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Oracle® Fusion Middleware
Administrator's Guide for Oracle Portal
11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
E10239-05

January 2011

Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Portal, 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
E10239-05
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Primary Author: Swati Thacker
Contributing Author: Kumar Dhanagopal
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Contents
Examples
Figures
List of Tables

Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xix
Audience.....................................................................................................................................................
Documentation Accessibility ...................................................................................................................
Related Documents ...................................................................................................................................
Conventions ...............................................................................................................................................

xix
xix
xx
xx

What's New in Oracle Portal? ............................................................................................................ xxiii
New Features in Oracle Portal 11g Release 1 (11.1.1).........................................................................

New Features in OracleAS Portal 10g Release 2 (10.1.4) ...................................................................

Part I

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Concepts

1 Understanding the Oracle Portal Architecture
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3

1.4
1.5

Understand the Oracle Portal Components............................................................................ 1-1
What Are the Middle-Tier Components?......................................................................... 1-2
What Are the Infrastructure Components? ..................................................................... 1-4
Understanding the Oracle Portal Architecture....................................................................... 1-6
How Does Oracle Portal Integrate with Other Components? ...................................... 1-7
How Do the Pieces Fit Together? ...................................................................................... 1-8
Understanding Caching in Oracle Portal ............................................................................. 1-14
Understanding Oracle Web Cache................................................................................. 1-15
Understanding Portal Cache .......................................................................................... 1-17
Understanding Cache Invalidation in Oracle Portal ................................................... 1-18
Understanding WSRP and JPS............................................................................................... 1-19
What’s Next?............................................................................................................................. 1-19

2 Planning Your Oracle Portal
2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2

2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5

What Do I Need to Consider? ...................................................................................................
Which Topology Is Right for Me? .....................................................................................
How Much Hardware Do I Need? ....................................................................................
How Can I Maximize Performance? .................................................................................
How Can I Make My Portal Scale?....................................................................................
How Can I Make My Portal Highly Available? ..............................................................

2-1
2-1
2-2
2-2
2-3
2-3

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2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9

How Can I Secure My Portal?............................................................................................ 2-3
How Should I Configure My Hardware and Software? ................................................ 2-4
Getting the Most Out of Your Configuration .................................................................. 2-8
What Do I Need to Do? ........................................................................................................... 2-10
Planning Your Portal........................................................................................................ 2-11
Upgrading Oracle Portal.................................................................................................. 2-11

Verifying Pre-Installation Requirements....................................................................... 2-11
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware ............................................................................ 2-11
Performing Post-Installation Configuration ................................................................. 2-11
Performing Advanced Configuration............................................................................ 2-12
Securing Oracle Portal...................................................................................................... 2-12
Monitoring Oracle Portal................................................................................................. 2-12
Troubleshooting Oracle Portal........................................................................................ 2-12

Part II Installation and Basic Configuration
3 Pre-Installation and Post-Installation Tasks
3.1
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.2
3.3

4

Installation Overview .................................................................................................................
WebLogic Server Installation .............................................................................................
Infrastructure Component Installation.............................................................................
Oracle Fusion Middleware Middle-tier Release Installation ........................................
Installation Components and Versions ............................................................................
Accessing Oracle Portal After Installation ..............................................................................
Configuring Oracle Portal During and After Installation.....................................................

3-1
3-1
3-2
3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7

Interoperability Scenarios

5 Basic Configuration and Administration
5.1

Getting Started with Oracle Portal Administration............................................................... 5-1
5.1.1
Using the Oracle Portal Administer Tab .......................................................................... 5-1
5.1.2
Using Additional Administrative Tools........................................................................... 5-4
5.2
Finding Out Information About Oracle Portal ....................................................................... 5-6
5.2.1
Accessing Oracle Portal in Your Browser ........................................................................ 5-6
5.2.2
Finding Your Oracle Portal Version Number.................................................................. 5-6
5.3
Performing Basic Page Administration ................................................................................... 5-6
5.3.1
Setting a Default Home Page ............................................................................................. 5-7
5.3.2
Setting the System Default Style........................................................................................ 5-9
5.3.3
Creating Personal Pages ..................................................................................................... 5-9
5.3.4

Setting the Total Space Allocated for Uploaded Files ................................................. 5-11
5.3.5
Setting the Maximum File Size for Uploaded Files ..................................................... 5-11
5.3.6
Changing the Page Group Quota ................................................................................... 5-12
5.3.7
Specifying E-mail (SMTP) Host ...................................................................................... 5-13
5.3.8
Specifying an Error Message Page ................................................................................. 5-13
5.3.9
Specifying an Error Reporting Style ............................................................................. 5-13
5.3.10
Setting the Default Page for Non-Authenticated Users .............................................. 5-13
5.3.11
Specifying the Default DOCTYPE for Pages ................................................................ 5-14

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5.3.12
5.4

5.5
5.5.1
5.5.2
5.5.3
5.5.4
5.5.5
5.5.6
5.5.7
5.6
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
5.6.4
5.6.5
5.6.6
5.6.7
5.6.8
5.6.9
5.6.10
5.6.11
5.7
5.7.1
5.7.2
5.7.3
5.7.4
5.7.5
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.10.1
5.10.2
5.11
5.11.1
5.11.2
5.11.3
5.11.4
5.11.5
5.11.6
5.12

Part III

Removing the Context-Sensitive Help Link .................................................................
Configuring Self-Registration ................................................................................................
Setting Up Oracle BPEL Process Definitions for Approvals .............................................
Synchronizing BPEL Workflow with Portal Workflow ..............................................
Securing your Portal for BPEL Business Process .........................................................
Creating a New BPEL Process Definition .....................................................................
Editing an Existing BPEL Process Definition ...............................................................
Deleting an Existing BPEL Process Definition .............................................................
Oracle Portal Message Schema .......................................................................................
BPEL Callback Webservice Proxy ..................................................................................
Performing Basic Portal Administration ..............................................................................
Simplifying the Full URL of an Oracle Portal Instance ...............................................
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Use the Oracle Portal Home Page ..................
Stopping and Starting Portal Components Using Fusion Middleware Control .....
Configuring a Portal DAD Using Fusion Middleware Control.................................
Configuring a Portal DAD Using WLST .......................................................................
Configuring the Portal Cache Using Fusion Middleware Control............................
Configuring the Portal Cache Using WLST ..................................................................
Clearing the Portal Cache ................................................................................................
Configuring the Portal Parallel Page Engine ................................................................
Retrieving the Portal Schema Password........................................................................
Using a Custom Image Directory ...................................................................................
Configuring Mobile Support in Oracle Portal .....................................................................
Installing Oracle Application Server Wireless .............................................................
Patching OracleAS Single Sign-On for Oracle Portal Mobile Access........................
Configuring Mobile Settings in Oracle Portal ..............................................................
Configuring Mobile Access .............................................................................................
Changing the Mobile Device Component of the Cache Key......................................
Managing Users, Groups, and Passwords ...........................................................................
Configuring Browser Settings ................................................................................................
Configuring Language Support.............................................................................................
Installing Languages After Installing Oracle Portal ....................................................
Enabling the Use of Territories .......................................................................................
Configuring Oracle Portal for WebDAV ..............................................................................
Performing Basic WebDAV Configuration...................................................................
Setting Up a WebDAV Client .........................................................................................
WebDAV Clients and SSL ...............................................................................................
Checking the Version of OraDAV Drivers....................................................................
Checking version of oraDAV ..........................................................................................
Viewing Errors ..................................................................................................................
Configuring Resource Proxying ............................................................................................

5-15
5-15
5-17
5-17
5-19
5-25
5-26
5-26
5-26
5-29
5-31
5-32
5-33
5-33
5-34
5-35
5-37
5-38
5-39
5-39
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5-48
5-49
5-49
5-50
5-50
5-55
5-57
5-57
5-58
5-58
5-59
5-60
5-62
5-63
5-65
5-65
5-65
5-65
5-65
5-66

Advanced Configuration Topics

6 Advanced Configuration
6.1

Changing Oracle Fusion Middleware Listen Ports................................................................ 6-1

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6.2
6.3
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.3.6
6.3.7
6.3.8
6.4
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.4
6.4.5
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.3
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.7.6
6.8
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.9
6.10
6.10.1
6.10.2
6.11
6.12
6.12.1
6.12.2
6.12.3
6.13
6.13.1
6.13.2
6.13.3

Configuring SSL .......................................................................................................................... 6-1
Configuring Multiple Middle Tiers with a Load–Balancing Router ................................... 6-2
Step 1: Install a Single Portal Middle Tier (M1)............................................................... 6-5
Step 2: Configure Oracle Portal on M1 to Be Accessed Through the LBR .................. 6-6
Step 3: Confirm That Oracle Portal is Up and Running.............................................. 6-11
Step 4: Install a New Portal (M2).................................................................................... 6-12
Step 5: Configure the New Middle Tier (M2) to Run Your Existing Portal ............. 6-14
Step 6: Configure Portal Tools and Web Providers (Optional).................................. 6-17
Step 7: Enable Session Binding on Oracle Web Cache ................................................ 6-20
Step 8: Confirm the Completed Configuration ............................................................ 6-21
Configuring Virtual Hosts ...................................................................................................... 6-22
Create Virtual Hosts ......................................................................................................... 6-24
Configure Oracle Web Cache.......................................................................................... 6-27
Register Oracle Portal with OracleAS Single Sign-On ................................................ 6-27
Verify the Configuration.................................................................................................. 6-28
Reconfiguring Portal for a Change in the OracleAS Single Sign-On 10g Host Name.......
6-28
Configuring Oracle Portal to Use a Proxy Server ............................................................... 6-30
Configuring Oracle Portal to Work with a Reverse Proxy Server .................................... 6-31
Managing Oracle Portal Content Cached in Oracle Web Cache....................................... 6-37
Managing Oracle Web Cache.......................................................................................... 6-37
Configuring Portal Web Cache Settings Using Oracle Enterprise Manager............ 6-37
Configuring Portal Web Cache Settings Using WLST ............................................... 6-37
Managing Portal Content Cached in Oracle Web Cache ............................................ 6-39
Clearing the Cache Invalidation Queue Through SQL*Plus...................................... 6-41
Managing the Invalidation Message Processing Job ................................................... 6-41
Configuring Oracle Portal to Use a Dedicated Oracle Web Cache Instance .................. 6-42
Understanding Installation Prerequisites and Requirements .................................... 6-42
Configuring a Dedicated Oracle Web Cache................................................................ 6-42
Changing the Infrastructure Services Used By a Middle Tier........................................... 6-45
Configuring the Cluster Environment After Installation .................................................. 6-45
Middle Tier Configuration ............................................................................................. 6-45
Repository Configuration ................................................................................................ 6-45
Configuring OracleAS Wireless............................................................................................. 6-46
Changing the Oracle Portal Schema Password ................................................................... 6-46
Changing the Schema Password for a Default Oracle Portal Instance ..................... 6-46
Changing the Portal Credentials .................................................................................... 6-47
Changing the Schema Password for a Nondefault Oracle Portal Instance.............. 6-50
Configuring Oracle Portal Using WLST ............................................................................... 6-50
Configuring Portal Middle Tier...................................................................................... 6-51
Configuring Portal Site Attributes ................................................................................. 6-51
Configuring Portal Oracle Internet Directory Attributes ........................................... 6-52

7 Securing Oracle Portal
n
About Oracle Portal Security..................................................................................................... 7-1
n
Oracle Portal Security Model ............................................................................................. 7-2
Figure 7–1 Classes of Users and Their Privileges ............................................................................... 7-4

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Figure 7–2 Resources Protected............................................................................................................. 7-8
Table 7–10 Authorization and Access Enforcement........................................................................ 7-20
n
Authorization Modification ............................................................................................ 7-21
Figure 7–6 Leveraging Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Services .......................................... 7-26
n
Leveraging Oracle Identity Management Infrastructure............................................ 7-26
g.
Configuring Dynamic Groups ........................................................................................ 7-48
7.
Security for Portlets .......................................................................................................... 7-51
n
Securing Access to Web Services Remote Portlets....................................................... 7-61
6.
Securing the OmniPortlet and Simple Parameter Form ............................................. 7-64
15.
Securing the Web Clipping Provider............................................................................. 7-64
n
Securing the Federated Portal Adapter ......................................................................... 7-66
n
Securing OraDAV ............................................................................................................. 7-66
7.
Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Framework for Oracle Portal ........... 7-69
n
Configuring Fusion Middleware Security Framework Options for Oracle Portal . 7-69
n
Configuring Oracle Identity Management Options for Oracle Portal ...................... 7-69
4.
Configuring Oracle Portal Security ....................................................................................... 7-71
n
Configuring Oracle Portal Security Options................................................................. 7-71
6.
Configuring Options for Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Framework............. 7-78
n
Configuring Oracle Portal Options for Database Security ....................................... 7-123

8 Monitoring and Administering Oracle Portal
8.1
8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.3.4
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.6.1
8.6.2

Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Fusion Middleware Control................................... 8-1
Using Fusion Middleware Control to Monitor and Administer Oracle Portal ................. 8-2
Portal Home Page Overview.............................................................................................. 8-2
Administrating and Monitoring from the Oracle Home Page...................................... 8-5
Topology Tab..................................................................................................................... 8-26
Viewing Oracle Portal Activity Reports ............................................................................... 8-27
Logged Events................................................................................................................... 8-27
Choosing Which Events Are Logged............................................................................. 8-27
Activity Log Views ........................................................................................................... 8-29
Accessing Activity Log Views Externally ..................................................................... 8-29
Viewing Oracle Fusion Middleware Port Usage................................................................. 8-29
Defining Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration Roles ............................................. 8-30
About the Oracle Fusion Middleware System MBean Browser ....................................... 8-31
When should I use the Oracle Fusion Middleware System MBean Browser? ........ 8-31
About Portal Configuration MBeans ............................................................................. 8-31

9 Configuring the Search Features in Oracle Portal
9.1
9.1.1
9.1.2
9.1.3
9.1.4
9.1.5
9.2
9.2.1

Search Options in Oracle Portal................................................................................................
Oracle Portal Search ............................................................................................................
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search ........................................................................................
Default Search Functionality..............................................................................................
Deciding Which Search Options to Use ..........................................................................
Differences Between Oracle Secure Enterprise Search and Oracle Portal Search ......
Configuring Oracle Portal Search Options..............................................................................
Configuring Oracle Portal Search Portlets .......................................................................

9-1
9-1
9-3
9-3
9-6
9-7
9-8
9-8

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9.2.2
Configuring Oracle Text Options in Oracle Portal ......................................................
9.2.3
Configuring Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Options in Oracle Portal ..................
9.3
Oracle Text ................................................................................................................................
9.3.1
Understanding Oracle Portal Searches with Oracle Text Enabled/Disabled..........
9.3.2
Oracle Text Prerequisites .................................................................................................
9.3.3
Oracle Text Indexes ..........................................................................................................
9.3.4
Creating and Dropping Oracle Text Indexes................................................................
9.3.5
Maintaining Oracle Text Indexes ...................................................................................
9.3.6
Indexing and Searching URL Content...........................................................................
9.3.7
Disabling Document and URL Indexing.......................................................................
9.3.8
Viewing the Status of Oracle Text Indexes ...................................................................
9.3.9
Monitoring Oracle Text Indexing Operations ..............................................................
9.3.10
Viewing Indexing Errors .................................................................................................
9.3.11
Translating Indexing Errors to Objects in Oracle Portal .............................................
9.3.12
Common Indexing Errors................................................................................................
9.3.13
Handling Indexing Hangs or Crashes ...........................................................................
9.4
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search ............................................................................................
9.4.1
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Overview ..................................................................
9.4.2
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Secure Portlet ...........................................................

9-13
9-15
9-15
9-16
9-17
9-17
9-23
9-25
9-31
9-34
9-35
9-36
9-38
9-38
9-40
9-42
9-45
9-46
9-47

10 Tuning Performance in Oracle Portal
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6

Setting the Number of Server Processes...............................................................................
Setting the Number of Idle Processes ..................................................................................
Setting the Number of PPE Fetchers .....................................................................................
Tuning the Oracle HTTP Server ............................................................................................
Tuning File System Cache to Improve Caching Performance...........................................
Tuning Oracle Net Services ....................................................................................................

10-1
10-2
10-3
10-3
10-5
10-5

11 Exporting and Importing Content
11.1
11.2
11.2.1
11.2.2
11.2.3
11.3
11.3.1
11.3.2
11.3.3
11.4
11.4.1
11.4.2
11.5
11.5.1
11.5.2
11.6
11.6.1
11.7
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Introduction Oracle Portal Export or Import.......................................................................
Before You Begin......................................................................................................................
System Requirements.......................................................................................................
Additional Considerations ..............................................................................................
Privileges for Exporting and Importing Content .........................................................
Examples of Using Export and Import .................................................................................
Case1: Exporting/Importing Between Development and Production Instances ...
Case 2: Deploying Identical Content Across Multiple Portal Instances ...................
Case 3: Consolidating Content from Multiple Sources ...............................................
Export in Oracle Portal............................................................................................................
Oracle Portal Export - Recommended Method ............................................................
Oracle Portal Export - Alternate Method ....................................................................
Acquire Transport Set Services ............................................................................................
Register a Source Portal .................................................................................................
Moving Data to the Target System...............................................................................
Import in Oracle Portal .........................................................................................................
Oracle Portal Import - Recommended Method..........................................................
Using the Oracle Portal Export and Import Command-line Scripts ..............................

11-1
11-2
11-2
11-5
11-6
11-7
11-7
11-8
11-8
11-8
11-8
11-21
11-21
11-21
11-22
11-23
11-23
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11.7.1
Downloading the Command-line Scripts ...................................................................
11.7.2
Running Your Script to Create an Export Dum File..................................................
11.7.3
Importing the Transport Set Tables to the Target System ........................................
11.8
Behavior of Objects After Migration ...................................................................................
11.8.1
Behavior of Oracle Portal Objects................................................................................
11.8.2
Import Behavior of Child Objects.................................................................................
11.8.3
Behavior of DB Provider Objects..................................................................................
11.8.4
Behavior of Portal DB Provider Reports Object Types .............................................
11.8.5
Behavior of Web Providers...........................................................................................
11.8.6
Behavior of Shared Portlet Instances ...........................................................................
11.9
Recommended Best Practices When Exporting and Importing......................................
11.9.1
Naming Convention for Replicated Tabs....................................................................
11.9.2
Migrating Page Groups and Components ..................................................................
11.9.3
Migrating Portal DB Providers and Components......................................................
11.9.4
Migrating Search Components .....................................................................................
11.9.5
Migrating Content Between Upgraded Oracle Portal Instances .............................
11.9.6
Exporting and Importing in a Hosted Environment .................................................
11.9.7
Importing Data with Oracle Text Index Synchronization Turned Off ...................
11.9.8
Migrating Users and Groups ........................................................................................

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11-33
11-35
11-38
11-39
11-46
11-46
11-49
11-50
11-52
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11-52
11-53
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11-57
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12 Using the Federated Portal Adapter
12.1
12.1.1
12.1.2
12.1.3
12.1.4
12.1.5
12.2
12.2.1
12.2.2
12.2.3
12.2.4
12.3
12.4
12.4.1
12.4.2
12.5

About the Federated Portal Adapter.....................................................................................
Overview............................................................................................................................
Differences Between Database Providers and Web Providers ..................................
Use of the Federated Portal Adapter .............................................................................
Security Issues ...................................................................................................................
Federated Portal Adapter Related Portlet Modifications ...........................................
Setting Up the Environment to Use the Federated Portal Adapter..................................
Checking the PlsqlSessionCookieName Value ............................................................
Federated Portal Adapter User Authentication Using HMAC..................................
Setting the Cookie Domain..............................................................................................
Sharing an OracleAS Single Sign-On and an Oracle Internet Directory Server ......
Registering a Provider Using the Federated Portal Adapter.............................................
Writing Custom Portlets Using the Federated Portal Adapter .........................................
Relative Links ....................................................................................................................
Personalization..................................................................................................................
Troubleshooting Federated Portal Adapter .......................................................................

12-1
12-1
12-2
12-2
12-2
12-3
12-3
12-4
12-4
12-6
12-7
12-8
12-9
12-9
12-9
12-10

Part IV Appendixes
A Using Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Files
A.1
A.2
A.3
A.4
A.5

Oracle HTTP Server Configuration File (httpd.conf) ...........................................................
DAD Configuration File (portal_dads.conf) ..........................................................................
Oracle Database Connection Configuration ..........................................................................
Web Cache Configuration Files ...............................................................................................
OracleAS Single Sign-On's Partner Application Table ........................................................

A-1
A-2
A-4
A-4
A-5

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A.6

Local HOSTS File ....................................................................................................................... A-5

B Using Oracle Portal Installation and Configuration Scripts
B.1
B.2
B.3
B.4
B.4.1
B.4.2
B.4.3
B.5
B.6
B.6.1
B.6.2
B.6.3
B.7
B.8

Managing the Invalidation Message Processing Job Using cachjsub.sql .......................... B-1
Configuring for IP Check During Session Cookie Validation............................................. B-2
Using the secupoid.sql Script ................................................................................................... B-3
Configuring the Portal Session Cookie ................................................................................... B-4
Configuring the Cookie Name.......................................................................................... B-4
Configuring the Scope of the Cookie ............................................................................... B-5
Securing the Cookie............................................................................................................ B-6
Managing the Session Cleanup Job ......................................................................................... B-6
Timing and Caching Statistics.................................................................................................. B-9
Portlet Statistics ................................................................................................................. B-10
Page Statistics .................................................................................................................... B-13
Additional Summary Statistics ....................................................................................... B-13
Using the cfgiasw Script to Configure Mobile Settings...................................................... B-14
Using the cfgxodnc.pl Script to Change the Mobile Device Component of the Cache Key ....
B-15
B.8.1
Adding the PlsqlCGIEnvironmentList Parameter to the portal_dads.conf File...... B-16
B.8.2
Running the cfgxodnc.pl script....................................................................................... B-16
B.8.3
Adding the useDeviceNameCacheKeys parameter to the PPE Configuration file B-17
B.8.4
Clearing Cached Data ...................................................................................................... B-18
B.9
Using the Category and Perspective Scripts ........................................................................ B-18
B.10
Using the PDK-Java Preference Store Migration and Upgrade Utility............................ B-19
B.11
Using the Schema Validation Utility..................................................................................... B-21
B.11.1
Using the Schema Validation Utility with Oracle Portal Export and Import .......... B-22
B.11.2
Using the Standalone Schema Validation Utility......................................................... B-22

C Integrating JavaServer Pages with Oracle Portal
C.1
C.1.1
C.1.2
C.1.3
C.1.4
C.2
C.2.1
C.2.2

Using the JavaServer Page Configuration File ......................................................................
Contents of Your JavaServer Page Configuration File ..................................................
Example JavaServer Page Configuration File.................................................................
Location of Your JavaServer Page Configuration File...................................................
External JavaServer Page Login........................................................................................
Setting Up a JAZN File for External Communication ..........................................................
Setting Up mod_osso .........................................................................................................
Setting Up JAZN with LDAP ...........................................................................................

C-1
C-1
C-4
C-5
C-5
C-5
C-5
C-6

D Using the wwv_context APIs
D.1
D.1.1
D.1.2
D.1.3
D.1.4
D.1.5
D.1.6

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Procedures...................................................................................................................................
add_attribute_section.........................................................................................................
commit_sync........................................................................................................................
create_index.........................................................................................................................
create_missing_indexes .....................................................................................................
create_prefs..........................................................................................................................
createindex...........................................................................................................................

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D-3
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D-3
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D.1.7
drop_all_indexes.................................................................................................................
D.1.8
drop_index...........................................................................................................................
D.1.9
drop_invalid_indexes.........................................................................................................
D.1.10
drop_prefs............................................................................................................................
D.1.11
dropindex.............................................................................................................................
D.1.12
optimize................................................................................................................................
D.1.13
set_parallel_degree .............................................................................................................
D.1.14
set_sync_memory ...............................................................................................................
D.1.15
set_use_doc_index ..............................................................................................................
D.1.16
set_use_url_index ...............................................................................................................
D.1.17
sync .......................................................................................................................................
D.1.18
touch_index(p_indexes wwsbr_array) ...........................................................................
D.1.19
touch_index .........................................................................................................................
D.1.20
update_index_prefs ............................................................................................................
D.2
Functions .....................................................................................................................................
D.2.1
checkindex ...........................................................................................................................
D.2.2
doc_index ...........................................................................................................................
D.2.3
get_commit_sync ..............................................................................................................
D.2.4
get_parallel_degree ..........................................................................................................
D.2.5
get_sync_memory.............................................................................................................
D.2.6
get_use_doc_index ...........................................................................................................
D.2.7
get_use_url_index.............................................................................................................
D.2.8
valid_doc_index ................................................................................................................
D.2.9
valid_url_index .................................................................................................................
D.2.10
url_index ............................................................................................................................
D.3
Constants...................................................................................................................................
D.3.1
Index Name Constants.....................................................................................................
D.3.2
Oracle Text AUTO_FILTER Format Constants ............................................................
D.3.3
Oracle Text Job Constants................................................................................................
D.3.4
URL Unsuitable for Indexing Constant.........................................................................
D.4
Exceptions .................................................................................................................................

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D-15

E Configuring the Portal Tools Providers
E.1
E.1.1
E.1.2
E.1.3
E.1.4
E.2
E.2.1
E.2.2
E.2.3
E.2.4

Configuring Web Clipping ....................................................................................................... E-1
Configuring the Web Clipping Repository..................................................................... E-2
Registering the Web Clipping Provider (PDK Only) .................................................... E-4
Configuring HTTP or HTTPS Proxy Settings................................................................. E-5
Configuring Caching.......................................................................................................... E-7
Configuring OmniPortlet.......................................................................................................... E-8
Configuring the OmniPortlet Provider ........................................................................... E-9
Performing Optional OmniPortlet Configurations...................................................... E-12
Registering the OmniPortlet Provider (PDK Only) ..................................................... E-13
Configuring the OmniPortlet Provider to Access Other Relational Databases Using
DataDirect JDBC Drivers E-15

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F Setting Up and Maintaining a Virtual Private Portal
F.1
F.1.1
F.1.2
F.2
F.2.1
F.2.2
F.2.3
F.2.4
F.2.5
F.2.6
F.2.7
F.3
F.4
F.4.1
F.4.2
F.5
F.6
F.6.1
F.6.2
F.6.3
F.6.4
F.6.5
F.7
F.7.1
F.7.2
F.7.3
F.7.4
F.7.5
F.8

Overview of Hosting .................................................................................................................
Why Use Hosting? ..............................................................................................................
Known Limitations .............................................................................................................
Overview of Steps to Perform for Virtual Private Portals ...................................................
Enabling Hosting ................................................................................................................
Setting Up Users and Groups ...........................................................................................
Adding Subscribers ............................................................................................................
Removing Subscribers........................................................................................................
Advanced Features .............................................................................................................
Pre-Installation Checklist...................................................................................................
Using Oracle Directory Manager......................................................................................
Enabling Hosting on an Out-of-the-Box Portal .....................................................................
ASP Users And Groups.............................................................................................................
Setting Up ASP Users and Groups........................................................................