Importing Portlet Client Metadata (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.5 Exporting Resources (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.6 Importing Resources (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.7 Exporting WebCenter Services Metadata and Data (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.8 Importing WebCenter Services Metadata and Data (WebCenter Portal Applications)
  • 37.2.9 Migrating Security for WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 37.2.10 Migrating Data (WebCenter Portal Applications)
    • 37.2.10.1 Exporting Data (WebCenter Portal Applications)
    • 37.2.10.2 Importing Data (WebCenter Portal Applications)
• 37.3 Backing Up and Recovering WebCenter Applications
• 37.4 Troubleshooting Import and Export Issues for WebCenter Spaces
  • 37.4.1 ResourceLimitException Issue
  • 37.4.2 Exporting and Importing Spaces in Multibyte Languages
  • 37.4.3 Page or Space Not Found Messages After Import
  • 37.4.4 Space Import Archive Exceeds Maximum Upload File Size
  • 37.4.5 Lists Not Imported Properly
  • 37.4.6 Importing WebCenter Spaces Customizations

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.1.2.1 Editing web.xml Properties for WebCenter Spaces
    • A.1.2.2 Editing web.xml Properties for WebCenter Portal Applications
  • A.1.3 webcenter-config.xml
• A.2 Cluster Configuration
• A.3 Configuration Tools
• A.4 Tuning Oracle WebCenter Performance
• A.5 Troubleshooting WebCenter Application Configuration Issues
  • A.5.1 WebCenter Does Not Display in the Application Deployment Menu in Fusion Middleware Control
  • A.5.2 Configuration Options Unavailable
  • A.5.3 Configuration Performed in One Application Reflects in Another
  • A.5.4 WebCenter Spaces Logs Indicate Too Many Open Files
• A.6 Troubleshooting WLST Command Issues
  • A.6.1 None of the WebCenter WLST Commands Work
  • A.6.2 WLST Commands Do Not Work for a Particular Service
  • A.6.3 A Connection with the Name Connection_Name Already Exists
  • A.6.4 WLST Shell is Not Connected to the Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
  • A.6.5 Application with the Same Name Already Exists in a Domain
  • A.6.6 Application with the Same Name Already Exists on a Managed Server
  • A.6.7 Already in Domain Runtime Tree Message Displays

B Oracle HTTP Server Configuration for WebCenter

Glossary

Index