Chapter 1 Pre Installation Requirements for the Sun Java System Portal Server 7 Software

This chapter contains the following sections:

Introduction

The Sun Java System Portal Server 7 software uses the Sun Java Enterprise System 4 install wizard to install the Portal Server software and associated components.

With this release, the Secure Remote Access component has to be installed along portal in the same session. Some post-installation configuration is required for the Secure Remote Access component.

Pre-Installation Requirements

This section contains the following information:

Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Table 1–1 Hardware and Operating System Requirements


Component	Platform Requirement
Supported Platforms	Sun Ultra^TM 60 or Sun Blade comparable or better workstation or server
Operating System	Solaris^TM 8 or Solaris 9 U6 or Solaris 10 on SPARC Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 on x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.0 Update 3 on x86
RAM	1024 Mbytes of RAM for evaluation install 1.5 Gbytes of RAM for regular deployment on Sun Java System Web Server 2.0 Gbytes of RAM for regular deployment on Sun Java System Application Server
Disk Space	1 Gbyte of disk space for Portal Server and associated applications
Swap Space	The swap space of the machine should be twice the amount of physical memory. For example, if the machine has 2.0 Gbytes RAM, the swap space should be 4.0 Gbytes.

Note –

The Sun Java Enterprise System 4 Directory Server installation fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 2 leading to Portal Server installation failure.

Software Requirements

The Portal Server software requires the following stack components:

Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 P4
Sun Java System Access Manager 7 installed in legacy mode.

Portal Server requires Access Manager and Directory Server and a web container for its install and configuration. If you are performing a fresh install, Access Manager and Directory Server do not have to be pre-installed. Access Manager, Directory Server and Portal Server can all be installed at the same time. If you have Access Manager and Directory Server installed already, point the portal install and configuration to the existing Directory Server and Access Manager servers.

Note –
Apply the Access Manger 7.0 Patch 1 before the Portal Server Installation. For all web containers, including, BEA WebLogic or IBM WebSphere, apply the patch before installing Portal Server software. The patch number depends on the operating system.

For Sparc, use patch 120954-01

For Linux, use 120956-01

For x86, use 120955-01
Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP5 or Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 (including the patches).

The sun-soarsdk rpm (registry server SDK rpm) is not re-locatable; so, do not choose non-default locations for registry on Linux.

Note –

Sun Java System Portal Server 7 software does not support Sun Java System Access Manager 7 installed in realm mode. Access Manager must be installed in legacy mode before installing Portal Server 7 software.

For detailed instructions for installing the stack components, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Reference.

Before You Begin

This sections includes the following:

Miscellaneous Checks

If the install system does not have direct connectivity to the internet, an HTTP proxy needs to be specified. For example, for Sun Java System Application Server, specify the following in the domain.xml file:
```
<jvm-options>-Dhttp.proxyHost=Proxy-Host</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dhttp.proxyPort=Proxy-Port</jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dhttp.nonProxyHosts="PortalServer-Host"</jvm-options>
```
Here, Proxy-Host is the fully-qualified domain name of the proxy host, Proxy-Port is the port on which the proxy is run, and PortalServer-Host is the fully-qualified domain name of the Portal Server software host.
Execute the command prtconf | grep Memory to check RAM.
Use the command df -lk to see how much swap space your machine has. To temporarily increase your swap space by 4 Gbytes, you can use the following instructions:
```
> mkfile 4g /fourGigXtraSwap
> swap -a /fourGigXtraSwap
```

Installing On Linux

Remove the link /usr/share/bdb/db.jar before installation, if it exists.
Check if a version of ant below 1.5.4 exists on the system by running the following command:
```
rpm -qa | grep ant
```
The ant version 1.5.2 interferes with portal configuration. If an earlier version of ant is found installed, remove it by running the following command:
```
rpm -e ant-1.5.2-23 ant-libs-1.5.2-23
```

Installing on an Application Server

If you are configuring the Sun Java System Application Server for session failover (see Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 High Availability Administration Guide), note that the Portal Server software must be installed on a non-default server. To install on a non-default server, see instructions below.