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1.4 Oracle WebCenter Spaces

Oracle WebCenter Spaces is a Web-based application, built using the Oracle WebCenter Framework, that offers the very latest technology for social networking, communication, collaboration, and personal productivity. Through a robust set of services and applications, WebCenter Spaces brings together everything you need to exchange ideas with others, keep track of your personal and work-related tasks, interact with your critical applications, and zero in on your own projects and interests—all within a single, integrated environment. Automatic Configuration for WebCenter Spaces Services Some services are automatically configured for WebCenter Spaces during the installation process. For details, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter. Default connection names are listed in Table 1–6 . Configuring WebCenter Spaces PostInstallation To help you get started, see: ■ Chapter 2, Getting WebCenter Spaces Up and Running For information about administering WebCenter Spaces, see Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages in Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle WebCenter.

1.5 WebCenter Portal Applications

You can develop WebCenter Portal applications using JDeveloper and deploy them to a custom WebLogic Managed Server. For information about developing WebCenter Portal applications, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle WebCenter. To help you get started, see: ■ Chapter 4, Getting WebCenter Portal Applications Up and Running ■ Chapter 5, Maintaining WebCenter Portal Applications ■ Chapter 7, Deploying WebCenter Applications Table 1–6 Connections Automatically Configured for WebCenter Spaces WebCenter Service Component Default Connection Name Discussions and Announcements services WebCenterSpaces-Discussions Documents service WebCenterSpaces-ucm Pagelet producer WebCenterSpaces-PageletProducer Personalization service Conductor-WCPSSpaces and Properties-WCPSSpaces Preconfigured portlet producers wc-OmniPortlet wc-WebClipping wc-WSRPTools Worklist service WebCenter Spaces workflows WebCenterSpaces-Worklist 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