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Introduction to Oracle WebCenter Administration 1-13

1.6 Planning WebCenter Installations

Installing your WebCenter application requires a little bit of planning. Some of the questions to consider are: ■ What WebCenter components will be used? ■ How many users will access this deployment? ■ How can I provide high availability for my WebCenter enterprise deployment? ■ How can I secure WebCenter? For more information about planning a WebCenter installation, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter, the Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle WebCenter, and the Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide.

1.7 Understanding the WebCenter 11g Installation

The out-of-the-box WebCenter topology is briefly described in Section 1.3, Oracle WebCenter Topology . Specific areas of the WebCenter topology are described in the corresponding chapters, for example, security-related aspects of the WebCenter topology are described in Chapter 27, Managing WebCenter Portal Application Security. For more information about Oracle WebCenter installation and postinstallation administration tasks, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter. For postinstallation enterprise configuration, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle WebCenter. For postinstallation high availability configuration, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide. For postinstallation security configuration, see Chapter 27.2.5, Post-deployment Security Configuration Tasks.

1.8 Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools

Oracle WebCenter provides several different tools with which to deploy, configure, start and stop, and maintain Oracle WebCenter applications. All these tools are described in Section 1.13, Oracle WebCenter Administration Tools. Your ability to perform WebCenter administration tasks depends on which Oracle WebLogic Server role you are assigned—Admin, Operator, or Monitor. Table 1–7 lists the Oracle WebLogic Server roles needed for common operations. These roles apply whether the operations are performed through Fusion Middleware Control, WLST commands, or the WebLogic Server Administration Console. Table 1–7 WebCenter Operations and Oracle WebLogic Server Roles Operation Admin Role Operator Role Monitor Role All WebCenter applications Start and stop Yes Yes No View performance metrics Yes Yes Yes View log information Yes Yes Yes 1-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter Table 1–8 summarizes which tools you can use to perform various administrative operations relating to WebCenter applications. Configure log files Yes Yes Yes View configuration Yes Yes Yes Configure new connections Yes Yes No Edit connections Yes Yes No Delete connections Yes Yes No Deploy applications Yes No No Configure security Yes No No View security application rolespolicies Yes Yes Yes WebCenter Spaces only Export WebCenter Spaces Yes No No Import WebCenter Spaces Yes No No Table 1–8 WebCenter Operations and Administration Tools Operation Fusion Middleware Control WLST Commands WebLogic Server Admin Console WebCenter Spaces Admin All WebCenter applications Start and stop Yes Yes Yes No View performance metrics Yes No No No View log information Yes No No No Configure log files Yes No No No View configuration Yes Yes No No Configure new connections Yes Yes No No Edit connections Yes Yes No No Delete connections Yes Yes No No Manage portlet producers Yes Yes No Yes Manage external applications Yes Yes No Yes Deploy applications Yes Yes Yes No Configure security Yes Yes Yes No WebCenter Spaces only Configure workflows Yes Yes No No Export WebCenter Spaces Yes Yes No No Import WebCenter Spaces Yes Yes No No Customize WebCenter Spaces No No No Yes Table 1–7 Cont. WebCenter Operations and Oracle WebLogic Server Roles Operation Admin Role Operator Role Monitor Role