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This section provides the information needed to install ALES Security Service Modules, including system requirements and prerequisite software and hardware. It does not include information for installing the BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security Administration Server.
This section covers the following topics:
BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security products are distributed and installed using the BEA Installation and Distribution System, which provides a complete framework for the following:
BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security is distributed on both the BEA web site and on CD-ROM.
If you want to install the product by downloading it from the BEA web site, contact BEA Sales at http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=sales1.htm&FP=/content/about/contact/ and request a download.
The package installer downloads a stand-alone version of the installation program that contains a complete set of the available ALES Security Service Modules.
Documentation is available from the product documentation home page. Be sure to download the most up-to-date information from the BEA web site at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13169_01/ales/docs26/download.html.
If you purchased BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security from your local sales representative, you will find the following items in the product box:
The following printed documents:
The ALES Security Service Modules require certain software components to operate properly. Review these requirements before installing the product. For additional information on the BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security products, see: http://www.bea.com/ales.
Table 3-1 lists the system requirements for the machine on which you install the ALES Security Service Modules. Table 3-2 lists system requirements for particular SSMs.
| Note: | The machine on which you install the Security Service Module must have a static IP address. The IP address is used by the Security Service Module and Service Control Manager for connectivity. Also, on a Windows platform, the file system used must be NTFS, not FAT. To check the file system format, open Windows Explorer and right-click the hard drive on which you intend to do the installation and select Properties. |
You must install the Administration Server before you install the ALES Security Service Module software distribution. See
Prerequisites in Installing the Administration Server for the Administration Server's system requirements.
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WebLogic Server version 9.2, 9.1, or 8.1 with Service Pack 4, 5, or 6. You can download this product from this location:
http://commerce.bea.com/showallversions.jsp?family=WLS
A configured WebLogic Server domain. If you do not have domain configured for the WebLogic Server, use the WebLogic Server Configuration Wizard to configure a domain. Make a note of the domain name and its location. This information is required to install the WebLogic Server Security Service Module.
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ALES 2.6 includes the following JDK versions and updates the target installation system to these versions, as appropriate:
The product software cannot be used without a valid license. When you install an ALES SSM, the installation program creates an evaluation license. The evaluation license expires in 90 days.
To use a ALES SSM in a production environment, you must purchase a license. For information about purchasing a license, contact your BEA Sales Representative.
If you are installing the Security Service Module on a computer on which an AquaLogic Enterprise Security SSM was previously installed and then uninstalled, refer to Uninstalling and make sure all of the uninstall steps were completed; otherwise the installation may fail.
During installation, you need to specify locations for the following directories:
The files and directories in the BEA Home directory are described in your WebLogic documentation. When you install the product, you are prompted to specify a BEA Home directory. You should specify the same BEA Home directory that you specified when you installed WebLogic Server. The BEA Home directory is a repository for common files that are used by multiple BEA products installed on the same machine. For this reason, the BEA Home directory can be considered a central support directory for the BEA products installed on your system.
The files in the BEA Home directory are essential to ensuring that BEA software operates correctly on your system. They perform the following types of functions:
If you choose the default product installation directory, you may see additional directories in the BEA Home directory, such as weblogic92 (the WebLogic Server installation directory) and user_projects (a folder for WebLogic domains that you create). Although the default location for the AquaLogic Enterprise Security installation directory is within the BEA Home directory, you can select a different location outside the BEA Home directory.
During installation, you are prompted to choose an existing BEA Home (BEA_HOME) directory or specify a path to create a new BEA Home directory. If you choose to create a new directory, the installation program automatically creates the directory for you.
| Note: | For a BEA Home directory, you are allowed to install each version of a BEA product that uses the BEA Home directory convention only once. For example, you can install WebLogic Server 8.1 and associate it with a BEA Home directory, and that BEA Home directory can also be associated with an installation of BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security. It cannot be associated with another installation of WebLogic Server 8.1. |
The files and directories in the BEA Home (BEA_HOME) directory are described in your WebLogic documentation. Although it is possible to create more than one BEA Home directory, BEA recommends that you avoid doing so. In almost all situations, a single BEA Home directory is sufficient. There may be circumstances, however, in which you prefer to maintain separate development and production environments on a single machine, each containing a separate product stack. With two directories, you can update your development environment (in a BEA Home directory) without modifying the production environment until you are ready to do so.
The product installation directory contains all the software components used to administer BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security. During installation, you are prompted to choose a product installation directory. If you accept the default, the software is installed under the BEA_HOME\ales26-ssm directory. Each SSM has its own default product installation directory:
You can specify any name and location on your system for your product installation directory and there is no requirement that you accept the default names or create it under the BEA Home directory.
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