System Administration for WebCenter Spaces Roadmap

3-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter Modify external applications and portlet producers Add, modify, and delete connections through Fusion Middleware Control Console. See: Fusion Middleware Admin ■ External Applications ■ Managing External Applications ■ Portlet Producers ■ Registering WSRP Producers ■ Registering Oracle PDK-Java Producers ■ Registering the Pagelet Producer Configure SSL communication Configure secure communication: ■ Configuring SSL ■ Configuring WS-Security ■ Configuring Single Sign-on See also Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide. Fusion Middleware Admin Reassociate your identity, policy, and credential stores Reassociate your identity or policy stores: ■ Configuring the Identity Store ■ Configuring the Policy and Credential Store See also Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide. Fusion Middleware Admin Reconfigure WebCenter repository Reconfigure the WebCenter repository: ■ Setting Up Database Connections Fusion Middleware Admin Reconfigure MDS repository Reconfigure the applications MDS repository: ■ Setting Up the MDS Repository See also Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide: ■ Managing the MDS Repository ■ Configuring an Application to Use a Different MDS Repository or Partition ■ Moving Metadata from a Test System to a Production System Fusion Middleware Admin Reconfigure WebCenter Spaces workflows Install WebCenter Spaces workflows on a different BPEL server and reconfigure the connection: ■ Installing WebCenter Spaces Workflows ■ Specifying the BPEL Server Hosting WebCenter Spaces Workflows Fusion Middleware Admin Export WebCenter Spaces Use the export facility to move content to a remote instance or between stage and production environments: ■ Exporting an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application ■ Exporting Spaces ■ Exporting Space Templates Fusion Middleware Admin Import WebCenter Spaces Use the import facility to restore WebCenter Spaces from a backup or to move content to a remote instance or between stage and production environments: ■ Importing an Entire WebCenter Spaces Application ■ Importing Spaces ■ Importing Space Templates Fusion Middleware Admin Table 3–1 Cont. Roadmap - Administering and Monitoring WebCenter Spaces Task Documentation Role Maintaining WebCenter Spaces 3-5

3.4 Application Administration for WebCenter Spaces Roadmap

The roadmap in Table 3–2 outlines typical tasks that a WebCenter Spaces administrator might perform while WebCenter Spaces is up and running. If WebCenter Spaces must be taken offline for maintenance, ensure that a suitable message displays to any users who attempt to access the application while it is offline. Table 3–2 Roadmap - Keeping WebCenter Spaces Up and Running Task Documentation Role Modify Application Settings Modify application-wide settings as required: ■ Performing Actions on WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages ■ Configuring Global Defaults ■ Configuring Services, Portlet Producers, and External Applications ■ Preparing Your Initial Portal Pages ■ Managing Portal Resources WebCenter Spaces Admin Manage Home Spaces Manage personal pages and business role pages. Push content to Home Spaces: ■ Working with Business Role Page ■ Working with Personal Pages ■ Working with System Pages WebCenter Spaces Admin Manage Spaces Take any Space temporarily offline and close down any Space that is inactive. Edit and delete any Space: ■ Viewing Space Information ■ Changing the Status of a Space WebCenter Spaces Admin Manage Space Templates Manage Space templates. Review and delete any template: ■ Managing Space Templates WebCenter Spaces Admin Maintain Users and Roles Maintain security. Modify user role permissions and assign new roles: ■ Modifying Application Role Permissions ■ Assigning a User to a Different Role WebCenter Spaces Admin Manage External Applications Maintain external applications. Add, modify, and delete entries: ■ Registering External Applications WebCenter Spaces Admin AppConne ctionMana ger r Manage Portlet Producers Maintain portlet producers. Add, modify, and delete entries: ■ Registering Portlet Producers WebCenter Spaces Admin AppConne ctionMana ger r 3-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter 4 Getting WebCenter Portal Applications Up and Running 4-1 4 Getting WebCenter Portal Applications Up and Running The chapter outlines what Fusion Middleware administrators must do, after installation, to get Webcenter Portal applications up and running. A roadmap is provided to help guide you through the process. The chapter includes the following sections: ■ Section 4.1, Installing Oracle WebCenter and Oracle WebCenter Framework Libraries ■ Section 4.2, Deploying WebCenter Portal Applications for the First Time Roadmap Although WebCenter Spaces is itself a WebCenter application, it does require some special administration tasks that other WebCenter Portal applications do not. To see a comprehensive list of these tasks, refer to Chapter 2, Getting WebCenter Spaces Up and Running . Audience The content of this chapter is intended for Fusion Middleware administrators responsible for WebCenter Portal application administration users granted the Admin role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console.

4.1 Installing Oracle WebCenter and Oracle WebCenter Framework Libraries

Oracle WebCenter installation is described in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter. Oracle JDeveloper installation, required for building WebCenter Portal applications, is described in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle JDeveloper. WebCenter Portal applications can be deployed to any WebLogic Server instance that is provisioned with the Oracle WebCenter Framework shared library files. For details, see, Section 7.1.4, Creating a Managed Server .