Viewing the Current WebCenter Analytic Event List

14-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter ■ Section 14.11, Granting Administrator Role for Oracle WebCenter Discussions ■ Section 14.12, Troubleshooting Issues with Announcements and Discussions Audience The content of this chapter is intended for Fusion Middleware administrators users granted the Admin or Operator role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console. See also, Section 1.8, Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools.

14.1 What You Should Know About Discussions Server Connections

The Discussions service enables users to start, publish, and store discussions in WebCenter applications. The Announcements service lets you create and expose announcements on your application pages. The Discussions service and the Announcements service require a connection to the WebCenter Discussions server. Both services use the same connection. The Oracle WebCenter Discussions software is installed automatically with Oracle Fusion Middleware. You can register additional WebCenter Discussion connections through the Fusion Middleware Control Console, but only one connection is active at a time: ■ Section 14.3.1, Registering Discussions Servers Using Fusion Middleware Control ■ Section 14.3.2, Registering Discussions Servers Using WLST WebCenter Spaces Some additional configuration is required to use Discussions and Announcements services in WebCenter Spaces. This includes choosing the category on the discussions server under which all WebCenter Spaces discussions and announcements are stored, and more. This configuration takes place inside WebCenter Spaces. For more information, see Configuring Discussion Forum Options for WebCenter Spaces in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle WebCenter. You can register connections for your WebCenter application through the Fusion Middleware Control Console or using WLST

14.2 Discussions Server Prerequisites

This section includes the following subsections: ■ Section 14.2.1, Discussions Server - Installation ■ Section 14.2.2, Discussions Server - Configuration ■ Section 14.2.3, Discussions Server - Security Considerations ■ Section 14.2.4, Discussions Server - Limitations

14.2.1 Discussions Server - Installation

The Oracle WebCenter Discussions software is installed automatically with Oracle Fusion Middleware. Managing the Announcements and Discussions Services 14-3

14.2.1.1 Discussions Server - High Availability Installation

To set up Oracle WebCenter Discussions for high availability, install the WC_Collaboration domain in a clustered environment. Then log on to the Oracle WebCenter Discussions admin console, go to the Cache Features page, and select to enable clustering Figure 14–1 . Figure 14–1 Cache Features - Clustering

14.2.2 Discussions Server - Configuration

You can view, set, and remove Oracle WebCenter Discussions server system properties with the following WLST commands: ■ getDiscussionsServerProperty ■ setDiscussionsServerProperty ■ removeDiscussionsServerProperty For command syntax and examples, see the section, addDiscussionsServerAdmin in Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference. Additionally, the addDiscussionsServerAdmin command grants system administrator permissions on the discussions server to a user or a group. This command is useful when you connect the discussions server to a new identity store that does not contain any of the current administrators. For command syntax and examples, see the section, addDiscussionsServerAdmin in Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference. The syncDiscussionServerPermissions command WebCenter Spaces only synchronizes discussion server permissions for subspaces that inherit security from their parent. For command syntax and examples, see the section, syncDiscussionsServerPermissions in Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference.

14.2.3 Discussions Server - Security Considerations

■ WS-Security establishes a trust relationship between your WebCenter application and Oracle WebCenter Discussions so that your WebCenter application can pass the user identity information to the server without knowing the users credentials. Configure OWSM WS-Security for WebCenter Discussions, depending on your topology, following either Section 32.1.3, Configuring the Discussions Server for a Simple Topology, Section 32.2.3, Configuring the Discussions Server for a Typical Note: To execute discussion server WLST commands, such as syncDiscussionServerPermissions, the user used to connect to the Admin Server must also have administrative privileges on the discussion server.