5-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter
5.3.1 Oracle Content Server Requirements
Oracle WebCenter supports the following versions of Oracle Content Server as external content repositories:
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For WebCenter Spaces - Oracle Content Server 11.1.1.4.0 or later
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For WebCenter Portal applications - Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1, 11.1.1.4.0 or later
This section includes the following subsections:
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Section 5.3.1.1, Oracle Content Server 11g - Installation
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Section 5.3.1.2, Oracle Content Server 11g - Configuration
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Section 5.3.1.3, Oracle Content Server 11g - Integration
5.3.1.1 Oracle Content Server 11g - Installation
Oracle Content Server 11g is installed as a part of Oracle Universal Content Management Oracle UCM. Oracle UCM is a product of Oracle Enterprise Content
Management Suite, which is an Oracle Fusion Middleware component. You must install Oracle Content Server 11.1.1.4.0 or later to use it as a content repository for
Oracle WebCenter.
While installing Oracle Content Server, it is recommended that you also install Oracle Inbound Refinery Oracle IBR. Oracle IBR is a conversion server that manages file
conversions. It also provides thumbnail functionality for documents and images and storyboarding for video. You can use Oracle IBR to convert content items stored in
Oracle Content Server. If IBR is not installed, thumbnails or renditions in WebCenter applications do not display.
For information about how to install Oracle Content Server and Oracle IBR, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite.
5.3.1.2 Oracle Content Server 11g - Configuration
You must configure Oracle Content Server to prepare it as an external content repository for Oracle WebCenter.
By default, Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite uses the Oracle WebLogic Server embedded Lightweight Directory Application Protocol LDAP server. In a
production system, Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite applications must
Note: Oracle strongly recommends that you use Oracle Content
Server 11.1.1.4.0 or later as your content repository to take advantage of the new content management features. If you use Oracle Content
Server 10.1.3.5.1, you will have access only to a subset of features. For information, see the table Oracle WebCenter Features Supported by
Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1 and 11g in Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Guide.
Note: Oracle Content Server and IBR must be installed in the same
domain. Oracle recommends that you install Oracle Content Server and IBR in the same domain as Oracle WebCenter. When they are
installed in the same domain, no additional configuration is required to use an external LDAP authentication provider.
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use an external LDAP authentication provider rather than the default embedded LDAP server. Therefore, you must reassociate your Oracle Content Server’s identity
store with an external LDAP-based identity store.
For information about the mandatory and optional tasks involved in Oracle Content Server configuration, see the Oracle Content Server 11g - Configuration section in
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
5.3.1.3 Oracle Content Server 11g - Integration