Preface

The Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide covers requirements, new features in the Oracle Universal Installer, Oracle Application Server concepts that affect installation, compatibility with other products, and troubleshooting tips. In addition, the guide also provides information for installing Oracle Application Server in different topologies: topologies range from simple single-computer development environments to complex multi-computer Enterprise Data Center environments.

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Intended Audience

This guide is intended for users who are comfortable running some system administration operations, such as creating users and groups, adding users to groups, and installing operating system patches on the computer where Oracle Application Server is going to be installed. Users who are installing Oracle Application Server need root access to run some scripts.

Structure of This Guide

This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1, " Summary of Installation Steps"

This chapter provides an overview of the installation steps.

Chapter 2, " What’s New in the Installation"

This chapter describes new features in Oracle Application Server that affect the installation procedure.

Chapter 3, " Compatibility with Earlier Versions"

This chapter describes possible side-effects when you install and run Oracle Application Server on a computer that is already running other products.

Chapter 4, " Requirements"

This chapter lists the requirements for installing and running Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 5, " Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server and its components. Understanding how the components fit together can help you make some installation decisions.

Chapter 6, " InstallingOracleAS Infrastructure 10g"

This chapter describes the OracleAS Infrastructure 10g components (the OracleAS Metadata Repository and the Identity Management components). It also provides procedures on how to install the infrastructure in different configurations.

Chapter 7, " InstallingMiddleTiers"

This chapter describes the different types of middle tiers: J2EE and Web Cache, Portal and Wireless, and Business Intelligence and Forms.

Chapter 8, " Configuring Oracle Internet Directory for Oracle Application Server Installation Privileges"

This chapter describes how to add users to groups in Oracle Internet Directory so that they can install Oracle Application Server instances against the same Oracle Internet Directory.

Chapter 9, " Installing in High Availability Environments"

This chapter describes how to install Oracle Application Server in OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster, OracleAS Active Failover Cluster, and OracleAS Disaster Recovery environments.

Chapter 10, " Installing the OracleAS Metadata Repository in an Existing Database"

This chapter describes how to install the OracleAS Metadata Repository in an existing database.

Chapter 11, " Recommended Topologies"

This chapter describes how to create recommended development and deployment topologies for Oracle Application Server.

Chapter 12, " Post-Installation Tasks"

This chapter lists the components that require additional set-up steps after installation.

Appendix A, " Installing OracleAS Developer Kits 10g"

This appendix describes how to install the OracleAS Developer Kits 10g.

Appendix B, " Troubleshooting"

This appendix describes how to solve problems that might arise during installation. It also describes the configuration assistants run by the installer.

Appendix C, " Deinstallation and Reinstallation"

This appendix describes how to remove Oracle Application Server from your computer.

Appendix D, " Silent and Non-Interactive Installation"

This appendix describes how to install Oracle Application Server using response files.

Appendix E, " Default Port Numbers"

This appendix lists the port numbers assigned to components by the installer.

Appendix F, " Ports to Open in Firewalls"

This appendix shows the ports that you have to open in a firewall if you are installing and running Oracle Application Server in such environments.

Appendix G, " URLs for Components"

This appendix lists the URLs that you can use to access components after installation.

Appendix H, " Contents of the "OracleAS RepCA and Utilities" CD-ROM"

This appendix lists the contents of the OracleAS RepCA and Utilities CD-ROM.

Appendix I, " Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES Installation Notes"

This appendix provides some information about using Oracle Application Server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES.

Appendix J, " Installing Oracle Cluster Management Software on Linux"

This appendix provides information about installing Oracle Cluster Management Software on Linux.

Information Specific to HP-UX

The following sections contain information specific to HP-UX:

• Table 4-1, "Hardware Requirements for HP-UX Systems "

• Section 4.3.1, "Configuring Kernel Parameters on HP-UX"

• Section 4.2.1, "Checking the Software Requirements for HP-UX"

• Section 5.14, "Setting the Mount Point for the Discs"

• Section 9.1.2.1, "Checking HP Serviceguard on HP-UX"

Information Specific to Linux

The following sections contain information specific to Linux:

• Table 4-2, "Hardware Requirements for Linux Systems "

• Section 4.3.2, "Configuring the Kernel Parameters on Linux"

• Section 4.2.2, "Checking the Software Requirements for Linux"

• Section 4.7.8, "LD_BIND_NOW (Linux Only)"

• Section 4.10, "Prerequisite Checks Performed by the Installer"

• Section 5.14, "Setting the Mount Point for the Discs"

• Section 9.1.2.2, "Checking Red Hat Cluster Manager on Linux"

• Section 9.1.2.3, "Checking Oracle Cluster Management Software on Linux"

• Appendix I, " Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES Installation Notes"

• Appendix J, " Installing Oracle Cluster Management Software on Linux"

• Section 12.1, "Linux Installations"

Related Documents

For more information, see the following guides:

• Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Server 10g Concepts

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions: